Salvatore Di Vittorio
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Salvatore Di Vittorio (born October 22, 1967 in Palermo, Italy) is a composer and conductor of orchestral music.
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Salvatore Di Vittorio graduated in composition with Ludmila Ulehla at Manhattan School of Music, while studying orchestration and later conducting with Giampaolo Bracali; he also graduated in aesthetics philosophy at Columbia University in New York City. He then continued conducting in Rome with Francesco Carotenuto (Conservatory of Music “S. Cecilia”), in Florence with Piero Bellugi (Conservatory of Music “L. Cherubini”), and in London with John Farrer and Neil Thomson (Royal College of Music).
With great acclaim, Di Vittorio made his American symphonic debut with the Danbury Symphony Orchestra (20 March 2005). James Pegolotti of the Danbury News Times wrote that “Di Vittorio’s leadership evidenced a natural and significant talent.”
Salvatore Di Vittorio is Music Director of the Chamber Orchestra of New York and Assistant Conductor to Christopher Lyndon-Gee of the Adelphi University Symphony Orchestra. He is also Conductor of the Loyola Orchestra and Chorus at Loyola School in New York City, where he resides as Director of Music. Former residencies include positions as Composer-in-residence and Guest/Visiting Assistant Conductor with the Accademia Musicale Siciliana of Palermo, Chamber Ensemble of Rome and Florence Symphonietta, and as Founder/Music Director of the Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Mondiale at Manhattan School of Music. He has also conducted the State Symphony Orchestra of Sofia (Bulgaria), Danbury Symphony, Royal College of Music Symphony of London, and Festival Sinfonietta Umbra di Perugia.
Praised by Piero Bellugi for his elegance on the podium, other European conductors have also hailed Di Vittorio a “serious, lyrical, and romantic composer…worthy of serious consideration.” His music is inspired by philosophical-programmatic themes and captivates each listener with long tonal melodies and interesting orchestrations. His symphonies have been premiered by such orchestras as the Orvieto Musica Festival Orchestra, Accademia Musicale Siciliana, Teatro Massimo Opera of Palermo, Orchestra Filarmonica Franco Ferrara, Ragusa Chamber Orchestra, Carnevale di Venezia Musica, Brussels Chamber Ensemble, Festival Sinfonietta Umbria di Perugia, El Hanager String Orchestra of Cairo, Florence Symphonietta, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina, Chamber Ensemble of Rome, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and Orchestra Sinfonica Del Teatro Mondiale of New York. His first opera “Romeo e Giulietta” has been presented to companies for consideration. Meanwhile, he has recently received permission from the Thomas Mann estate and publisher S. Fisher Verlag (Frankfurt) to compose his second opera “Fausto” based on Mann’s novel Dr. Faustus.
Di Vittorio has received grants and honors from various institutions including the ASCAP Foundation, Who’s Who in America, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, and as Judge for the Ibla Grand Prize in Musical Composition. Reviews about the Maestro have been written in La Repubblica of Rome, Il Mediterraneo and Giornale di Sicilia of Palermo, La Nazione of Florence, Arts San Francisco Observer and Classical Voice, New Music Connoisseur of New York, and Danbury News Times of Connecticut, including highlights on RAI (Italian National) TV and UN French International Radio.
Salvatore Di Vittorio is published exclusively by Edizioni Panastudio/Carisch of Warner Bros. in Italy (since 2000). He is an active member of ASCAP and SIAE, New York Philharmonic Conductors Round Table, Conductors Guild and American Symphony Orchestra League. Recordings of his symphonic suites are available on the Panastudio Label in Italy.
