Anna Barbero. Born in 1977, she earned an Artistic Bachelor in 1996 and she graduated in Piano with full marks and honors ( “cum laude” ) at Turin’s Conservatory of Music “Giuseppe Verdi” under Vera Drenkova’s guidance. After that, she pursued her studies in Switzerland at Musichochschule in Luzern, where she attained a superior diplom in Konzertreife ( Konzert Diplom in Interpretation und Performance) with Prof. Ivan Klansky. Now she’s attending the superior courses at Ecole Normale “A.Cortot” in Paris under the guidance of Nelson DelleVigne Fabbri. She also participated in numerous specialization courses with teachers like E.S.Nockleberg, B.Sharon, J.Swann, E.Elias, P.Sigrist, P.Feuchtwanger and with K.H.Kammerling at Mozarteum of Salzburg, and she has been selected for a special masterclass at Salle Cortot in Paris with P.Entremont.
From 1995 she performs in Italy and abroad in continuous public exhibitions, as a soloist (recitals and concerts with orchestra) and also chamber music with different players and singers:-Turin: Conservatory’s Hall; Sala Puccini of Teatro Regio; -Florence: Careggi’s Auditorium; -Taormina: Palazzo S.Stefano; -Paris: Salle Munch; Salle Cortot; -Braine l’Alleud (Belgium): Chateau de Chenau; -Luzern (Switzerland): Saal Dreilinden; -Cuneo: Teatro Toselli with Katia Ricciarelli; -Venice: Palazzo Labia; -Stockholm (Sweden):Cultural Center; etc.
She presented and played in many “concert-lessons” about the specific instrument, about the different chamber formations with piano, about lyric repertoire, about a particular argument or author, in the context of the Conservatory and in many Italian high schools, cultural associations, and televisions.
In 1997 she participated in theatrical projects with Compagnia Teatrale “DoraInPoiTeatro” for what she received the prize: ”Festival di Porto Venere for Music Interpretation”.
In 1998 she took part in the realization of the show “Mozartstrasse” with Compagnia di Danza “Abbondanza e Bertone” in AscoliPiceno.
From 1998 she collaborates with: Orchestra Sinfonica di Pesaro, Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Orchestra da Camera delle Marche, Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino, Orchestra Della Compagnia d’Opera Italiana.
From 2000 she played as korepetitor for the classes of Singing, Scenic Art, Chamber Choir in the Conservatory of Turin. She has recorded a live cd for BM Records and a compilation cd for Faber Theater,and participated in the project and the cd of the singer Paolo Conte “Razmataz”.
Festival edition 2004.

Giacomo Battarino. He is currently vocal coach at the Mozarteum Hochschule in Salzburg, Austria, working with Richard Miller, and is also teacher at the Casalmaggiore International Festival and at the Ducale Music Academy in Genoa, Italy.
Among his collaborations with singers, he has been playing in masterclasses for such artists as Thomas Hampson, Gaelyne Gabora, Luciana Serra and Elly Ameling and he collaborated with the International Vocal Arts Institute, New York.
Born in Chiavari (Genoa, Italy), he began performing very early in Milan, at the Circolo della Stampa, and from that time on he played for important musical institutions in Italy, Gioventu’ Musicale d’Italia, Università Bocconi in Milan, Chiostro del Bramante, Concerti nel Parco in Rome, Academia Musicale Barense in Bari, Circolo degli Artisti, Turin, F.Liszt Institute in Bologna, then in Padova, Genoa, Venice, Cagliari, La Spezia, etc.
He also performed in Wiener Saal in Salzburg, Austria, Eglise Notre Dame in Besancon, France, Muzeul G.Enescu in Bucharest, Romania, Taikomosios dailes muziejus in Vilnius, Lithuania, Jecklin Forum in Zurich, Switzerland, Modri Hall in Ljubljiana, Slovenia, Guarnerius Hall, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, and in Germany.
In United States he performed in Chicago (Preston Bradley Hall), in Boston (E.Pickman Hall, First and Second Church), in Cleveland, Los Angeles and in different cities in Ohio.
