Marco Paladin
Marco Paladin was only 15 years old, when maestro Sirio Piovesan invited him to perform first violin with the chamber orchestra Piccola Symphonia. As a member of string trios, quartets, and quintets, he would perform in Italy and Austria. At the age of 18, he joined La Fenice Orchestra. With the Orchestra, he performed many pieces, one of his most important performances being violin solo in René Aubry’s ballet Underwood in 1983. He also participated in recording of the ballet.
In 1980–1985, he was a director of Teatro Comunale in Bologna and Teatro Comunale in Treviso. After winning an international competition in 1985, he became a conductor of La Fenice. He has toured to Poland, France, Greece, Spain, Denmark, China, and Japan. He used to give classes of violin and ensemble at the Trieste Conservatoire and Malerbi Musical School in Lugo. He has also performed as a chorus conductor.
In 2008, he conducted Andrea Bocelli’s recital in Vatican. In 2009, he conducted Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at Palazzo Ducale and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at the Goldoni Theatre in Venice. In 2015, he conducted George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique at the Goldoni Theatre. With La Fenice Orchestra, he performed Britten’s War Requiem, ballet Notte di Stelle (2011), and Frid’s opera Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2012).
The conductor’s répertoire also includes Verdi’s La traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, and Tosca, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and Skriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus.
Since 2008, Marco Paladin has been musical director of La Fenice.
In 1980–1985, he was a director of Teatro Comunale in Bologna and Teatro Comunale in Treviso. After winning an international competition in 1985, he became a conductor of La Fenice. He has toured to Poland, France, Greece, Spain, Denmark, China, and Japan. He used to give classes of violin and ensemble at the Trieste Conservatoire and Malerbi Musical School in Lugo. He has also performed as a chorus conductor.
In 2008, he conducted Andrea Bocelli’s recital in Vatican. In 2009, he conducted Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at Palazzo Ducale and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at the Goldoni Theatre in Venice. In 2015, he conducted George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique at the Goldoni Theatre. With La Fenice Orchestra, he performed Britten’s War Requiem, ballet Notte di Stelle (2011), and Frid’s opera Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2012).
The conductor’s répertoire also includes Verdi’s La traviata, Rigoletto, and Aida, Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, La Bohème, and Tosca, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and Skriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy and Prometheus.
Since 2008, Marco Paladin has been musical director of La Fenice.
