- Andrés Rodrigo López
Andrés Rodrigo López (born 1963,
New York City ) is an Italiancellist and conductor, He started studying cello at a very young age under the guidance of Giuseppe Martorana. After specialising under the guidance ofAmedeo Baldovino he studied chamber music under the guidance ofFranco Mezzena andBruno Mezzena and orchestra conducting withMichele Marvulli eMario Gusella at theAccademia Musicale Pescarese . He graduated with full marks in Master classes inConegliano Veneto andEnna (again withFranco Mezzena and Bruno Mezzena); inFiesole (withGiuseppe Garbarino andMaureen Jones ) and in Lerici (withPiero Farulli ).He also specialised in the contemporary repertoire for cello under the guidance of
Sigfried Palm in the Courses of S.I.M.C. (Italian Society of Contemporary Music) in Rome, playing during the final concert.Andres Rodrigo Lopez founded the E.CO. Ensemble and has collaborated with such important composers as
Salvatore Sciarrino andMarco Tutino , only to name a few.He played as soloist or conductor in several Italian orchestras, such as the Symphony Orchestra of the Accademia Musicale Pescarese, the Orchestra da Camera di Fiesole, Teatro Verdi di Pisa Orchestra, Orchestra da Camera di Milano, the Quartettone, Mediterranean Simphony Orchestra, Filarmonica di Verona, Orchestra Città di Pavia, I.C.O. of Lecce, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra.
Andres Rodrigo Lopez was Guest Conductor of the Mediterranean Symphony Orchestra for two years and led the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Festival della Città Barocca in Lecce, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Kishinev and the Orchestra Pablo Ruiz Picasso of Malaga, at the Festival Internacional de Jimena de la Frontera, Istanbul Chamber Orchestra.
He also conducted chamber groups in several performances of the Compagnia di Aldo Giuffré.
İn 2007 has conducted, in
Salzburg , the world premiere of "L'ultimo Tango di Madame İvonne", opera byFausto Tuscano over the Libretto ofRaffaella Passiatore .He taught chamber music at the Conservatory of Trento (Riva del Garda) and hold Master classes in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Austria. He has been a teacher at Istanbul Technical University Advanced Music Studies Center (MIAM).
Andres Rodrigo Lopez’s discography includes recordings for Rai, Rodolphe (Europa), Yolotl (Mexico), Nuova Era and Arkadia.
His concert activity includes recitals as a soloist, concerts with orchestras (both as conductor and soloist) and in collaboration with several chamber groups. He performed in the most important Italian and international concert institutions (
Milan ,Rome ,Pavia ,Pistoia ,Alessandria ,Siena ,Pisa ,Florence ,Bari ,Lecce ,Siena ,Pescara ,Verona ,Frankfurt ,Paris ,Puteau ,New York ,Boston ,Mexico ,Seoul ,Sendai -Japan ,Istanbul ,Antalya ,Adana Salzburg ).López taught chamber music at the Conservatory of Trento (Riva del Garda) and hold masterclasses in
Italy ,Spain ,Turkey , andAustria .External links
* [http://www.andlopez.it Official website]
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