Aurelio Schiavoni, countertenor, studied voice, piano, harpsichord and violin, graduating in Piano and Classical Voice from the Niccol\u00f2 Piccinni Conservatoire in Bari, and subsequently specialising in vocal repertoire with Michael Aspinall, Gloria Banditelli and William Matteuzzi. He later obtained a second-cycle diploma in Renaissance and Baroque Voice from the Conservatoire di Vicenza, a two-year Master\u2019s degree in Early Music from the Conservatoire of Naples, and a diploma in Vocal Chamber Music from the Conservatoire of Bari.
Alongside his musical studies, he completed a degree in Mathematics at the University of Salento.
He has received awards in several competitions, including First Prize at the \u201cFrancesco Provenzale\u201d Baroque Singing Competition in Naples, the \u201cFrancesco Maria Ruspoli\u201d Competition in Vignanello, and the \u201cCitt\u00e0 dei Sassi\u201d Opera Singing Competition in Matera. He was also a finalist at the \u201cPietro Antonio Cesti Competition\u201d in Innsbruck and the Concours de Chant Baroque in Froville, and a semi-finalist at the Handel Singing Competition in London.
As a countertenor soloist, he has collaborated with conductors such as Rinaldo Alessandrini, Jordi Savall, Christopher Hogwood and Antonio Florio, performing operatic and oratorio roles in international institutions.
He has sung Arnalta in L\u2019incoronazione di Poppea at Carnegie Hall in New York and Egaro in Vivaldi\u2019s Il Teuzzone at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Among his major engagements are a European tour of Scarlatti\u2019s Il primo omicidio, with performances at the Concertgebouw in Bruges and the Theater an der Wien, and H\u00e4ndel\u2019s Esther at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara.
He has appeared at the Festival della Valle d\u2019Itria, the Ravello Festival and the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, also taking part in modern premieres of rediscovered works such as Leonardo Leo\u2019s sacred drama Dalla morte alla vita di Santa Maria Maddalena.
In addition to his solo career, he has performed with vocal ensembles such as Concerto Italiano, Odhecaton and La Capella Reial de Catalunya. His discography includes recordings for labels such as Na\u00efve, Ricercar and Brilliant, featuring composers including Monteverdi, Steffani, Pergolesi and Porpora. Many of these recordings have received major critical awards, including the Diapason d\u2019Or de l\u2019ann\u00e9e and the Grand Prix International de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie du disque lyrique.
His interest in historically informed performance practice extends to musicological research, including manuscript transcription and critical editions. In this field, he prepared a new edition of Giovanni Paisiello\u2019s Cantata per il SS. Corpo di Cristo, performing the role of Aaron at the inauguration of the Paisiello Festival in Taranto.
He has taught Vocal Chamber Music at the Conservatoire of Benevento and is currently Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Voice at the Rossini Conservatoire in Pesaro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Aurelio Schiavoni, countertenor, studied voice, piano, harpsichord and violin, graduating in Piano and Classical Voice from the Niccol\u00f2 Piccinni Conservatoire in Bari, and subsequently specialising in vocal repertoire with Michael Aspinall, Gloria Banditelli and William Matteuzzi. He later obtained a second-cycle diploma in Renaissance and Baroque Voice from the Conservatoire di Vicenza, a two-year Master\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":593244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/docenti-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1030083","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n