Pierangelo Valtinoni

• is an all-rounder who has studied composition, the conducting of orchestras and choirs as well as the organ and the piano
• his passion, along with composing operas for children, is choir and organ music, but also contemporary music and music for film and television
• founder and leader of the Paralleli Ensemble in Vicenza and conducted the Icarus Ensemble in Reggio Emilia whose tours included Milan, Munich, Amsterdam and Mexico
• also conducted several symphonic orchestras, recording his own film music with the Orchestra di Roma
• 1996 he represented his country in the European Choral Competition (other contestants included Manfred Trojahn for Germany, Arvo Pärt for Estonia and Tristan Murail for France), with stage performance at a festival concert in Santiago de Compostela and CD release
• holds the position as teacher and vice director at the Vicenza conservatory, and he has also held numerous courses abroad, including Mexico City and recently Beijing

Works by Pierangelo Valtinoni at Boosey & Hawkes:
Il Piccolo Principe (2020-21) Opera for children in one act
Impressioni di una tarda estate italiana (2017) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Rapsodia (2009/14) for orchestra
Pinocchio (2001, erweiterte Fassung 2006) Opers in two acts

Looking Ahead: new children's opera Die Reise zum Planet 9 for the Junge Opern Rhein-Ruhr (Düsseldorf series: Nov/Dec 2024); new productions of The Little Prince in the 2024/25 season in Regensburg (German premiere), at Theater an der Wien (Austrian premiere) and in Darmstadt

Please also visit the composer's website at www.pierangelovaltinoni.it