Gianluca Martinenghi

Italian Music Conductor

Gianluca Martinenghi

Born|

Milan, Italy

Nationality| Italian[1]
Occupation| conductor[2]
Years active| 1994-present
Known for| conducting

Gianluca Martinenghi is an Italian opera and symphonic music conductor.[3][4] From 2016 to 2018 he was the Music director of Macedonian National Theatre.[5][6] Currently he is the Artistic Secretary of Teatro Reggio in Turin, Italy,[7]

## Early life and background

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Gianluca Martinenghi used to go learning piano and composition with Piero Rattalino and Bruno Bettinelli respectively.[8] Accompanying with Donato Renzetti[9] and Giacomo Zani, he began studying orchestral conducting later.[10] In association with Teatro Massimo[11] he worked as a conductor.[12] He worked as a musicologist writer and was published at specialized magazines for piano review especially in Musica, Piano Time and Symphonia.[5] At that time he began working in Teatro regio di torino as a répétiteur, that led him to the operatic repertoire, being an assistant to accomplished musicians for example Yuri Ahronovitch and Gianandrea Gavazzeni.[5] In the first part of his career, he executed several symphonic concerts and contemporary 20th Century productions by Benjamin Britten and Hans Werner Henze. With his music direction, an Opera was staged at the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre in 2018.[13] In 2012, Munich Radio Orchestra and L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal were two of his vital international orchestras.[3][14] In 2013, he inaugurated the Taormina Festival with Rigoletto (broadcast worldwide) and in 2014 he inaugurated with Aida and the Orchestra of Teatro Bellini di Catania the Siracusa Festival.[15]

## Conduct at major concert halls

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Gianluca Martinenghi is known to be invited to conduct concerts which includes: Budapest’s Béla Bartók National Concert Hall,[16] Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Radio Orchestra, Ochestra Sinfonica dello Sferisterio di Macerata, Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, la Suisse Romande, Festival Puccini in Torre del Lago, Carlo Felice di Genova,[17] Toscanini di Parma,[18] The National Hungarian Filarmomic Orchestra,[4][19] Sinfonica de Malaga, Teatro Comunale di Modena,[20][21] Orquesta del Teatro Colón, Sinfónica de Tenerife, Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari.[22][23][3]

## Repertoire

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As an operatic conductor, Martinenghi has some notable titles in his repertoire. Among them Croatian National Theatre, Deutsche Oper Berlin,[24] Georgian National Theatre,[25] Grand Theatre de Tours,[26] Irish National Opera,[27] Macedonian National Theatre,[6] NCPA of Beijing,[14] Palm Beach Opera, Seoul Opera Center, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan,[28] Teatro Lirico di Cagliari,[29] Slovenian National Theatre,[8][30] Sydney Opera House,[3] Teatro Bellini di Catania, Comunale di Bologna,[31] dell'Opera di Roma,[32] Verona Arena and Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo.[33]

## Nominations and accolades

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Gianluca Martinenghi was nominated Principal Guest Conductor to the Tenerife Opera Festival in the period included between 2009/2011,[34][35] and Chief Conductor of Macedonian Opera Theatre from 2016 until 2018.[36] In January 2023 he was nominated Artistic Secretary of Teatro Reggio in Turin, Italy,[7]

## Discography

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* "L'arca di Noè" Benjamin Britten, Fondazione Teatro Massimo Palermo, 2002
* "Duetti Verdiani" Amarilli Nizza- Roberto Frontali, Orchestra del Teatro di Slesia e Moravia "A.Dvorak, 2010[37]
* "Amarilli Nizza Puccini"- Orchestra of the Dvorak Theatre of Ostrava, 2008[38]
* "This is my Verdi"- Amarilli Nizza, Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, 2015[39][40][41]
* "Gianluca Terranova canta Caruso" Orchestra Fondazione Arena di Verona, 2012[42]

