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Biography

Voice

Dalal Barnoussi grew up immersed in the culture of Moroccan sufi art, especially the art of Chechaouen’s Hadr, which is considered the art of learning the rules of women’s singing.

Dalal is a wonderful musical talent, who learned the rules of women’s singing of Chechaouen’s Hadra at an early age from her grandmother. Before joining Hadra she participated in the TV show “Got Talent”. The show exposed her to different music genres and was a breakthrough for her national and international career.

Dalal participated in national Moroccan music and artistic events, including Fez Sacred Music Festival in 2004, “Africa on move” Festival in 2007, the Mediterranean Nights Festival and many other festivals.

On the international level, Dalal participated in the Higher Institute of Arab Culture in Paris in 2015 and at Andalusian Music Festival in Malaga in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Dalal performed at the opening night of the 1^st Edition of MENA is here festival, 2023 in Groningen, NL with the NNO and other international festivals.

After making the fusion of musical genres’ she has collaborated with many prominent international artists; she participated as a lead singer with the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, led by Maestro Tom Cohen and also collaborated with Israeli artists Elad Levi and Yohai Cohen.

Dallas objective is to fuse Moroccan’s and Chechaouen’s culture song side Hadra music with the sounds of the wider world.

Biography

Piano

Alessandro Boeri si è diplomato presso il Conservatorio di Torino in pianoforte, direzione d’orche- stra e come maestro collaboratore, con il massimo dei voti e la lode, e in direzione d’orchestra a Parma. Ha frequentato masterclass e seminari presso il Conservatorio di Torino e l’Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo, e si è esibito per le stagioni concertistiche del Conservatorio (come pianista e come direttore) e per Torinomusica, Unione musicale, MITO. Ha partecipato alla trasmissione Nes- sundorma su Rai5. Nel 2018 è fra i maestri collaboratori selezionati da Riccardo Muti come allievi effettivi dell’Italian Opera Academy per Macbeth. Nello stesso anno ha iniziato a collaborare con il Teatro Regio di Torino come maestro collaboratore. Nel 2019 è stato semifinalista al Concorso Internazionale di Direzione d’Orchestra di Bordighera. Dal 2019 al 2021 è stato coinvolto in nume- rose produzioni della stagione dell’Impresa Lirica F. Tamagno - Opera OFF come pianista e maestro concertatore delle opere in cartellone (La voix humaine, La traviata, Carmen, Il barbiere di Siviglia e altre). Nel 2021 ha iniziato la collaborazione con il Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino e con il Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

Biography

Conductor

Born in Puglia in 1993, Danila graduated in conducting with top marks and honours under the guidance of Marcello Bufalini, at the Conservatorio “A. Casella” in L'Aquila, furthering her studies with Dario Lucantoni and Donato Renzetti.
She began her conducting studies at the Civica Scuola di Musica “Claudio Abbado” in Milan, where she obtained her first level diploma, later winning a scholarship for an internship with the Mannheimer Philharmoniker. She was also selected for Sian Edwards' master classes at St. Andrew's University (Scotland) and was awarded a second internship as orchestral trainer at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole.
She has conducted orchestras such as: Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, Orchestra Metropolitana della Città di Bari (in a concert with harpist Claudia Lamanna, winner of the International Harp Contest 2022) and LaToscanini di Parma for the show 'L' Arcipelago dei suoni', at the Arena Shakespeare in Parma.
In 2019, as artistic and musical director of the project "Il Guercio di Puglia - tra parole e musica" (The Guercio of Puglia - between words and music), winner of a regional call for tenders, she realized and promoted the first opera made entirely with Apulian artists under 35 years of age, thus conducting the world premiere of the opera composed by Nicola Scardicchio for the occasion. Also in Puglia, she conducted pianist Pasquale Iannone in concert for the 5th PianoLab Piano Festival in Martina Franca.
Since 2021, she has worked as Fabio Luisi's assistant for the Festival della Valle d'Itria in Martina Franca, where she made her debut conducting a new production of Antonio Salieri's La Scuola de' gelosi, thus being the first woman to conduct an opera title in the Festival's history. She also worked as assistant to Maurizio Benini for Anna Bolena at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, where she will also return for Maria Stuarda. Instead, with Michele Spotti she worked with the Benevento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival della Valle d'Itria and at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo for Don Pasquale.
Her recent and future engagements include: a symphonic concert in the season of the Benevento Philharmonic Orchestra (Haydn, Saint-Saëns and Bartók), Pergolesi's La serva padrona at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the premiere in modern times of Paisiello's Il finto spettro at the Paisiello Festival in Taranto, and her debut at the Staatstheater in Stuttgart in Elisir d'amore.
She has to her credit a collaboration with Rassegna Musicale Curci: Periodico di Cultura e Attualità Musicali, for which she has published her research on the operatic genre of Literaturoper, with the titles "Debussy e la nascita della Literaturoper" and "Chi è Lulu? From Wedeking to Berg'.