As member of Libera Musica, in 2003 he performed in Belgrade, at the Student Cultural Center, and other concerts are planned in 2004 in Warsaw (Poland), Genoa (Italy), Tel Aviv (Israel), New York (USA) and Athens (Greece).
He played as soloist with different orchestras, such as J.Ch.Bach Orchestra of Genoa - in Italy and France (conductor A.Gambula), and P.Constantinescu Symphony Orchestra of Ploiesti - in Romania (cond. I.Ionescu-Galati). In United States he performed with Contemporary Music Ensemble and Oberlin Chamber Orchestra (cond. P.Highfill and G.Young) and Firelands Symphony Orchestra (cond. J.Santos-Perez). In February 2003 he played with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra and the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra (Chopin no.1 and Gershwin’s Rapsody in Blue) in a tour around Ohio (Sandusky, Lorain, Toledo and Norwalk).
Studies: BM (Piano diploma, Conservatorio G.Verdi in Milan), studies at the Accademia Chigiana (Siena) and the Mozarteum (Salzburg), MM and DMA (Diploma di alto perfezionamento concertistico, Accademia Ducale in Genoa), AD (Artist Diploma, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, USA).
Prizewinner of international piano competitions (“G.Rospigliosi” Pistoia 1997, “A.M.A. Calabria” Lamezia Terme 1999, Los Angeles Liszt Competition 2000, Rina Sala Gallo Monza 2002, L.Gante Pordenone 2002, E.Porrino Cagliari 2002), he won first prize at the “J.S.Bach” in S.Levante 1992, “Jupiter” in Genoa, 1997, “Trofeo Citta’ di Casarza Ligure” 2000, the "European Music Competition" Moncalieri, 2002 and the "Carpineti in Musica" 2003.
CD recordings: Philarmonia ("Liszt and Italy"), DeVega (2 CDs, piano transcriptions from Puccini's La Bohème and Bizet's Carmen) labels.
Festival edition: June 2004.
 

Monica Boschetti, si diploma in pianoforte presso il Conservatorio "G. Rossini" di Pesaro, sotto la guida del M° Bruno Bizzarri e consegue il compimento inferiore di composizione con il M° Filippo Maria Caramazza.
Ha seguito Master Class e corsi di perfezionamento con i Maestri: Giacomo Vitale, Patrizia Garganese, Paola Bruni, Michele Marvulli, Giorgio Kirschner, Bruno Zagni.
Ha partecipato a vari concorsi sia in formazioni cameristiche che da solista, (TIM torneo internazionale di musica, concorso nazionale "I giovani per i giovani" in Ravenna, concorso Città di Barletta, concorso città di Milano, ecc) aggiudicandosi sempre i primi posti.
Svolge attività di pianista solista ed accompagnatrice tenendo concerti in italia ed all'estero: Bologna, Forlì, Cesena, Siena, S. Giminiano, Roma, Perugia, Frosinone, Rimini, Belgio, Polonia, Germania.
Da 2 anni è maestro collaboratore del Coro Città di Riccione con cui svolge un intensa attività concertistica nel territorio di appartenenza e all'estero.
Ha collaborato con diverse realtà musicali come: Coro Pro Arte di Pesaro , Coro A. Galli di Rimini, Orchestra Accademici di S. Rocco, ecc.
Ha composto e trascritto brani per il gruppo cameristico "Caffè concerto Strauss" e "Caffè Concerto Florian di Venezia". I suoi brani sono stati eseguiti in note manifestazioni come Festival di Spoleto e Biennale di Venezia ed incisi dal Gruppo Caffè concerto vedi:
- CAFFE' FLORIAN <Concerto al Caffè> registrato live studio al "Top Studio" di Ravenna
- CAFFE' FLORIAN <Concerto al Caffè> registrato live studio al "Top Studio" di Ravenna
- CAFFE' CONCERTO STRAUSS <Sulle vie dei Romei> registrato al "Peter Pan Studio" di Ferrara.
Ad aprile del 2003 ha diretto il coro Città di Riccione presso la Sala Nervi del Vaticano a Roma di fronte al Papa e a 8000 persone.
