Daniele Rustioni (born 1983) is an Italian conductor.
Biography
editRustioni was born in Milan, and studied piano, organ, and composition at the Milan Conservatory. He sang in the boys choir of the Teatro alla Scala in his youth.[1] He studied cello for 3 years, and later piano and organ.[2]
Rustioni studied conducting under Gilberto Serembe at the Milan Conservatory and under Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana. Whilst at the Royal Academy of Music in London, his mentors included Gianandrea Noseda, who gave him the opportunity to make his debut as a conductor with the orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Turin in 2007. For 2008–2009, Rustioni was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He then became an assistant conductor to Antonio Pappano at Covent Garden, and served in the post for 3 years.[3] Rustioni made his U.S. debut in July 2011 conducting Cherubini's Médée at the Glimmerglass Festival.
Rustioni became principal guest conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana in 2011. In June 2014, Rustioni became the orchestra's principal conductor. He stood down as the orchestra's principal conductor at the close of the 2019–2020 season.[4] He retains his post as artistic director of the orchestra.[5]
In March 2015, the Opéra national de Lyon announced the appointment of Rustioni as its next principal conductor, effective September 2017.[6] In January 2019, the Ulster Orchestra announced the appointment of Rustioni as its next chief conductor, effective September 2019,[7] following 3 prior appearances as guest conductor with the orchestra.[8] In September 2022, the orchestra announced simultaneously the extension of Rustioni's contract to 2024 and the immediate elevation of his title to music director.[9] Rustioni concluded his tenure as music director of the Ulster Orchestra at the close of the 2023-2024 season[10] and now has the title of music director laureate with the orchestra.
Rustioni first guest-conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in 2017. In November 2024, the Metropolitan Opera announced the appointment of Rustioni as its next principal guest conductor, effective with the 2025-2026 season, with an initial contract of three seasons.[11]
Rustioni is married to the Italian-American violinist Francesca Dego.[2] The couple have together recorded violin concertos of Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari for Deutsche Grammophon, where the recording of the Wolf-Ferrari violin concerto was taken from the UK premiere performance in Birmingham, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.[12] For Sony Classical, Rustioni has recorded music of Giorgio Federico Ghedini,[13] and an album of opera arias with Erwin Schrott.
References
edit- ^ "Sound Bites: Daniele Rustioni". Opera News. September 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Facing the music: conductor Daniele Rustioni". The Guardian. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Opéra de Lyon: un nouveau chef, Daniele Rustioni, en septembre 2017". Le Parisien. 2015-03-12. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "L'ORT presenta i nuovi direttori" (Press release). Orchestra della Toscana. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Daniele Rustioni e l'Orchestra della Toscana raccontati in un documentario". Firenze Today. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
- ^ Antonio Mafra (2017-06-10). "Kazushi Ono: sayônara maestro!". Le Progès. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Alf McCreary (2019-01-25). "Ulster Orchestra baton handed over as Italian is named new conductor". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ Alf McCreary (2018-11-19). "Review: Rustioni leads orchestra as it performs a trio of greats". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
- ^ "Daniele Rustioni to continue with Ulster Orchestra" (Press release). Ulster Orchestra. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
- ^ "Escape Your Everyday - 2023/24 Season On Sale" (Press release). Ulster Orchestra. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ^ Javier C. Hernández (2024-11-13). "Daniele Rustioni, Fixture at the Met Opera, Will Be Its Guest Conductor". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ Christopher Morley (2017-03-09). "When in Rome, CBSO, at Birmingham Symphony Hall". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Tim Ashley (December 2016). "Ghedini: Music for Orchestra". Gramophone. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