Biography

Zorba

Education
- “Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, degree in choreography
- Highschool of Choreography and Dramatic Art „Octavian Stroia” Cluj-Napoca, 1999-2008, class of Vasile Solomon and Dan Orădan

Experience
2011-present: Romanian National Opera of Cluj-Napoca, dancing as a principal
- Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by Valentina Turcu
- Nutcracker and prince in The Nutcracker, by Pavel Rotaru
- Soloist in Ballet à la carte by Boris Nebyla
- Assistent choreographer for the ballet Zorba, the greek by Lorca Massine at Teatro di San Carlo Napoli Italia
- Zorba in Zorba, the greek, choreography Lorca Massine
- Siegfried in Swan Lake, choreography after Petipa and Ivanov
- Amor Amores by Gigi Căciuleanu
- Basil in Don Quijote, choreography after Petipa
- Don Jose in Carmen, choreography Adrian Mureșan
- Albert in Giselle, choreography Vasile Solomon
- Franz in Coppélia, choreography Vasile Solomon
- The Nutcracker and Prince in The Nutcracker, choreography Vasile Solomon
- Walpurgis Night, choreography Gabriela Taub- Darvash
- The Four Seasons, by Antonio Vivaldi, choreography Vasile Solomon
- Solo parts and pas de deux in Ballet Gala, classical and contemporary choreography

2008-2010: Sibiu Ballet Theatre, dancing corps de ballet and solo parts
- Dancaire (Smuggler) in Carmen, choreography Valentin Barteș
- Jean de Brienne’s friends in Raymonda, choreography Valentin Barteș
- The nutcracker in The Nutcracker, choreography Valentin Barteș
- Solo part in Ionescco Trilogy, choreography Monica Fotescu-Uta
- Solo part in Medeea, choreography Alexandru Wolff
- Romeo in Another Type of Romeo and Juliet, choreography Alexandru Wolff
- The prince in Cinderella, choreography Liana Iancu
- Solo part in Bernstein, choreography Cristina Hamel

2007-2008: dancing with the National Opera of Cluj Napoca as a student
- dancing as a corps de ballet in performances as: Romeo and Juliet, Carmen, Swan Lake, Carmina Burana, Maria de Buenos Aires
- Winner of the third prize at the national ballet contest Romania 2007
- Dancing in many international galas and tours all over the world (Europe, Japan, including a tour with Swan Lake in China)
- Working with: Valentin Barteș, Irek Muhamedov, Misha Tchupakov, Nina Ananiashvili, Vasile Solomon, Dan Orădan