A Maggio sempre con il coro ha eseguito un concerto per il premio Nobel Rita Levi Montalcini.
Dal 1998 al 2000 è stata direttrice artistica di varie rassegne musicali nel territorio di appartenenza come: "Bordonchio in concerto" "Allegretto con brio" "musica 2000 Città di Bellaria Igea Marina".
Da diversi anni tiene corsi musicali in diversi istituti scolastici della provincia di Rimini come: corsi strumentali e propedeutici. Attualmente studia Direzione corale frequentando vari corsi di formazione e canto al Conservatorio Rossini di Pesaro con la Sig.ra Dundekova.
Dal 2000 è presidente della Associazione culturale "2000 Giovani" con cui organizza eventi e attività culturali legati al teatro, alla musica, e tutte le attività artistiche e informatiche. Dal 2001 collabora con la Provincia di Rimini e sviluppa progetti rivolti ai giovani come: la rassegna svoltasi nel territorio della Valmarecchia ( Bel VerSante) e gli scambi multilaterali con alcuni paesi della comunità europea.
Festival: edizione 2003.
 

Armando Calvia, studied piano at the Conservatoire of Turin, graduating under the tuition of Yuki Miftyu. He completed his studies of composition and band instrumentalisation for the Irish “Maestros” Danieli and Carlo Pirola. In 1995 he attended the “Gestione delle attività artistiche e culturali” course at the “Scuola di direzione Aziendale dell’Università “Luigi Bocconi” in Milan and the next year attended a master’s degree in artistic management at the “Università Cattolica del S. Cuore” in Milan.
In 1986 he won the first prize at the International competition in the city of Stresa, duet section. Since 1989 he has been collaborating “Maestro” at the “Teatro Sociale” of Como, concert pianist at the “Teatro Arena Sferisterio” of Macerata, “Maestro Suggeritore at the “Teatro Coccia” of Novara. He has been active at the “Teatro G. Verdi” of Salerno, the “Teatro Comunale di Vercelli”, the “Teatro Verdi” in Pisa and the “Teatro Fraschini” in Pavia.
In the last couple of years he has performed in over 200 concerts accompanying various important lyrical artists.
During the lyrical seasons of the above theatres, he has collaborated with artists of great talent such as: R. Kabaivanska, R. Bruson, Y. Hayashi, J. Carreras, M. Guleghina, L. Serra, R. Baldini, G. Raimondi, R. Raimondi, F. Cassotto, P. Cappuccilli, R. Panerai, M. Alvarez, M. Devia. P. Ballo, E. Dara, J. Pons, G. Bumbry, S. Vassileva, A.C. Antonacci, etc…
He has been “Maestro Collaboratore di sala e palcoscenica”, and “Maestro Suggeritore” with the following directors and producers: D. Renzetti, A. Guingal, M. Rota, R. Giovaninetti, L. Ja, M. De Bernart, R. Rizzi Brignoli, J. Rubio, P. Carignani, P. G. Moranti, M. Benini, L. Kemp, H. De Ana, E. Dara, B. De Tomasi, G. De Floe, H. Brokhaus, J. Svoboda etc…
He is vice-president and artistic director of the “Festival Arte & Musica sul Lario” (XXII Edition), artistic consultant for the Summer Festival at “Villa d’Este” at Cernobbio, artistic director of the Festival “R. Leoncavallo” in Brissago-Locarno, president and artistic director of the “Società dei Concerti” of Italian-speaking Switzerland.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Claudio Colapinto, born in 1982, he started to study music privately.
Since 1993, he has attended the Organ and Organ Composition class under the guidance of Maestro Marco Arlotti, at the “Rossini” Conservatoire in Pesaro.
He also attends the University course for Translators and Interpreters, at Misano Adriatico (RN) – languages: English and Spanish.
Since 1996, he has worked with opera singers. As accompanying pianist, he has worked on various musical productions: study of opera roles, auditions and competitions.
