Steven Mercurio

Steven Mercurio is an Italian American conductor and composer.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Recordings 4 Compositions 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Steven Mercurio was born in Bardonia, New York, in 1956.^[1] His father was an accountant, and his mother owned a delicatessen. He studied at Graham Junior College and Boston University before entering the Juilliard School of music in 1980, where he studied composition. He grew up listening to rock music and jazz.

Career

Steven Mercurio has conducted more than 65 operas in seven different languages all over the world and has worked with award-winning artists like the Three Tenors, Andrea Bocelli, and Sting.^[2]

He has written arrangements for a wide array of artists including Andrea Bocelli, Plácido Domingo, Ben Heppner, Bryn Terfel, Marcello Giordani, and Secret Garden.

His composition "For Lost Loved Ones" was written in honor of his younger brother, Paul, who disappeared in 1978.

In the fall of 2010, he conducted Sting's Sting and Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra world tour.

Recordings

• "Chick Corea – Concerto", London Philharmonic
• "Fanfare for the Volunteer", London Philharmonic, Mark O’Connor, Richard Einhorn’s cantata
• "Voices of Light", Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir
• "Concerto de Toronto", London Sinfonietta, guitarist John Williams
• "Storyteller", St. Luke’s Chamber Orchestra
• "Many Voices", Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Compositions

• "For Lost Loved Ones"
• "Mercurial Overture"

References

External links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD2X4tVzeFE&feature=player_embedded#! Maestro Steven Mercurio conducting the historic Statue of Liberty Concert

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Name	Mercurio, Steven
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Short description	conductor and composer
Date of birth	1956
Place of birth	Bardonia, New York
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