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harpsichordist , conductor
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Ottavio Dantone graduated in organ and harpsichord from the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan and began his professional career when he was very young. He started by studying early music, constantly broadening his knowledge in this area and soon receiving recognition from both his public and critics.
In 1985, he was awarded the Basso Continuo prize at the International Paris Festival and in 1986 he received an award at the International Bruges Festival (two of the most renowned harpsichord festivals in the world), being the first Italian to achieve this recognition at an international level for the harpsichord.
Since 1996, he has been Musical Director of the Accademia Bizantina in Ravenna, with which he had already been working since 1989.
In the last years, besides his usual concert activity as harpsichord and forte-piano soloist and leader of ensembles, he has also intensified his activity as orchestra conductor, widening his repertoire to opera and to the Classical and Romantic periods.
He is invited regularly to the world’s major concert venues (the Teatro all Scala in Milan, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the “Accademia di S. Cecilia” in Rome, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Ravenna Festival, the “Settembre Musica” and the Lingotto Auditorium in Turin, the Champs Elisees in Paris, the “Accademia Chigiana” in Siena, Bologna Festival, the International Music Festival in Istanbul, Ferrara Musica, etc.) as well as the most important international early music festivals.
In 1999, during the opera season of the Alighieri Theatre in Ravenna, he made his debut as opera conductor, leading the “Accademia Bizantina” in the first performance in modern times of “Julius Sabino” by Giuseppe Sarti (opera in three acts of 1781); Dantone carried out the revision himself, receiving a positive response from both audience and press.
In the autumn of the same year, Dantone was chosen by Riccardo Muti to direct the repeat performances of the opera, “Nina, ossia la pazza per amore”, by G. Paisiello (produced by the Teatro alla Scala, “Piccolo Teatro” of Milan and Ravenna Festival). Since then he has started a remarkable activity as opera conductor, often not only devoting himself to a well-known repertoire, but also to works which have hardly ever been performed or are even undergoing their first modern performance.
Being a great expert in the performing practices of the Baroque Period, he frequently holds specialisation courses for harpsichord, chamber music, basso continuo and improvisation.
His activity includes many television and radio recorded performances in Italy and abroad. His recordings as soloist and conductor have been acknowledged with several important prizes and have received great appreciation from international critics. He has been recording for Decca since 2003. Source: Dantone
Ottavio Dantone obtuvo su diploma en órgano y clave en el Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi de Milán, abordando muy joven la carrera de concertista, y dedicándose desde los inicios de sus estudios a la profundización de sus conocimientos sobre música antigua, llamando la atención muy pronto de la crítica y el público.
En 1985 obtuvo el premio de bajo continuo en el Concurso Internacional de París y en 1986 fue premiado en el Concurso Internacional de Brujas, habiendo sido el primer músico italiano reconocido a nivel universal en el ámbito del clavicembalo.
Desde 1996 es director musical de la Academia Bizantina de Ravenna, con la que colaboraba ya desde 1989.
En los últimos años se ha afianzado en sus habituales actividades como solista y líder de grupos de cámara además de la más intensa de director orquestal, extendiendo su repertorio a la ópera y a la música de los períodos clásico y romántico. En este concepto es frecuente huésped de prestigiosas salas de concierto y asociaciones musicales, como el Teatro alla Scala de Milán, Accademia di Santa Cecilia de Roma, Concertgebouw de Amsterdam, Musikverein y Konzerthaus de Viena, Mozarteum de Salzburgo, Ravenna Festival, Settembre Musica de Turín, Cité de la Musique de París, Accademia Chigiana de Siena, Bologna Festival, International Music Festival de Estambul, Ferrara Musica, Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York, Auditorium del Lingotto de Turín, G.O.G. de Génova, Festival de Holstein, Musica e Poesia a San Maurizio de Milán, Festival de Urbino. En 1999 debutó como director de ópera en la temporada lírica del Teatro Alighieri de Ravenna, conduciendo la Accademia Bizantina, con la primera ejecución en tiempos modernos del Giulio Sabino de Giuseppe Sarti, obra en tres actos compuesta en 1781, de la que Dantone efectuó la revisión, obteniendo un clamoroso éxito de público y crítica. El mismo año fue elegido por el maestro Riccardo Muti para dirigir la ópera de Paisiello Nina, ossia la pazza per amore, una producción de la Scala, el Piccolo Teatro y el Festival de Ravenna.
Desde entonces desarrolló intensa actividad en el campo de la lírica, y en diciembre de 2001 inauguró la temporada del Teatro Regio de Parma con el Marin Faliero de Gaetano Donizetti.