He has performed for several bodies, such as Circolo Amici della Lirica G.Rossini (Pesaro), Associazione Culturale e Musicale D.Silverj (Ancona), Accademia Raffaello (Urbino), Musicalia 2000, Associazione L.Perosi (Pesaro), Fenacom, Centro Iniziative Culturali S.Giovanni Battista (Pesaro).
As accompanying pianist, he has held concerts during important cultural events, such as:
- Celebrations for Raphael’s 516° anniversary (1999)
- Artists’ Jubilaeum (2000)
- World Youth Day (2000)
- Verdi year (2001)
- 20° birthday of “Coro San Carlo di Pesaro” (2002)
- Christmas concert for the troops stationed in Pesaro (2002)
- Lecture-concert on Verdi, with the musicologist Bruno Cagli (2003)
- Lecture-concert on the Italian composer Zanella (2003)
He has worked on various opera and oratorio productions, such as:
- La Serva Padrona (Pergolesi)
- La Traviata (Verdi)
- Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
- The Messiah (Haendel)
- Coronation Mass (Mozart)
He has worked with important singers, such as L.Macnez, R.Ripesi, E.Ferracuti, Young Hoon Shin, P.Saudelli, J.Ballerini, F.Lauri and others, and conductors, such as G.Del Chierico, A.Biancamano, G.Di Chiara, L.Oliva, R.Renili and others.
He has attended specialization courses for accompanying pianist, promoted by the “Rossini” Conservatoire-Pesaro.
From 1999 to 2001, he worked with “Associazione Culturale Opera X” - Pesaro, to perform A.L.Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” as pianist, chorus master and soloist coach. This show was performed several times, obtaining a great success, both with audiences and critics. Tape and video recordings were also made.
He has recorded various CDs, such as “In dulci Jubilo”, promoted by Coro San Carlo di Pesaro, where he played the organ and “Messa Picena”, composed and conducted by Maestro S.Vagnini.
As an organist, he has held several concerts, in various Italian cities.
He has attended specialisation courses for organ and choirs held by Maestros P.P. Scattolin, F. Di Lernia, L. F. Tagliavini, G. Parodi.
Since 2000, he has worked with Coro S.Carlo of Pesaro, conducted by Maestro Lucia Oliva, and with “M. Agostini” Opera Chorus-Fano, conducted by Maestro Stefano Vagnini, with whom he has held concerts throughout Italy.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Cesarina Compagnoni. Born in 1964, she graduated in 1987 with full marks at the “G. B. Pergolesi” Conservatory of Fermo (AP), under Master Silvia Santarelli’s guidance. Subsequently she attended the course of chamber music of “Accademia of Imola” (BO), perfecting herself with Masters Cristiano Rossi, Piernarciso Masi, Bruno Canino and S. Fiorentino.
Winner of important national and international competitions (Velletri, Osimo, Stresa, Capri, Taranto, Asti, Palmi, Macugnaga, Acquiterme, etc), she has been improving for more than ten years the cameristico and liederistico repertorio.
From 1991 she’s also cooperating as Master stage pianist to several lyric productions at: “Arena Sferisterio” of Macerata, ”Gentile” Theatre of Fabriano, “Arena dl Sole” of Bologna, ”Regio” Theatre of Parma, National Theatre of Praga and ”Sala Verdi” of Milan.
From 1992 she’s member of Montegridolfo Accademy, founded and directed by Master Gustav Kuhn.
In 1994 she attended the courses held by Master H. Holl, pianist of the baritone Ficher Dieskau, on the liederistic production of R. Schumann at the Mozarteum of Salisburg.
From 1994 to 1998 she worked together with the baritone Sesto Bruscantini, taking care among others, in preparation of A. Antoniozzi, R. De Candia, R. Servile and B. De Simone.
From 1997 to 2002 she cooperated as master stage pianist to several productions of the “Compagnia della Rancia” directed by Saverio Marconi.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Lucio Cuomo was born in Neaples on 7h july 1959; he studied piano with Tita Parisi (exponent of piano neapolitan school ) and composition with Aladino Di Martino . He attained the Piano Diploma with the highest classification and “cum laude” (1982).
