Ivan Ronda

Ivan Ronda studied under Maestro Luigi Toja at the Giuseppe Nicolini Conservatory in Piacenza, graduating with the highest distinction in piano, organ, harpsichord, choral and orchestral conducting; he also received an honorary diploma of merit on completion of his eighth year of advanced study and went on to attend masterclasses in piano and organ, notably with the great French virtuoso Jean Guillou.

Central to his repertory are the great works of J S Bach, Mozart, Reger and Liszt. For the labels Fugatto and Brilliant Classics, Ivan Ronda has recorded several CDs on historical organs (Arlesheim Dom, St. Johanniskirche in Luneburg) as well as for Brillian the Handel’s Complete Organ Concertos transcribed for organ solo by Marcel Duprè. He has toured prestigious venues in the UK, performing at King’s College and St John’s College, Cambridge, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham and Coventry Cathedral. In 2005, he visited South America, performing in cathedrals and basilicas in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, where his Metropolitan Cathedral recital attracted an audience of 1000 people; his recordings have been broadcast on RAI International and Radio Classica Bresciana. He has been invited to perform on ancient and newly-built historical instruments in important organ festivals. Among the few selected organist to play at Como Cathedral, important composers such as Enrico Pasini, Grimoaldo Macchia, Hans André Stamm, Marco Lo Muscio, Andreas Willscher, Carlotta Ferrari, and Carlo Francesco Defranceschi, have composed and dedicated organ works to him.