Dario Garegnani

Dario Garegnani was one of the finalists, in 2010, for the post of Assistant Conductor held by the Ensemble InterContemporain of Paris, led by Pierre Boulez.

In the same year, he had his debut on the stage of the Teatro La Fenice leading its orchestra. After his diploma in clarinet at the Conservatory “G. Verdi” of Milan, he studied composition and conducting. He graduated at first in Sciences of the Cultural Heritage, and then in Musicology with Emilio Sala. He was the assistant to Mauricio Kagel at the Biennale Musica in Venice and at the Kagel Festival in Buenos Aires. He gave tens of world premieres throughout Europe, with all kinds of ensembles. His repertoire ranges from the early nineteenth century to Verdi, up to the most extreme musical and performative demands of contemporary musical theater. With the ensemble Secret Theater, of which he was the cofounder, he gave the national premieres of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Kammersymphonie at the Iran Festival Fadjr of Teheran, with a programme focusing on Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Eisler. He was invited, among others, by Festival MiTo, Festival d’Autunno di Varsavia, Milano Musica, Rondò, Festival Aperto di Reggio Emilia, Biennale Musica di Venezia, Società del Quartetto, Fondazione I Teatri, LAC Teatro Lugano, Fondazione Toscana Teatro, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Bergamo Teatro, Teatro Rossi di Pisa, Linz Ars Electronica, Rai 5. He also took a tangential interest in theatrical direction, lighting, sound direction and live electronics, of which he was in charge on different occasions for the Festival MiTo and Piccolo Regio in Turin, for the Biennale musica and for the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. His recordings include a CD dedicated to F. Delli Pizzi (Chamber Music, 2008), and, for Brilliant Classics, an album focusing on G. Albini (Musica Ciclica, 2013).