Jader Bignamini

JADER BIGNAMINI

Conductor

Jader Bignamini begins his career at the Orchestra SinfonicalaVerdi in 1998 when he is chosen as E flat clarinet by M° Riccardo Chailly. This institution then sees Bignamini move from the orchestra ranks to the podium, becoming Assistant Conductor in 2010 and Associate Conductor in 2012.

Bignamini was born in Crema and studied at the PiacenzaMusic Conservatory. After his studies, he starts at a very young age to collaborate with several orchestras also as a soloist and concurrently he conducts chamber groups, symphonic and operatic orchestras.

In the autumn of 2012 he participates for the second consecutive time in the MITO Festival with Berlioz'Messe Solennelle.He continues his extensive collaboration withlaVerdi Orchestra, conducting the season opening and many other concerts with operatic and symphonic programs, collaborating with soloists such as Karen Gomyo,Francesca Dego, Natasha Korsakova, Kolya Blacher and Lylia Zilberstein. Bignamini makes his symphonic debuts at theOtsu Biwako Hall, at theMunicipal de Sao Paulo, with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo and with Maggio Musicale in Florence.

In the 2013-2014 season Bignamini opens the 39th Festival in Martina Franca withCrispino e la Comare, the 20th Symphonic Season of

laVerdi and the 2013 Verdi Festival in Parma withSimon Boccanegra- after which the Teatro Regio (Parma) invited him to lead the next three festival productions, and has been the assistant conductor ofM° Riccardo Chaillyfor theMahler VIII Symphonyin Milan.

Besides conducting symphonic concerts and the VerdiRequiemwithlaVerdi, highlights of that season include the opening concert of the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna withCarmina Burana,La Bohèmeat the Municipal de Sao Paulo and La Fenice,L'Elisir D'Amorein Ancona,Toscaat the Comunale di Bologna,La Forza del Destinoat the Verdi Festival in Parma,La BohèmeandCavalleria RusticanawithL'Amor Brujoat Teatro Filarmonico di Verona.

In thelast operatic season, heconducted Aidaat Rome’s Opera,Madama Butterflyat La Fenice,made his North American operatic debut withRigolettoat the Santa Fe Opera anddebuted with a concert at La Scala. After his last success in Frankfurt with Verdi's Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, in the current season Bignamini will conduct the Orchestra laVerdiin symphonic concerts and will lead an Asia concerts tour with Anna Netrebko.

Among other future operatic projects Andrea Chénierat the Tokyo National Opera,Traviataat Rome’s Opera with the direction by Sofia Coppola and at the Arena Verona, Ciro in Babilonia atROF in Pesaro, Madama Butterflyin Palermo, Manon Lescautat the Bolshoi with Anna Netrebko, Il Trovatoreat the Frankfurt and the Rome Opera, I puritani in Montpellier and Madama Butterfly at the Santa Fe Opera

In the near future Jader Bignamini will make his MET debut.