Massimiliano Toni

Massimiliano Toni graduated in Organ from Conservatorio di S. Cecilia in Rome. Before his degree he was awarded two scholarships at the National Organ Competition in Noale (VE – Italy). In Switzerland he studied at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he was in charge of the opera class in 1997/1998. He worked with A. De Marchi as musical assistant from 1997 to 2008. He has collaborated as musical assistant, harpsichordist or organist with conductors such as Alberto Zedda, Jesús Lopez-Cobos, Victor Pablo Perez, Attilio Cremonesi, Konrad Junghaenel, Ivor Bolton. From 2003 to 2007 he was René Jacobs’ musical assistant.He has been leading the ensemble La Terza Prattica since 2005, creating many productions such as: Effetto Venezia, Et in Arcadia ego ovvero il Guercino tra sacro ed arcano, Mozart e Novara: processo ad una lettera, In Tympano et Sono, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, L?incoronazione di Poppea: studio per 5 cantanti ed un attore, BaroccArmonica: concerto inusuale per lirica antica.He conducted La Serva Scaltra by J.A. Hasse, (Teatro Coccia, Novara - live DVD edited by Kiccomusic), La Diana Schernita by G. Cornacchioli (Teatro Jovellanos, Gijon), W.A. Mozart’ Cos? fan tutte (Teatro Sociale di Como, tournée in major italian opera houses - Operadomani project), Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by C. Monteverdi (Oslo Opera House).He was invited to teach thorough bass at the Early Music Department of E.S.M.U.C. in Barcelona, and founded Nuova Fabbrica dell’Opera Barocca at Istituto Civico Musicale Brera in Novara, where he was Artistic Director from 2011 to 2013 By the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik he conducted Monteverdi’s L'Incoronazione di Poppea, and he will conduct Gli Amori d’Apollo e di Dafne in 2018.The world premiere of his work Orfeo 2.0 a ba-Rock opera will be performed in Germany on September 23rd 2017.