Biography

Soprano

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Studia danza classica, si diploma in canto lirico con il massimo dei voti al Conservatorio “V. Bellini” di Palermo e si perfeziona in tecnica vocale e interpretazione con il soprano Luciana Serra. Vincitrice di numerosi Concorsi Lirici Internazionali. Nel 2023 è soprano solista al Concerto per i cento anni dalla nascita di Franco Zeffirelli a Firenze presso la Fondazione Zeffirelli e ai concerti di Capodanno al Teatro Marruccino di Chieti e dell'Aquila con l'Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese. Nel 2022 è Violetta in La traviata al Luglio Musicale Trapanese, ruolo già cantato al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, al Teatro Antico di Taormina, all’Opera Națională di Bucarest e all'Opera Română Craiova (Romania), all’Opera di Astrakhan; è stata Violetta anche in Teresa Valèry rivisitazione della Traviata a cura di Teresa Mannino al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, al Teatro di Verdura e al Teatro Antico di Taormina. Nel 2022 è Soprano nei Carmina Burana di Orff al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, solista al Concerto per lo “Spring of Culture Festival Manama”, Bahrain, Hall of Culture, organizzato dal Teatro Massimo in collaborazione con l’Ambasciata d'Italia in Bahrain e la Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities. Nel 2021 è Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor come copertura al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, ruolo cantato anche in Giappone in tournée con il Teatro Verdi di Trieste, al Teatro Marruccino a Chieti e al Duluth Summer Art Festival negli USA. È stata anche Norina in Don Pasquale all'Opera Română Craiova (Romania), Elvira in L’Italiana in Algeri al Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Gilda in Rigoletto al Politeama Greco di Lecce, Musetta in La bohème al Politeama di Lecce e a Trapani per il Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Rosina ne Il barbiere di Siviglia al Festival dell’Egeo (Grecia), ruolo interpretato in Italia e all'estero al Teatro Opera Română Craiova, al Teatro Filarmonia Podkarpacka di Rezsow (Polonia) e in tournée; è stata Rosina anche in Figaro!, produzione dell’Opera di Roma in coproduzione con il Teatro Massimo di Palermo. Esegue recital a Parigi, Oper im Berg Festival a Salisburgo (Austria), al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, al Teatro dell’Opera di Astrakhan. Canta in produzioni sacre come lo Stabat Mater di Rossini nella Basilica di Sant’Apollinare a Ravenna, il Gloria di Vivaldi e la Messa dell’Incoronazione di Mozart alla Carnegie Hall di New York.

Biography

Coreographer

Born in New York, son of Léonide Massine, Lorca Massine has studied and collaborated with the greatest choreographers of our time: Balanchine, Béjart, and Léonide Massine.

He has inherited his father's penchant for story ballets and combined this with his unusual ability of illustrating contemporary themes in dance using the classical idiom.
He has choreographed more than fifty ballets and musical productions. The original version

of Zorba, which premiered at the Arena of Verona, has been seen in more than thirty five countries by over three million enthusiastic spectators. Massine's undertaking of the

APASSIONATA-Ovations Tour, an equine choreographic extravaganza, set new standards!

His works have been in the repertoires of internationally acclaimed companies such as New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Béjart's Ballet of the Twentieth Century, and the Paris Opera Ballet, and have been performed on the stages of international opera houses from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York to Teatro alla Scala

(Milan), Teatro la Fenice (Venice),Teatro San Carlo (Naples), Teatro dell'Opera (Rome), Teatro Carlo San Felice (Genoa), Teatro Massimo (Palermo), the Royal Opera House at Covent

Garden (London), and the Arena di Verona.

Lorca Massine is also the heir to Léonide Massine's vast heritage. His stagings of his father's ballets have been performed at the Paris Opera, American Ballet Theater, the Pennsylvania Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Royal Winnepeg Ballet, the Boston Ballet, Bavarian State Ballet, Vienna State Ballet, and in 2005 three works of Léonide Massine

entered the repertoire of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Biography

Soprano

Soprano greco, è nata ad Atene. Ha studiato al Dipartimento di Media e Cultura dell’U- niversità Panteion di Atene. Ha poi completato la formazione scenica alla Scuola di Teatro di G. Kimoulis, e vocale alla Nikos Skalkottas Conservatory. Dal 2007 collabora con l’Opera Nazionale Greca ad Atene. Nel 2011 ha continuato gli studi presso l’Opera Studio del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova e presso l’Accademia del Festival Puccini di Torre del Lago. Ha ottenuto premi e riconoscimenti in molti concorsi lirici internazionali in Italia e Francia. Nei teatri italiani ha eseguito ruoli da solista in opere quali La Cene- rentola, Il corsaro, Don Giovanni, Pagliacci, Tosca, Suor Angelica, Il tabarro, Il trovatore e in molte opere greche. Si è esibita in Italia, Belgio, Svizzera e Austria. Dal 2016 si è stabilita ad Atene, dove collabora con lo Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre e si esibisce anche come artista jazz con il suo quartetto.

