Italian orchestral conductor and composer Alessandro Cadario took on the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra of Milan in 2016. He has conducted many of the major opera companies and festivals in Italy and internationally, entering the podium of the orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the Russian National Orchestra, the Teatro Regio in Torino, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, La Fenice Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and the orchestras of Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and Teatro Massimo in Palermo.
In 2015 he was invited to the seasons of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, where he was recognised for the quality of his Rossini interpretations: ”Stabat Mater: a great Rossini with Cadario” as headlined by Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno. 2015 was also the year of his debut at Teatro alla Scala in Milan at the Internatinal Orchestra Festival which was followed by his 2016 debut in China, performing Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor k. 427 with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong. In the same year he conducted the world premiere of two operas at the Venice Music Biennale and made his debut at the Festival MITO SettembreMusica. In 2017 he was selected to conduct the prestigious Christmas Concert live on RAI 1 from the Aula of the Senate of the Italian Republic.
In 2018 he made his debut in the symphonic season of the Marinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and in the Teatro Regio in Turin with G. Verdi’s Quattro pezzi sacri. In 2019 he conducted Bellini’s Norma at the Croatian National There in Rijeka, Rossini’s La Cenerentola Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker at Teatro Massimo di Palermo. He also made his debut at the Verona Arena with Cimarosa’s Missa Pro Defuntis.
In the 2020–21 he made his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival with Il viaggio a Reims. He conducted Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and a new production of Pergolesi’s La serva padrona and Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. In the 2021–22 season he made his debut at the Royal Opera House of Muscat and at the 48th Festival della Valle d’Itria, conducting the world premiere of Campogrande’s Opera Italiana and returned to the podium of Teatro Regio in Turin and Teatro Massimo in Palermo for the world premiere of Tutino’s L’eredità dei giusti. He made his debut in the Circuito Lirico Toscano with Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
In the current season he is back at the Teatro Filarmonico, conducting the orchestra of the Verona Arena and he has made his debut at the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome at the Caracalla Festival with Prokofiev’s Cinderella.
In addition to the classical repertoire, Alessandro Cadario has turned his attention to contemporary music, which he interprets with particular dedication, thanks to his double nature as conductor and composer. His compositions have been premiered at the Lincoln Center in New York, the Darmstadt Opera House and the National Concert Hall in Taipei. He has conducted numerous world premieres by Bettinelli, Fedele, Galante, Tutino, Campogrande and Vacchi among others.
Among his future engagements are his debut with the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra (Handel’s Messiah) and the next Festival del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with the world premiere of the opera Jeanne Dark by Vacchi.
Alessandro Cadario graduated in orchestral conducting with full marks at the Verdi Conservatoire of Milan, perfecting himself with two diplomas of merit athletes the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. In addition he has graduated in violin performance, choral conducting and composition with full marks.