He pursued his studies in Paris, at the “Ecole normale de musique Alfred Cortot”, with Marcella Crudeli : he obtained the “Diplome d’enseignement de Piano à l’unanimité et avec les felicitations du jury” in 1992 and “Diplome superieur d’enseignement de Piano” in 1993. He partecipated to Masterclass with Aquiles Delle Vigne in Rome and Bruxelles and Humberto Quagliata in Rome.
He performed in Italy and abroad as soloist and pianist for chamber music (trio “I Solisti di Napoli” flauto-voce-pianoforte ; quartetto “Strawinsky” violino-clarinetto-pianoforte-percussioni).
Most important concerts : in Rome ( Associazione Chopin, E.P.T.A. Italy, Sala Baldini, Istituto austiaco di Cultura) ; Firenze (Musicus concentus); Vibo Valentia (Amici della Musica) ; Torino (Palazzo Barolo) Alessandria (Auditorium Conservatorio Vivaldi) Asti (Palazzo Ottolenghi) ; Civita Castellana (Civita Festival) and then in Napoli, Catanzaro etc. In Spain he performed in Madrid, Salamanca, Avila, Cuenca and at the University of Valladolid.
Vocal coach in Masterclasses with Luis Alva (at the Conservatory in Alessandria), Gianni Socci ( in Rome ) Marika Rizzo (Cava dei Tirreni).
He performed in duo with many singers of the old and new generation : Lorenza Canepa, Daria Masiero, Gaetanina Monaco, Maria Grazia Pittavini (soprani), Lauretta Brovida (mezzosoprano).
He prefers the repertory of vocal chamber music : lieder, from Mozart and Beethoven to Strauss ( included Clara Wieck and Fanny Mendelssohn), french, spanish, italian, russian, Slavic repertory, from Faure, Debussy, Poulenc and Satie to Turina, Granados, Dvorak. He played works by living compositors as : Ch. Auber, S. Calligaris, A. Jorio, G. Panariello, T. Procaccini, L.Sanpaoli.
He recorded for Radio Vaticana.
Winner of Competition as Vocal Coach for italian Conservatory, he worked as accompanist at the Conservatory in Avellino, La Spezia, Matera, Messina and Alessandria.
He worked as master collaborator in liric festival “Scatola sonora” in Alessandria. Festival edition: 2004.
 

Donatella Dorsi gained her piano diploma under the guidance of Maestro Giovanni Valentini at the "G.Rossini" Music Conservatory in Pesaro. She also attained a harpsichord diploma and a music teaching diploma. She passed the national competition for piano accompanists. She has been piano accompanist of the "G.Rossini" Choir of Pesaro and of the Pesaro Philharmonic Choir since 1987 with which she has held more than one hundred operatic concerts both in Italy and abroad. She has also collaborated in chamber music formations obtaining excellent results in important national competitions such as Promising Youngsters of Taranto (2nd place), and Franz Schubert of Tagliolo Monferrato. She has been Master Collaborator at the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro since 1990 where she has worked alongside artists such as Cecilia Gasdia, Chris Merrit, Mariella Devia, Daniele Gatti, Riccardo Chailly, Gianluigi Gelmetti and many others. She is piano accompanist in the singing class at the G.B. Pergolesi Musical Institute of Ancona.
Festival editions: 2001, 2003.
 

Paolo Gobbi, piano accompanist. He obtained his diploma as a pianist in 1986 at the “G. Rossini” Academy of Music in Pesaro (Italy), under the supervision of Maestro H. Aisemberg, and following that he studied with L. Bavay, and M. Cristina Carini. He attended various courses and seminars to complete his studies, including:; “The Pesaro International Piano Course”, eminent Maestro Delle Vigne; “International Music Encounters 1985”, in Geneva, perfectioning in pianoforte accompaniment for chamber music with eminent Maestros such as M. Larrieu, A. Lisy and the Camerata Lisi of the “Yeudi Menuhin International Music Academy”.
He has won awards in several piano competitions: “National Piano Contest”, Morcone (BN); “National Agimus Contest”, Varenna (LC). As a chamber music piano accompanist he was an award winner at the “VII National Exhibition of musical performances” in Cento (FE), and at the “Macerata Feltria Musical Exhibition”.