Biography

Mandolin

Renowned worldwide for his musical integrity and effortless brilliance, Israeli mandolin player Jacob Reuven is one of the most sought-after virtuosos of his instrument. Reuven's broad musical horizons encompass everything from baroque to contemporary music, bringing an exuberance matched with uncompromising musical standards to all he does.
Studying under the guidance of Prof. Simha Nathanson at the Beer Sheva Music Conservatory, and later Prof. Motti Smidt at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Reuven mastered the interpretations of repertoire for solo violin, consequently becoming the first mandolin player to ever perform violin repertoire on a mandolin with an Israeli orchestra.
His precision and technical mastery, matched by his transcendental performances, have brought Reuven a worldwide following and recognition. He has performed as a soloist at various prestigious international festivals including Dresden Music Festival, Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival, and Festival Mandolines de Lunel, and he has played under the baton of conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Antonio Pappano, Mendi Rodan and Zsolt Nagy. Nationally, Reuven has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Israeli Sinfonietta, among others.
A highly regarded mandolin pedagogue, Reuven is a mandolin teacher at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, He plays a custom-made mandolin by Israeli luthier Arik Kerman, and is a founder of the award-winning Kerman Mandolin Quartet ,IMS and the 16 Strings duo.

Biography

Viola

Amihai Grosz looks back on a very unusual career path: At first a quartet player (founding member of the Jerusalem Quartet), then and until today Principal Violist with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and also a renowned soloist.
Initially, Amihai Grosz learned to play the violin, before switching to the viola at age 11. In Jerusalem, he was taught by David Chen, later by Tabea Zimmermann in Frankfurt and Berlin as well as in Tel Aviv by Haim Taub, who had a formative influence on him. At a very early age, he received various grants and prizes and was a member of the “Young Musicians Group” of the Jerusalem Music Center, a program for outstanding young musical talents.
As a soloist, Grosz has collaborated with renowned conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Tugan Sokhiev, Klaus Mäkelä, Ariel Zukermann, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Alexander Vedernikov and Lionel Bringuier. He performs internationally with orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra.
In the world of chamber music, Amihai Grosz collaborates with artists such as Yefim Bronfman, Mitsuko Uchida, Daniel Hope & Friends, Eric le Sage, Janine Jansen & Friends, Julian Steckel, Daishin Kashimoto and David Geringas.
The highlights of the season 22/23 are concerts with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, performances with the Orchestra Del Teatro Massimo di Palermo & Omer Meir Wellber, the Filarmonica de Gran Canaria & Beatriz Fernandez and the Musikalische Akademie Mannheim & Ingo Metzmacher amongst others. In the winter of 2023 Amihai will be touring Japan extensively. Performances are planned with the NHK Symphony Orchestra & Tugan Sokhiev, play-lead with the Aichi Chamber Orchestra, as well as solo performances.
Under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle Amihai will perform the Martinu Viola Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. In the upcoming summer 2023 Amihai will perform at the Verbier Festival the Sinfonia Concertante together with Janine Jansen.
As part of an important round of chamber music projects Amihai will return to perform at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Tonhalle Zurich, the Kammermusiksaal of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. Collaborations and/or tours are planned together with with Emmanuel Pahud & Anneleen Lenaerts, the Modigliani Quartett & Nathalia Milstein and Made in Berlin.
In the season of 21/22 Amihai Grosz has been appointed as Artistic Director of the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht.
Amihai Grosz plays a Gaspar-da-Salò viola from the year 1570, which is a lifelong loan made available to him by a private collection.