ArtistInfo

Francesco Corti

p, vn, *1963 FR
Musician of Classical

Francesco Corti was born in Milano in 1963. In his home city he studied piano, violin and composition and in Vienna conducting. He worked as violinist in several ensembles in Austria and as repetiteur in theatres of northern Italy. He made his debut as conductor in 1986 in Jesi with “La Traviata”. Engagements followed, both in opera and concert, mainly in France and Spain. He conducted in major italian opera houses like Roma,Torino, Verona and Genova. In 1996 he was appointed “first house conductor” at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. During five seasons in this position he could extensively broaden his operatic repertoire. Meanwhile, he was regularly invited by the “Staatstheater Stuttgart” “Den Norske Opera” Oslo, the “Göteborg Operaen” and the “Opernhaus Halle”, both in the pit and on the podium. Relevant appearances in San Francisco, Vienna, Berlin and Seoul. In 2000 he took up his position as “Generalmusikdirektor” of the Pfalztheater in Kaiserslauetern, where he remained until 2006. Immediately after, he became Generalmusikdirektor of the Magdeburgische Philharmonie where he worked intensely for four years. During his tenure, beside the opera conducting, he was in charge of a vast symphonic activity, covering the repertoire from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Parallel to this leading position in Germany, in 2007 he was appointed Music Director of the Scottish Opera in Glasgow. He held this post until 2013.

Instruments

• Piano
• Violin