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BIOGRAPHY updated January 2024
Italian conductor Alfonso Scarano is currently in his seventh season as Chief Conductor of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra after having served as Guest Conductor for six consecutive seasons since 2011/2012. For 13 years Alfonso Scarano has shaped an unmistakable sound culture as conductor of the Thailand Phil culminated with the first acclaimed European tour held in August/September 2022, the CD recording for Albany Records USA and the praised live performances and CD recording of the Bruckner 9th. His previous positions include Chief Conductor of the Severočeská Filharmonie Teplice (2013 – 2018), Principal Guest Conductor of the Virtuosi di Praga (2000 – 2010) and Music Director and Conductor of the Toscana Opera Festival in Italy (2006 – 2008). Alfonso Scarano was the winner of the 1993 Bottega International Conducting Competition in Treviso, winner of the 1997 Franco Capuana European Community Conducting Competition in Rome, second prize (first and third not assigned) at 2005 Luigi Mancinelli International Conducting Competition in Orvieto and recipient of 2003 Young European Conductors scholarship for Daniele Gatti biennial conducting course at Scuola di Musica in Fiesole in Italy. In addition to his position in Bangkok, Alfonso Scarano regularly conducts worldwide orchestras included the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in Israel, Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre in Brazil, The New Russia State Symphony Orchestra in Moscow Tchaikovsky Hall, Radio Television Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, IDSO Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra in Turkey, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea, Savaria Symphony Orchestra in Hungary, Kiev National Radio Television Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma in Italy, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden and PKF-Prague Philharmonia touring in Germany and Bulgaria. His relationships with leading vocal and instrumental soloists have included collaborations with Mischa Maisky, Mario Brunello, Kristof Barati, Yu-Chien Tseng, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky, Stefano Bollani, Anna Kravtchenko, Nareh Arghamanyan, Francois-Joel Thiollier, Jorg Demus, Alexander Toradze, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Calogero Palermo, Boston Brass, Daniela Dessi, Maria Jose’ Siri, Dimitra Theodossiou, Rolando Villazon, Kristjan Johannsson, Stefano Secco, Simone Alaimo and many others. Alfonso Scarano has conducted the mainstays of operatic repertoire including La traviata, Nabucco, Rigoletto, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La bohème, La sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, Carmen, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Gianni Schicchi and Gluck’s opera Le cinesi in theatres such us Politeama Greco in Lecce, Teatro Sperimentale in Spoleto, Teatro Civico in Vercelli, Teatro Comunale in Treviso, Pompei Festival, Anfiteatro Romano di Ostia Antica in Roma, Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine, Stagione Lirica in San Gimignano, Friedrichshafen Theater, Freiburg Theater, Roman Amphitheater in Plovdiv and Prince Mahidol Hall in Bangkok.
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2 march 2023
Ljubljana: Rolando Villazón und das RTV Slovenija Symphonie Orchester eröffneten bejubelt das 6. Winterfestival
Begleitet wurde er einfühlsam und rücksichtsvoll vom Rundfunkorchester, dem RTV Slovenija Symphonie Orchester unter dem sehr versierten italienischen Dirigenten Alfonso Scarano. Dabei konnte man auch mit den Ouvertüren von Mozart „Le nozze di Figaro“ und Giuseppe Verdis „Nabucco“ sowie dem extrem zündend musizierten Danzon Nr. 2 von Arturo Márquez und der sinfonischen Dichtung, dem „Danse macabre“ von Camille Saint-Saens punkten. Bei letzterem erwies sich der Konzertmeister des Orchesters, der Kärntner Benjamin Ziervogel als exzellenter und farbenreicher Solist.
21 december 2020
MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, MOZART E SCHÖNBERG
Milano – Orchestra UniMi: Concerto di Clarissa Bevilacqua con Alfonso Scarano (streaming)
Sarà anche un’orchestra universitaria – che non significa che è composta da imberbi studenti – ma l’Orchestra dell’Università degli Studi di Milano ha sempre dimostrato una gran dedizione nell’esecuzione dei suoi programmi e un’attenta cura nello sceglierli. Non sono rari, infatti, i brani del repertorio contemporaneo alternati ad opere meno note di grandi compositori del passato. Un esempio su tutti è la prima mondiale del Concerto per due pianoforti di Ennio Morricone di qualche anno fa intitolato Varianti per Ballista Antonio Canino Bruno che il grande compositore dedicò alla mitica coppia di pianisti.
13 july 2018
FIERY VIOLIN LIGHTS THOUSAND ONE NIGHTS
TPO delivers evocative rendition of Prokofiev and Rimsky-Korsakov
Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Tseng joined the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) and chief conductor Alfonso Scarano in a fiery reading of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.2. The fire almost became real when one of the strings of Tseng’s bow snapped. Such was the intensity of the TPO’s concert last Saturday at Prince Mahidol Hall, Mahidol University. Who better to judge than the conductor?
13 december 2017
SCARANO: TITULAR DE LA FILARMÓNICA DE TAILANDIA
Alfonso Scarano es ya Director titular de la Filarmónica de Tailandia en esta temporada tras haber sido director invitado durante seis años, de la temporada 2011-12 a la 2016-17. En rueda de prensa, el maestro dijo: “Me siento honrado de haber sido designado como nuevo director titular de la orquesta. Este cargo representa la evolución natural de mis seis años como director invitado en la TPO, pero también un gran reto. Espero con gran ilusión la apertura de la próxima temporada, que será con Cavalleria Rusticana de Mascagni, y que promete ser inolvidable. Alfonso Scarano ha sido también Director titular de la Severočeská Filharmonie Teplice (Chequia) desde 2013. Anteriores cometidos del maestro fueron los de Principal director invitado de los Virtuosos de Praga.
7 november 2017
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Conductors on the Move
The Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, now in its 12th season, has elevated Alfonso Scarano [pictured] to the position of chief conductor, effective this season; he has served often as a guest since 2011. The orchestra, which performs about 70 concerts.
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