| Biography | A violinist and conductor, Luigi De Filippi has studied violin, piano and composition, showing an early interest in jazz and contemporary music. He subsequently appeared as concertmaster in such orchestras as the Rome Opera House, La Fenice Theatre in Venice, the London Mozart Players, the Flanders Orchestra in Antwerp. In London he made his debut as conductor with the London Mozart Players, and he appeared as soloist conductor at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican Centre in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. In 2007 he soloed in the Auckland Festival (New Zealand). He has conducted Antonio Salieris opera Prima la musica, poi le parole at the Minoritenkirche in Vienna, the very church for which Salieri wrote all his sacred music. |