PIERO BELLUGI

Piero Bellugi was born in Florence, Italy where he received a degree in violin and viola at the National Conservatory. He also studied composition with Luigi Dallapiccola and conducting with Igor Markevitch.

Bellugi then pursued his conducting studies in Usa with Rafael Kubelik and Leonard Bernstein. He was then appointed conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra in Davenport (Iowa), the Oakland Symphony (California) and the Portland Symphony (Oregon).

His European début took place in Milan at La Scala Theater where he was enthusiatically received.

Since then Bellugi has been a regular guest of major orchestras conducting concerts and operas in Paris, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Brussel, Tel-Aviv, Praga, Madrid, Riga, South Africa, North and South America, Russia, Cuba, Australia, New Zealand and in all the main Italian cities.

His repertory spans from the music of Montevedi, to that of avant-guard composers, and has presented many world premiéres (Berio, Bussotti, Milhaud, Messiaen, Nono, Penderecki etc.).

He has been permanent conductor of the Italian Radio Orchestra in Turin (Rai), the Toscanini Orchestra of Parma and the Italian Youth Orchestra.

Bellugi has taught Master Classes in conducting at the New England Conservatory in Boston, at the University of California, at the Siena Academy, at the Italian Conservatories of Florence, Rome and Turin, and since 1996 has given master classes in Florence.

Bellugi is an honorary member of the National Accademy Santa Cecilia of Rome.