Cairo Symphony Orchestra Principal Conductor

Marcello Mottadelli (Principal Conductor)

After receiving his diploma in Organ and Composition in 1994 from the Conservatorio di Musica G. Verdi di Milano Marcello continued his studies at the Musik Hochschule in Vienna and graduated in Organ under Professor Alfred Mitterhofer. In 1996 Marcello attended two master classes in conducting in Vienna, and in 1997 he became the student and assistant of Maestro Romano Gandolfi at the Toscanini Association in Parma, Italy.

From 1996 to 1999 Marcello was the assistant conductor and repeteteur pianist at the Theatre of Szeged in Hungary. Here he directed Don Pasquale, Cosi fan Tutte, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Stiffelio Tosca and Don Giovanni. Between 1996 and 1997 he was also employed as Lecturer of Orchestral Studies at the Conservatorio Liszt in Szeged, where he conducted many concerts with the student orchestras.

Marcello was employed as 1st Kappelmeister in Bern, Switzerland in 1999, and held this position until 2001. Here he conducted numerous performances, including Hansel and Gretel, Cosi fan Tutte, Die Fledermaus, Il Trovatore, Magic Flute, Der Fogelhaendler, Marta and various ballets and musicals. During this period he was also engaged to conduct Nabucco on tour in Germany, Un Ballo in Maschera and Rigoletto with the choir and orchestra from Bolshoi Minsk, and Turandot at the Hungarian National Theatre in Budapest.

In 2001 Marcello made his début both in the USA and South Africa, with productions of Turandot (Colorado Opera Company and Colorado Symphony Orchestra, USA)Rigoletto and Mahler’s 2nd Symphony (Opera of Cape Town, South Africa). During this year, he also worked as a musical stage director at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Sardinia, where he assisted with productions of Tosca, Aida and Barber of Seville.

In the summer festival of Kyrburg and Monschau in Gemany in 2002 Marcello conducted productions of Carmen, Rigoletto and Trovatore. During this year he also travelled to Belarus to resume his work with the choir and orchestra of Bolshoi Minsk. He conducted this company in productions of Tosca at the Bolshoi Theatre, Minsk, and Verdi’s Requiem in Besana Brianza, Italy. During this year he also assisted in the production of the world premiere of a contemporary opera, Ballata, by the Italian composer Francesconi at the theatre la Monnaie in Brussels, Belgium. Another highlight of 2002 came when Marcello became the founder of the Philharmonic Orchestra Briantea and Sinfonietta Giovanile Milanese. He dedicated much of his time during the following two years to this youth orchestra, conducting many concerts, both symphonic and operatic, all over Italy with great success.

In 2003 Marcello conducted the Czechish National Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir of Prague in performances of Verdi’s Requiem. In July of this year he won first prize in an international competition for chamber music in Ovada (AI) and this was also the year in which he made his Russian début at the Theatre Rostov on Don with a production of Pagliacci. Marcello returned to Russia in 2006 to conduct a symphonic concert in Rostov on Don and later that year to lead the Moscow Symphony Orchestra in concerts in Moscow and on tour in Milan. In October 2006 he conducted a concert in Milan with Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana and instrumental solists from Teatro alla Scala di Milano.

During 2007 Marcello has had several engagements in Denmark, including numerous performances of the operas Der Freischütz and Rigoletto with Den Jyske Opera, and symphonic concerts with the symphony orchestras from Odense and Aalborg. During this year he has also conducted symphonic concerts in Egypt with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, Poland with Bialystok Philharmonic Orchestra, and, closer to home, a concert in Milano with Orchestra Teatro Carlo Coccia from Novara.

In March of 2008 he conducted his first symphonic concert with Århus Symfoniorkester in their new concert hall, and in April his concert with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in Bratislava was transmitted live on the radio.

He returned to Cairo in February, April and June of this year, where the program with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra included Dvorak Stabat Mater. In July Cairo Symphony Orchestra performed a Gala Concert at the Jerash Amphitheatre, Jordan, during the Jordan Festival with Placido Domingo and Julia Migenes. Maestro Mottadelli conducted during this concert. From the beginning of the 2008-2009 season Marcello has been engaged as the principal conductor of the Cairo Symphony Orchestra with 21 concerts per season.

In September 2008 he made his debut at the Seongnam Art Centre in Seoul, Korea with a gala concert. In October he made his debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen with Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi. He performed a concert with Orchestra Filarmonica di Verona (Orchestra della Fondazione Arena di Verona) in November in Auditorium “Pollini” in Padova. 2009 began with two symphonic concerts in Sønderborg, Denmark, with Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester. From January to March 2009 Marcello conducted 10 performances of Donizetti’s Elisir d'Amore with Den Jyske Opera, Denmark.

Marcello holds the position of principal conductor with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in 2009-2010 with 24 concerts in the season. In October 2009 Marcello will conduct a production of Turandot with the tenor Martinucci for Sol Opera Company at the Seoul Arts Center and Busan, South Korea along with 3 concerts. Marcello will return to Denmark in 2010 to work again with Den Jyske Opera for a production of Manon Lescaut. In 2012 Marcello will conduct a production of Traviata at the Danish Royal Opera, Copenhagen with 20 performances..