Carlo Ponti (born December 29, 1968[1]) is an orchestral conductor of Italian origin.
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Ponti worked at the Conductor's Institute in Hartford, USA, under the direction of Harold Farberman from 1994 to 1996, worked with Mehli Mehta, Zubin Mehta and Andrey Boreyko in Los Angeles from 1997 to 1999 and furthered his studies at the Vienna Musikhochschule from 1999 to 2001 under Leopold Hager and Erwin Accel.[2]
Maestro Ponti was appointed associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra in 2000 and has appeared with the RNO in concerts and on tour since 1998.
In May 2010 he performed for Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev at the Vatican's Sala Paulo VI with the Russian National Orchestra, premiering the Song of the Ascent : a symphonic cantata composed by His Excellency Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev.
A debut recording with the Russian National Orchestra was released in 2008 on Pentatone Classics; Ponti has recently completed a second album with the RNO released by Pentatone in September 2011.
He has guest conducted internationally, appeared at numerous international music festivals and is music director of the San Bernardino Symphony.
He was also the recipient of various awards for his work with music education and for fostering the growth of young musical talent.
Ponti's work has been profiled by NPR, NBC and Fox News, ABC News, CBS Insider, Dennis Miller, Leonard Lopate, Symphony Magazine and the Associated Press.
His performances have been broadcast on public radio stations across the United States by American Public Media's Performance Today and America's Music Festivals programs.
He is the son of film producer Carlo Ponti and actress Sophia Loren.
His son Vittorio Leone Ponti, with wife Andrea Mészáros, was born on April 2nd, 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland. Vittorio is Sophia Loren's second grandchild.[3]
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