In 1985 he took part in a RAI DUE radio program “Ore 14.00 Musica”, recorded at the G. Rossini Academy of Pesaro, where he has worked as an associate for several years as a piano accompanist in the theatrical-arts department.
He has performed as a piano accompanist with many well-known artists in their concerts, and has worked with artists from the choirs of “Teatro Alla Scala”, “Teatro Comunale” of Bologna etc. He is an associate of the “Lyrical Choir V. Bellini” of Rimini, with whom he recently performed at the “Lauro Rossi Theatre”, in Macerata. He is also an associate of the “Lyrical Choir of the Queen” in Cattolica, where he has accompanied Operas in their full version, such as: “La Traviata”, “Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Requiem” di W. A. Mozart etc. and with this Choir he has performed in concerts in Hungary and the Czech Republic. He has also accompanied Vocal Chamber Music Concerts on several occasions in Switzerland.
He has participated in the preparation of several Operas such as: “Tosca”, “Traviata”, Cavalleria Rusticana”, “Cosi fan Tutte” as Maestro Substitute of the concert-hall. From 1993 to 2001 he was part of the teaching staff as pianist teacher in the State Music School of Bergamo. In 1990 he passed the State Examination for the teaching of music in Secondary (High) Schools and in the same year he passed the State Examination for Piano Accompaniment in Music Academies.
In the academic year 2003 he was an associate in piano accompaniment of the Master Classes of ‘bel canto’ at “The Theatre Academy of Cagli (PU)” directed by Maestro W. Matteuzzi.
He now covers the role of piano accompanist in the singing classes at the “State Academy of Music (N. Rota) in Monopoli (BA)”.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Cristina Iacoboni graduated from the Conservatoire “G. Rossini” in Pesaro. She then continued her studies with M° Franco Scala, attending for many yearsthe “Incontri col Maestro” classes at the Pianistic Academy of Imola. She also attended courses held by M° V. Vitale and S. Fiorentino.
She has taken part in many piano competitions, winning attention and respect. She also widened her knowledge of the instrumental chamber repertoire.
She attended the “Maestro Sostituto” course at the “Accademia d’Arte Lirica” of Osimo, on german Lied with M° Erik Werba and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg, on the use of figured bass.
As a coach/accompanist collaborating with opera singers she has worked with Opera Theatres (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma; Arena Sferisterio of Macerata; Teatro Ventidio Basso of Ascoli Piceno; Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte of Montepulciano; Festival Euro Mediterraneo;and the teatres of Rieti, Siracusa and Viterbo), concert seasons, competitions and perfectioning courses.
She has performed many concerts in Italy and abroad (Austria, Germany, Japan, Iraq), with a repertoire varying from solos to chamber music and vocal works; she has also played with the RAI Symphony Orchestra in Rome.
As musical critic she has collaborated with specialised magasins and as musical consultant with concert associations, with the ’96 Spoleto festival and with the BMG Ricordi.; she also works with RAI Radio 3.
At the moment she is a teacher at the Conservatoire of Frosinone as piano accompanist.
Festival editions: July 2004.
 

Paola Mariotti, studied the piano at the Rossini Conservatory with Luisa De Sabbata and studied the harpsichord with Edda Vignanelli. She teaches the piano at the Academy of Music in Pesaro, where she has considerable experience as an accompanist for chamber works. She has performed in concerts with orchestras and in recitals (both on piano and harpsichord) held in the major cities of Italy and abroad. As master collaborator she has taken part in the Rossini Opera Festival from its foundation year. Since 1998, she has collaborated with the Centro Studi Italiani in Urbania as coach in Italian operatic repertoire in the Italian Language and Musical Culture program for non-Italian singers.
Festival editions: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.
 

Maria Cristina Mazzanti started her studies at a very early age and she gained her piano diploma in 1993 at the "G.Rossini" Music Conservatory in Pesaro under the guidance of Prof. Maretta Procaccini. She continued for two years in Macerata with Maestro Sergio Fiorentino. She has held concerts in Italy and abroad both as a soloist and in duet. She is piano accompanist of the "G.Rossini" Operatic Choir and of the Philharmonic Choir of Pesaro with which she carries out intense concert activities both in Italy and abroad. She has collaborated with the Rossini Opera Festival of Pesaro as Master of the concert hall since 1996.
