Stefano Pagliani
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Konzertmeister of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Philharmonic Orchestra from 1990 to 2000, is present in the Sony Classical recordings performed by the Milan Opera House (as a soloist in "La strada" - N. Rota and "I Lombardi" - G. Verdi cond. R. Muti). He also recorded for EMI (Vivaldi, Pergolesi), Arcadia, Agora, Dynamic, Tactus, Fonit Cetra (complete Brahms, Schumann, Ravel, Prokofiev and Respighi sonatas, complete Beethoven Strings trio, Mendelssohn Octet op. 20, etc.) He performed as Konzertmeister in the most important Italian Orchestras, such as Maggio Musicale (Florence), S. Cecilia (Rome) and he founded “Trio d’archi della Scala”, i “Virtuosi Italiani”, i “Solisti della Scala”.
In 2007 he took part as a soloist at the "Opening Konzert" of the Lucerne Festival, performing music by Ligeti and Bartok. From 2004 to 2015 Maestro Claudio Abbado invited him as a member of the Lucerne Philharmonic Orchestra formed by the best first parts of the European orchestras and of the "Orchestra Mozart".
Lorin Maazel has defined him as the most charismatic Konzertmeister present in Italy. He gained a great artistic-musical experience, deserving the appreciation and esteem of the most famous conductors: Metha, Abbado, Sawallish, Maazel, Sinopoli, Chung, Gergiev, Muti.
Thanks to his deep experience with these widely known batons, he also took the opportunity in conducting, especially in International Festivals and he explored most of the Italian opera repertoire, in particular Puccini's repertoire, conducting Butterfly, Boheme and Turandot, often in cooperation with the great soprano Dimitra Theodossiou.
Guest of the most important international festivals, he has toured in South America, Canada and North America (ONU building and Carnegy New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Van Couver), Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan ) China, Shanghai, Hong Kong and in Beijing conducting at NCPA.
Professor at Asia Youth Orchestra in Hong Kong, at the Accademia Sherazade in Rome, Stauffer Academy in Cremona,at the Fiesole Music School, at the "Toronto School of Music" Canada.
Most recently he devoted his great knowledge as Konzertmeister into conducting Youth Orchestras, like La Scala Academy, the Asian Youth Orchestra, Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti ,Orchestra Guido d’Arezzo, Orchestra della Magna Grecia and Orchestra Maderna. In 2019 he founded “Scuola Italiana d’Archi” (Italian Strings Academy), an innovative project where he gathers great young musicians that join him in a full immersion experience of masterclasses and festivals.
The project involves students from Italy as well as all around the world , finding unique possibilities to improve, practice, perform and experience the musical world of competitions, auditions and concerts.

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