Biography

The acclaimed conductor and winner of several international competitions, Attilio Cremonesi, studied piano, organ, harpsichord, and conducting in Piacenza and at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. After being a long-time assistant of René Jacobs, Cremonesi today counts as one of the most renowned specialists of rarely performed classical and baroque compositions. His numerous award-winning recordings evidence his remarkable success.

As a much sought-after interpreter of Mozart, Händel, Monteverdi as well as Rameau, Vivaldi, Purcell, Sartori, Hasse and many others, he has been guest at some of the most important institutions worldwide, such as Innsbrucker Festwochen, Wiener Festwochen, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Schwetzinger Festspiele, Lucerne Festival, Festival Radio France Montpellier, Pergolesi Festival Jesi, Prager Frühling, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, as well as in Bonn, Oslo, Antwerp, Paris, Toulouse, Montpellier, Geneva, Lucerne, Basel, Vienna, Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Sydney.

He worked with such renowned institutions such as Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, including for the award-winning production of Dido and Aeneas staged by Sasha Waltz, Vocalconsort Berlin, Münchner Symphoniker, Concerto Köln, Freiburger Barockorchester, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Collegium Vocale Gent, Netherlands Bach Society, Café Zimmermann (solo recital with Vivica Genaux), Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, and Kammerorchester Basel (European tour with Handel’s Ezio) and regularly works with the Kärntner Sinfonieorchester.

In recent years, Attilio Cremonesi conducted i.a. Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, the new productions Le nozze di Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito and Turco in Italia at Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, La Cenerentola at Nationaltheater Mannheim, Orfeo in Bern, Tommaso Traetta’s Antigona at Theater an der Wien with the theater’s young ensemble, Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Klagenfurt, as well as Alcina in Rheinsberg and Münster. Furthermore he led the world premiere of Jazziah, a work that combines Jazz and Classical in Bern and Halle.

Engagements in the season 2019/20 include, among others, Die Zauberflöte at Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, the new production of Handel’s Teseo in Halle, Le nozze di Figaro in Potsdam, and Alcina at Stadttheater Klagenfurt, as well as concerts in Augsburg and on the occasion of the Handel Festspiele in Halle.

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Barock 21 - baroque music between jazz, oriental and early music
Live at Festspielhaus St. Pölten, May 20, 2010.Händel: Ezio (Concert)
Live 2009
With: Veronica Cangemi, Kammerorchester BaselAzzolino Bernadino - Della Ciaja - 6 sonatas for harpsichord op. 4, Attilio Cremonesi
Release Date: 1999 (Pan/Pan Classics)
Duration: 01:16:50
"Le nozze di Figaro" at Teatro Municipal de Santiago - Interview and insights into rehearsals