Festival edition: 2001.
 

Lucia Oliva, was born in Senigallia (AN) in 1971 and she is currently resident in Pesaro.
She studied piano with Maestro Ettore Peretti and she was awarded a diploma from the “G. Rossini” National Music Conservatory of Pesaro, under the guidance of Maestro Giuseppe Di Chiara.
At the same Rossini Conservatory she was also awarded a diploma in harpsichord in the class of Prof. Maria Letizia Pascoli.
In the meantime she obtained a degree in Arts with a specialisation in classical studies at the University of Urbino and she obtained a second degree as a librarian at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome. For many years she worked as a librarian at the University of Urbino and currently, after having completed teacher training for Italian and literary subjects, she is a teacher, working in the primary and secondary schools.
As a musicologist she has participated in national conferences and she has published writings in many specialised magazines. As a teacher she has organised meetings with musical themes within the framework of Ministry of Education’s recognised follow up courses for schoolteachers.
As a pianist she has held numerous concerts in chamber formations, in duets (piano – violoncello) and in piano duets also, facing up to and giving a deeper insight into repertories from the 1700’s and 1800’s. She has also played and she still plays concerts as an accompaniment on the piano for vocal soloists in the interpretation of the classic and romantic repertories.
She has followed courses for the interpretation of the polyphonic coral renaissance and modern repertories with maestri G. Acciai, P. Scattolin and P. Philips and she is the directress of the “San Carlo” Choir in Pesaro. She has a particular interest in vocal settings and vocal techniques and she recently organised an international singing course on the Werbeck method held by Maestro Merja Rautio. She collaborated with the International Singing Academy “Città di Pesaro” as a coach for lirique repertoire and chamber music and as a teacher of Italian to foreigners.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Amelia Oses, Argentinian, qualified at the National Academy of Music of Buenos Ayres in Piano, Harpsicord, Composition and at the High School of Art of Colon Theatre in Choral and Orchestral Conduction.
In Italy she qualified at Conservatorio Rossini of Pesaro in Singing (Teaching branch) and Harpsicord.
In Argentina she received a scholarship by Fiat Concord, Amici della Musica, Bariloche Music Association, and in Italy by Fondazione Rossini and Istituto Italo Latino-Americano.
She collaborated as accompanist pianist and harpsicord-player with Colon Theatre, Argentinian Mozarteum, Ensamble Musical de Buenos Ayres, Amici della Musica, Teatro Treviso, Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro alla Scala, I Pomeriggi Musicali e and in the Competition “Severino Gazzelloni”, “Viotti” in Vercelli, “Rossini” in Pesaro, “Strumenti a Fiato” in Ancona.
She played as soloist in Chamber Music Festival in Buenos Ayres, “Bach Festival” with Karl Richter, Argentinian Mozarteum Festival, Accademia Chigiana, Italian National Radio and Television.
She is in the jury of some National and International Competitions.
She is a teacher in some courses of specialization in Italy and abroad.
She has collaborated with Gakush-kay in Osaka for 10 years and in 2002 she was invited by Japanese Government to Fujiuvarea Theatre in Tokjo as the teacher of a course for teaching and interpretation of opera repertoire. She taught opera repertoire at the High School of Teatro alla Scala, at the Colon Theatre of Buonos Ayres, at the Perugia, Assisi and Orvieto Festivals.
She was accompanist in the master-classes of Lella Cuberli, Maria Chiara, Scipio Colombo, Giorgio Favaretto, Ettore Campogaliani, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Luciana Serra, Peter Elkus, Raina Kabaibanska, Fedora Barbieri, Lilly Schoenberg. She has been accompanist of Giulietta Simionato for 10 years.
She teaches Lettura della Partitura at Conservatorio Verdi in Milano.
Festival edition: 2004.
