Marco Angius

Marco Angius drew the attention of audience and critics after conducting the world première of Studi per l’intonazione del mare by Salvatore Sciarrino in 2000.

He was then invited by Ensemble Intercontemporain (Agora 2012), Tokyo Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Teatro La Fenice, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Comunale of Bologna, Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi of Milano, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, I Pomeriggi Musicali,  Muziekgebouw/Bimhuis in Amsterdam (Gaudeamus Music Week), Luxembourg Philarmonie and deSingel of Anversa (with the Hermes Ensemble as their guest conductor), Biennale Musica of Venezia, Ars Musica of Brussels, Milano Musica, MI.TO. Festival, Warsaw Autumn, Filature of Mulhouse, Teatro Lirico of Cagliari, Romaeuropa Festival, Traiettorie of Parma, Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Teatro Lirico of Spoleto (Orpheus Price 2007), Orchestra Sinfonica of Lecce.

He is the founder and Music Director of the ensemble Algoritmo winner of Amadeus Price 2007 for the best recording of the year with Mixtim by Ivan Fedele recorded by Stradivarius. Since 2008 he is collaborating with the  Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia where, in 2011 he conducted a new production of  La Volpe astuta by Jánácek and was Sir A. Pappano assistant for Rossini Guillaume Tell (EMI 2011). He is invited for conducting masterclasses by the Music Conservatory in Lugano.

Marco Angius is the author of the book about Salvatore Sciarrino’s compositions Come Avvicinare il Silenzio (RAI ERI 2007), Ali di Cantor (The music of Ivan Fedele, Suvini Zerboni 2012) as well as of several other works translated into different languages (Electa, Salzburger Festspiele, l’Harmattan). He has recorded for many labels including Euroarts (Sciarrino Luci mie traditrici), Neos, Stradivarius, Die Schachtel, RAI Trade, and Vdm Records.

Since 2011 he is the artistic coordinator of the Ensemble Accademia Teatro alla Scala, where he conducts the contemporary and operatic repertoire. Recent productions include Jakob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm, Maderna Don Perlimplin at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Sciarrino Aspern (Venice, La Fenice), and Battistelli L’imbalsamatore (Milano Musica/Accademia Teatro alla Scala) to name but a few.