by Ivano Cavallini PhD

Professor of Musicology. Department of Cultures and Society;

past Vice-head of PhD in European Cultural Studies -

Europäische Kulturstudien, University of Palermo

author of the fundamental book "Il direttore d'orchestra. Genesi e storia di un'arte" Marsilio editore

From the second half of the nineteenth century, when Le chef d'orchestre (1856) by Hector Berlioz appeared, the initially narrow ambit of the teaching of conducting was considerably enriched with manuals, designed to solve the technical problems connected to the execution of music that became part of the repertoire.

Ennio Nicotra was born in Palermo in 1963.

Graduated in piano at the Academy of Music Vincenzo Bellini in Palermo under the guidance of M° Antonio Sottile.

In 1989 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he trained at the Academy of Music Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

Broadcast by SKY TV and a winner of numerous awards, in this film the director Massimo d'Anolfi superbly describes a day of lessons in the class of Ennio Nicotra.

Introduction to the technique of orchestral conducting according to the system of Ilya Musin

From Arturo Toscanini to Daniel Harding, the figure of the orchestral conductor has always been wrapped in an aura of mysterious charm.

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