I CANTORI DELL’ACHIROPITA
Corigliano – Rossano (CS) – Italy
Corigliano – Rossano (CS) – Italy
Director
Luigi Pignataro
President
Membership Code
FCI862/21
Seat
Corigliano – Rossano (CS) – Italy
United Kingdom
Type of choir
Mixed voices
Repertory
sacred polyphony
Site / Email
pignataro.luigi@virgilio.it
Maestro Luigi Pignataro, choir director, graduated in opera singing, has a long ten-year experience, during which, with the respective stable choirs of Cagliari, Lecce and Rendano, he has created works such as: Rigoletto, Tosca, Aida, Carmen, Turandot, Trovatore, Cavalleria rusticana and la Traviata, directed by Maestro Z. Destination went to the world vision for Rai 1.
He has also collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as: P. Domingo, J. Curà , K. Ricciarelli. He is currently a member of the national choir of renewal, with recordings to his credit.
Another key element is Maestro Giuseppe Gallina, also one of the most whimsical and brilliant contemporary organists. Many are his reviews and essays published in national and foreign magazines (Japan), one among many “The interpretation of the toccatas of G. Frescobaldi”. His last artistic work saw him engaged in the creation of a one-act opera (which also features Marilù Brunetti, Alessandro Castriota and Tonia Mingrone) entitled “Codex a soul in miniatures”. M° Soprano Marilù Brunetti.Graduated in opera singing, she then obtained a two-year degree of II ° level in solo singing, with this umpteenth concert, she celebrates twenty years of concert activity, which began in the Cathedral in 1996, followed by many artistic experiences also around the world. In addition to being a singing teacher, lately she has proudly brought the art of Italian belcanto to Russia, where she held a Masterclass at the Moscow Conservatory, and a series of concerts. In-depth studies with Masters of the highest level such as L. Pavarotti, L. Greenhouse, C. Apollonius, S. The Star, G. Prestia, they formed her making her always maintain a good dose of humility. Over the years, many concerts and many collaborations, as well as with associations and theaters, also with excellent names, including the international tenor F. Anile, V.Gravina and N. Martinucci. Since 2006 with the choir of the Rendano theater he has realized: Magic Flute, Turandot, Tosca, Verdi’s Requiem, Pagliacci, Maria Olivares. Many awards and prizes won, last in order of time, in 2015 she won the International Opera Singing Competition “Teatro Besostri – Mede (Pv), debuting the role of “Annina” from “La Traviata”, in April 2016.
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