Filippo Maria Bressan

Filippo Maria Bressan (Este, 28 November 1957) is an Italian conductor.[1] He was chorus master of the Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,[2] then of his own ensemble, the Athestis Chorus, and conductor of the baroque orchestra Academia de li Musici. Although the Athestis Chorus is primarily associated with baroque works the choir has also sung modern works by composers such as Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Viktor Ullmann.[3] and as chorus master of the Athestis Chorus Bressan collaborated under conductor Roberto Abbado in Juan Diego Florez' recording of bel canto Arias for Rubini (2007). In 2000 the choir and Bressan performed on conductor Jeffrey Tate's recording of Joseph Haydn's Die Schöpfung winning the Abbiati Award for 2000.

Discography

For Tactus Records, Bressan recorded the Vespro della Beata Vergine Maria of Pier Francesco Cavalli, then for Chandos Records a series of world premiere recordings of Venetian late baroque works: Benedetto Marcello's requiem (1999), then the opera Arianna (2000), Antonio Calegari's 1779 oratorio La Resurrezione di Lazzaro and the Messa per San Marco of Baldassarre Galuppi (2003).

References

  1. ↑ European Musical Directory, 1999
  2. ↑ Notes Pezzi sacri Giuseppe Verdi Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung (Deutsche Grammophone, 2000)
  3. ↑ Booklet, Isolamenti - Athestis Chorus – Conductor: Filippo Maria Bressan Nuova Fonit Cetra (Italy, 1996)
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