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Ottavio Dantone

Ottavio Dantone studied harpsichord and organ at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, and began his concert career at an early age. From the beginning of his activities, he devoted himself to an in-depth study of early music, which quickly aroused the interest of the public and critics alike.
Dantone Ottavio

Biography

 

Since 1996 he has been musical director of Accademia Bizantina of Ravenna, creating a quick reputation as one of the outstanding ensembles for Baroque music on period instruments.

His regular concert commitments with Accademia Bizantina have taken him to the most prestigious opera houses and international festivals.

In 1999, the first modern performance of Giuseppe Sarti’s Giulio Sabino marked his debut in the world of opera. Since then, his activities as a soloist and musical director have grown with his role as conductor. In addition to presentations of Baroque opera, his operatic repertoire now extends to the Classical and Romantic periods, including well-known works and unknown operas in world premieres.

In the Spring of 2005 he directed Handel’s Rinaldo at La Scala in Milan, staged by Pier Luigi Pizzi to great acclaim, followed by a revival with Accademia Bizantina in 2009 and the addition of Handel’s Partenope. In June and September 2010, he will direct four operas of Pergolesi (Il Flamminio, Adriano in Siria, Le Frate n’ammorato and L’Olimpiade) - in staged productions for the Pergolesi Festival in Jesi, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Projects for the 2010-11 season include Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Vivaldi’s Il Giustino with Accademia Bizantina.

Equally in demand as a guest conductor, Ottavio Dantone regularly directs the orchestra of La Scala in Milan and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. He appeared at the Opera du Rhin in 2009 and will appear at the Teatro Real in Madrid in 2010 and at Glyndebourne in 2011 with Handel’s Rinaldo.

Ottavio Dantone has been widely heard on radio and television in Italy and abroad, as well as on major record labels, as both a soloist and conductor, for which he has earned numerous awards and press acclaim.

His recordings, as harpsichordist and organist and as music director of the Accademia Bizantina, are always eagerly awaited. Recent releases for Naïve include Vivaldi’s Tito Manilo and a collection of three recordings dedicated to Baroque opera excerpts, one featuring Sonia Prina and the two others featuring Sandrine Piau. Dantone’s recent recording of the Bach Sonatas for harpsichord and violin with Viktoria Mullova on the Onyx label has been considered to be one of the outstanding recordings of chamber music in recent years.

Since 2003, Ottavio Dantone has recorded for Decca, collaborating regularly with Andreas Scholl who is a long-time partner on the concert platform. The current releases, all warmly received by the press, include the Bach concerti for one, two and three harpsichords (2008), Handel organ concerti (2009) and a recording of Haydn concerti in preparation. A new recording with Andreas Scholl is planned for 2010.