El maestro Dantone ha intervenido en numerosas audiciones radiofónicas y televisivas, además de su intensa actividad discográfica que le valió el reconocimiento de la prensa especializada. Profundo conocedor del período barroco, asume con frecuencia la conducción de cursos de perfeccionamiento del clave, la música de cámara, la improvisación y el bajo continuo. Source: Tempora da allegretto
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As conductor
Vivaldi - Tito Manlio (interview with Ottavio Dantone including) (nov.2005)
Arias for Senesino (Andreas Sholl countertenor) (nov.2005)
Alessandro Scarlatti - Il Giardino di rose, sinfonie & concerti (2004)
Arcadia (Andreas Sholl countertenor) (2003)
Kapsberger/Trabaci/Frescobaldi and other: Il Gioco Barocco del Seicento Italiano
Antonio Vivaldi: Il Cimento no 1-6
Antonio Vivaldi: Il Cimento no no 7-12
Antonio Vivaldi : L'Estro Armonico Op. 3 Volume 1 - Concertos Nos. 1-6
Antonio Vivaldi : L'Estro Armonico Op. 3 Volume 2 - Concertos Nos. 7-12
Giuseppe Sarti: : Giulio Sabino
Albinoni, Vivaldi, Galuppi and other :Venezia, il piacere della musica
Alessandro Scarlatti : Concerti Grossi (Pub. London 1740) Cello Sonatas
As harpsichordist
Pietro Domenico Paradies: Complete Sonatas for Hapsichord Vol 1
Pietro Domenico Paradies : Sonatas for Harpsichord Vol 2
Domenico Scarlatti : Complete Sonatas Vol. 2: The Italian Manner
Domenico Scarlatti : Complete sonatas Vol 4 - The Italian Manner
J. S. Bach : The Well Tempered Clavier - Volume 1
J. S. Bach :The Well Tempered Clavier - Volume 2
G. F. Haendel: Suites for Hapsichord -Volume 1
G. F. Haendel: Suites for Hapsichord -Volume 2
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Listen to Claudio Astronio
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Accademia Bizantinia - Ottavio Dantone playing a Bizzi harpsichord
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Press about Ottavio Dantone
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On Arias for Senesino (Andreas Sholl countertenor) : " .... High-octane accompaniments from Ottavio Dantone's period ensemble set the seal on a glorious recital." Source: The Daily Telegraph (2005)
On Arias for Senesino (Andreas Sholl countertenor): " .... The elegant players of the Accademia Bizantina create a relaxed backdrop; conductor Ottavio Dantone keeps tempos buoyant while sensitively balanced recording allows every detail of line to show through." Source: The New Zealand Herald (2005)
On Arias for Senesino (Andreas Sholl countertenor) : " .... The grace and intensity of the singing are matched by Ottavio Dantone's period band, and caught in a sympathetic acoustic.." - Source: The Gramophone (2005)
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Alessandro Romanelli : Maestro, come mai ha deciso di passare da una folgorante carriera di virtuoso e raffinato improvvisatore del clavicembalo a quella di direttore d'orchestra? Che molla le è scattata dentro?
Ottavio Dantone: In una certa fase di questa attività di clavicembalista, non solo solistica, ma anche di esecutore in ensemble di musica antica di vario genere, oltre a sviluppare un'esperienza del suonare insieme - fondamentale per il mestiere che faccio adesso - ho sentito l'impellente necessità interiore di dire delle cose mie. Cose, che quando non sei direttore non hai ovviamente la possibilità di esprimere. Per cui prima mi è stata data l'opportunità di dirigere piccole orchestre, poi la svolta nel '96 quando l'Accademia Bizantina mi ha dato la direzione del gruppo. E' stato il viatico di un'esperienza preziosa, che mi ha consentito di imparare negli anni anche la gestualità direttoriale. Davvero fondamentale è stata poi la circostanza di essere vissuto a contatto con l'orchestra, facendone parte per un certo periodo. Oggi posso comprendere esattamente lo stato d'animo di un musicista dell'ensemble, più di quanto possa fare un direttore che in orchestra non ha mai suonato…" Source: Il Musicante ,Alessandro Romanelli
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Ottavio Dantone eMail
Management as Conductor :
Prima Artists , Piazza de' Calderini 2/2 - 40124 Bologna - Italy
Phone +39 (051) 264056 Fax +39 (051) 230766
Management as Hapsichordist and for Accademia Bizantina :
Romano Valentini , cell (+39) 335 - 6091160 , (+39) 329 - 2308335
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