Elisabetta Maschio

Dirección musical

Elisabetta Maschio attends the Conservatory 'G.Verdi' in Milan taking piano lessons from Riccardo Risaliti.
Goes through conductorship under the direction of Edoardo Muller and then of Gustav Kuhn, beeing his assistant conductor from 1989 to 1992.
Her public conducting debut took place in 1991 with the Budapest Staatsoper Orchestra in a performance of G. Verdi's Trovatore .
She had a big personal success at 'Macerata Festival' in 1991 conducting 'Madama Butterfly'.
Has conducted at various theatres both in Italy and abroad. In 1995 founds the Sardinia Orchestra of Youth at Sassari where also works for the Ente Concerti 'M . De Carolis' beeing appointed Musical Supervisor from 1995 to 1997 (operatic and symphonic repertoire, chamber music).
Over a two‐year period in 1996/1997 was appointed musical director and conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra in Lecce .
Under her baton played: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ghena Dimitrova, Giorgio Merighi, Roberto Servile, Bruno Praticò, Andrea Bocelli (whom with she has recorded some pieces of his first L.P.), Benedetto Lupo, Pavel Berman, Thomas Demenga, Lucero Tena, Yasuko Hayashij, Leonidas Kavakos.
Has teamed up with Mauro Bolognini, Beppe De Tomasi, Lorenzo Mariani, Paolo Micciché, Filippo Crivelli, Maurizio Nichetti in the staging of opera productions.