 

Mirca Rosciani gained her diploma with flying colours in 1988 at the "L.Refice" Conservatory in Frosinone, under the guidance of Prof. Marylene Mouquet. Successively she participated in numerous national and international high specialization courses in the cities of Florence, Sirolo (AN), Bologna, Rome, Paris and Nice (at the Superior Conservatory) with the Maestros: Jean Fassina, Luigi Mostacci, Aquiles Delle Vigne etc. In addition she has studied languages at the Linguistic High School in Velletri (RM) and she speaks French, English and German fluently. At the "S.Cecilia" Conservatory in Rome she attained a diploma for the Principal Course of Musical Score Literature (Master Collaborator in Opera Theatres) and in relation to this she has collaborated with various orchestras such as the Chamber Music Orchestra of Bologna, the Regional Orchestra of Lazio, the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Marches, the Nova Amadeus Orchestra of Rome and the Chamber Music Orchestra of the Marches. At the Academy of Operatic and Vocal Arts in Osimo she also obtained a diploma in the Course of Master Collaborator studying with Enza Ferrari. In the 1999 edition of the Rossini Opera Festival she had the responsibility of Master Collaborator for the opera "The Journey to Reims". In the 2000 edition of the Rossini Opera Festival she had the responsibility of Master Collaborator for the opera "The Silk Stairs". She is involved in intense concert activities as a soloist in chamber music formations and in a duet with the violinist Roberto Molinelli. She has played in various Italian cities (Rome, Florence, Bologna, Reggio Emilia, Senigallia, Pescara, Brescia, Venice, Brindisi, Palermo) and abroad (Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Monchengladbach (Germany), on behalf of the Italian Embassy. She is the artistic director and pianist of the Opera Petite Ensemble with which she has recently collaborated together with the soprano Valeria Esposito. In 2001 she will be in Japan with the Opera Petite Ensemble for the productions of "Boheme" by G.Puccini and "Puccini Evening". At present she is piano accompanist for the singing classes at the Music Academy of Ancona.
Festival edition: 2001.
 

Aldo Tarchetti studied the piano under the tutelage of Lina Marzotto Volpi and graduated from Torino having studied with with Remo Remoli. He studied orchestral conducting under Pietro Bellugi, Franco Ferrara and Bruno Bartoletti. He was collaborating “Maestro” at the Scala in Milan, at the Fenice in Venice, at the Opera in Rome, and at the Liceu in Barcelona. He then went on to become assistant to the General Direction at the Teatro G. Verdi in Trieste and musical director on stage at the Regio in Turin and at the Sferisterio of Macerata. In 1982 he made his orchestral debut conducting Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", produced by Franca Valeri. Several important opera and symphonic events soon followed throughout Italy, Europe and South America. Of particular interest was his recital at the Colon in Buenos Aires with Katia Ricciarelli. He has conducted and also accompanied in concert several important artists of the classical music world: M. Caballè, J. Anderson, L. Serra, E. Marton, P. Cappuccilli, I. Wixell, D. Soviero, L. Pavarotti and J. Pons. He has recorded numerous compact discs with La Rugginenti in Milan. Some of his most recent recordings were two original manuscripts of the composer Gianni Possio and the opera Adina (Il Califfo di Baghdad) by Rossini. Formerly professor at the Conservatory in Milan, Turin, Pesaro and Cesena, he now teaches orchestral conducting at the Conservatory “Tito Schipa” in Lecce and directs the choir “Emile Chamoux” in Aosta.
Festival Edition: 2004.
 

Lucia Tosi, studied piano at the Rossini Conservatory and the harpsichord at the Conservatory of Parma. She has performed in concerts in Italy and abroad both as soloist and with chamber groups. From 1985-1997 she worked as "maestro collaboratore" at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, working with artists of international fame, among whom: Chris Merrit, Martine Dupuy, Cecilia Gasdia, Sonia Ganassi, Michele Pertusi, Mariella Devia and with conductors such as Rico Saccani, Donato Renzetti, Alberto Zedda, Roger Norrington, Vladimir Jurowski. At present she teaches piano at the Music Academy of Pesaro.
Festival editions: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003.