## References

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1. ^ "Opera review: Much revived Madama Butterfly takes wing and delights Sydney fans". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). January 29, 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
2. ^ "Thursday Opera Matinee: Faust, by Charles Gounod". BBC. 6 Feb 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
3. ^ a b c d "Gianluca Martinenghi". Opera Australia. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
4. ^ a b "Bel Canto Concert tour - Diana Damrau - Soprano". Diana Damrau. May 8, 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
5. ^ a b c Giglio, Marcello (May 1, 2017). Note biografiche (PDF). Marcello. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
6. ^ a b "Opera Hong Kong Reveals Cast For 'Cavalleria Rusticana' & 'Pagliacci'". Opera Wire. Jul 16, 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
7. ^ a b "Teatro Regio Torino, Martinenghi segretario artistico - Piemonte". 19 January 2023.
8. ^ a b "Gianluca Martinenghi - Dirigenti | Slovensko narodno gledališče Maribor". www.sng-mb.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
9. ^ "Gianluca Martinenghi | Opera Australia". opera.org.au. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
10. ^ "Stage Door - Gianluca Martinenghi". www.stagedoor.it. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
11. ^ Redazione (2020-03-21). "Teatro Massimo di Palermo in streaming, il programma della prossima settimana". BlogSicilia - Ultime notizie dalla Sicilia (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
12. ^ "La Tosca, il Teatro Massimo e l'ombrello di Magritte". PalermoToday (in Italian). April 5, 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
13. ^ "Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre". www.opera.ge. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
14. ^ a b "NCPA's Production of Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri". China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
15. ^ "Gianluca Martinenghi". www.operabase.com. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
16. ^ "Diana Damrau and Nicolas Testé". www.mupa.hu. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
17. ^ "Biografia – Soi Fiorenza Cedolins" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
18. ^ "Biography" (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
19. ^ "El Auditorio de Tenerife culmina el montaje de la ópera "Falstaff"". ABC (in Spanish). 2010-09-19. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
20. ^ "Maria Teresa Leva, Simon Lim & Vittoria Yeo Lead Teatro Comunale di Modena's 2022-23 Season". operawire.com. Jul 25, 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
21. ^ "Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance listings | Gianluca Martinenghi". Bachtrack. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
22. ^ Puglia, Giornale di. "Ecco la stagione lirica di 'Opera in Puglia 2018'". GIORNALE DI PUGLIA. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
23. ^ "Gianluca Martinenghi". Teatro Colón. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
24. ^ "Bel Canto Concerts in Europe and Asia". nicolasteste.com. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
25. ^ "Maribor: La Forza del Destino vince sul Carnevale • Le Salon Musical". Le Salon Musical (in Italian). 2018-02-08. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
26. ^ "VIDEO. Un Airbus se pose à l'opéra de Tours". La Nouvelle Republique (in French). 28 Jan 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
27. ^ Dervan, Michael (15 Nov 2010). "Tosca". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
28. ^ "Teatro Massimo di Palermo in Giappone: la tournée dell'orgoglio". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). June 24, 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
29. ^ ""Caro Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, ma perché ci propini ancora la sardità superficiale di Porrino?", un intervento di Antonio Trudu". www.vitobiolchini.it (in Italian). 2015-03-05. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
30. ^ "Maribor: La Forza del Destino vince sul Carnevale" (in Italian). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
31. ^ "2004-2013 – Teatro Comunale di Bologna". Comunale di Bologna (in Italian). Retrieved 19 September 2022.
32. ^ "Hong Kong and Italian operas unite for La Boheme". South China Morning Post. 8 Sep 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
33. ^ "TEATRO MASSIMO BELLINI CATANIA". Teatro Massimo Bellini. 10 Dec 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
34. ^ "El Festival de Ópera de Tenerife invita al público al ensayo general de 'Madama Butterfly'". Europa Press. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
35. ^ "Gianluca Mertinenghi – Direttore Musicale del Teatro Nazionale Macedone di Skopje – I Teatri dell'Est e non solo". www.iteatridellest.com (in Italian). 10 April 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
36. ^ "Џанлука Мартиненги - нов шеф-диригент во Македонската опера и балет". Sitel (TV channel) (in Macedonian). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
37. ^ "Verdi: Duetti verdiani". Deezer. 7 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
38. ^ "Amarilli Nizza / Puccini". Trove. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
39. ^ "Gianluca Martinenghi". music.metason.net. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
40. ^ "Gianluca Martinenghi - Naxos Records". Naxos (company). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
41. ^ "This Is My Verdi". Bol.com. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
42. ^ "Canta Caruso / Gianluca Terranova". Trove. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

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