| Paolo Petrocelli | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Born | October 15, 1984 |
| Origin | Rome, Italy |
| Occupations | arts administrator, entrepreneur, violinist, musicologist, music journalist |
Paolo Petrocelli (Rome, 15 October 1984) is an Italian arts administrator, entrepreneur, violinist, musicologist and music journalist.
Associate director at IMG Artists, vice president and orchestra manager at Orchestra Italiana del Cinema, project manager at Forum Music Village, co-founder and co-director of Forum Artists.
Youth Delegate of UNESCO [1] for Italy (2011), Committee member of the Working Group Youth of the European Music Council (2008–2010) and Ambassador for the Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe. Family member of [2] The Festival One Week. One Europe. Berlin 2012.
He has been nominated by British Council [3] to represent Italy in Cultural Leadership International Programme 2011-2012.
Founder and artistic director of The Spirit of British Music a concert music series in Rome dedicated to British music, supported by the British Council, the British Embassy in Italy , the British Chamber Commerce for Italy, the British School at Rome, the Royal Musical Association, the British Music Society.
PR & Media Manager for some of the most important Italian artists: violinist Uto Ughi, pianist Michele Campanella, composer Ezio Bosso.
Lecturer in Cultural Leadership and Music Management at IED, Istituto Europeo di Design and Ateneo Impresa Business School.
He worked as music critic for the Vatican Radio. He has worked at the artistic direction and library departments of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and at Orchestra Symphonica d'Italia (Lorin Maazel music director) as media&marketing manager.
Paolo Petrocelli received his artist diploma in violin performance from the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia and graduated in musicology from the Sapienza University of Rome where, under the guidance of Philip Gossett, he specialized in the study of European music in the 20th century, with particular interest in British composers. He was admitted to masters programs at City University London and Royal Holloway University.[2]
In 2010 he published the book The Resonance of a Small Voice: William Walton and the Violin Concerto in England between 1900 and 1940 (Cambridge Scholars Publishing). Copies of his work are kept in some of the most important libraries in the world, among which the British Library , University of Oxford Bodleian Library, Cambridge University Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Harvard University Library, Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Stanford University Library, Berkley University Library.
In 2010 he has been awarded a place on the Hesse Student Scheme [4] at the Aldeburgh Festival.
In 2011 the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the Yale University has awarded him the Beinecke Library Visiting Fellowship,[5] the annual prestigious research grant.[6]
As musicologist Petrocelli joined the William Walton Project, a three years collaboration programme between the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University which includes Concerts, Broadcasts, Lectures, and Recordings.
As violinist he has performed with many Italian and international orchestras. In 2009 he has been member of the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie (Germany).
In 2008 he won the Independent Music Awards in the Film Music section along with the electo-acoustic ensemble Zeitlet.[7]
Paolo Petrocelli is violinist and manager of the indie-folk band Vinegar Socks. Formed in Rome, in 2008, by Paolo Petrocelli and American singer/songwriter Jordan De Maio,Vinegar Socks quickly earned international attention for their unique, refined compositions and for extensive touring, which saw the group performing in Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Portugal. Their debut album is being distributed by Boston’s Grinding Tapes Recording Company (USA), Rewind Records (Portugal) and Big Rig Records (Australia). The band has accompanied several acclaimed international acts including Kaki King and Joan as Police Woman, and has been invited to perform in numerous musical, cultural, theatrical and film festivals. Together with the Italian singer Vinicio Capossela, Vinegar Socks contributed to the soundtrack for Valerio Mieli’s Dieci Inverni, which opened at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. Vinegar Socks were featured in the latest edition of Lonely Planet [8] for being one of Rome’s most interesting and enduring acts.
Paolo Petrocelli joined Rotary International at the age of 26 as one the youngest members ever admitted.
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