Biography

Diretto D'orchestra Giovanni Pavesi

Giovanni Pavesi has successfully graduated in choral music and choral conducting under the guidance of prof. Gianfrancesco Mazzoleni Facchinelli at the Conservatory of Mantua "Lucio Campiani”. At the same institute, he studied harmony, counterpoint and fugue with prof. Paolo Perezzani. He concluded his studies at the Conservatory of Milan "Giuseppe Verdi" with prof. Sonia Bo and prof. Paolo Rimoldi, majoring with honors in composition.

 

He attended many composition seminars taught by Azio Corghi and Adriano Guarnieri. In 2006, he took part as active participant in the Masterclass of composition led by Helmut Lachenmann.

 

In October 2010, he worked to the music scene of the play "Jukebox all’Idrogeno" produced by the School of Dramatic Art "Paolo Grassi" in Milan.

 

Among his compositions, the score "Distico", for voice and ensemble, has been reported at the International Composition Competition of the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi" of Milan. The score "Echo", for orchestra, has been second ranked in the International Composition Competition "Egidio Carella", and won the first prize in the Composition Competition "Paolo Bergamini" held by the University of Milan and the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi". This score has recently premiered at the 13th Concert Season. It was performed by the Milan State University Orchestra directed by Federico Longo. Finally, the score “De bruna löven”, for accordion, has been published by Bèrben Musical Editions of Ancona.

 

From 2004 untill 2009 he has been choirmaster and art director of the mixed choir “Gilberto Pagliari" of Rivalta sul Mincio, with whom he performed many concerts in Italy and abroad.

 

From 2000 untill 2004 he has been the conductor’s assistant of the men choir "Brigata Corale Tre Laghi" of Mantua. In 2006 he took over the artistic direction of the choir, and from 2006 untill 2011 he worked as a choirmaster in many festivals and concerts in Italy and abroad.

 

Alongside composition he also studied orchestral conducting. In August 1999, he debut as conductor with the “Orchestra da Camera A.M.U.”, taking part in the final concert of the students of the "Basic Conducting Course" held by prof. Fabrizio Dorsi. With the same teacher, he later attended the “Advanced Conducting Course” with the “Associazione Nuova Cameristica” Orchestra and the Terni Symphony Orchestra.

 

In July 2009 he attended the International Conducting Masterclass held by prof. Klaus Arp in Maribor, conducting the Symphony Orchestra "Festine".

 

He completed his academic studies in orchestral conducting at the "Civica Scuola di Musica" in Milan with prof. Renato Rivolta, working with "I Pomeriggi Musicali" and the Milan Symphony Orchestra "Giuseppe Verdi", also known as “laVerdi”.

 

He is always attentive to contemporary languages and trends, that’s why he looked after many debut premieres of young musicians and composers both as performer and conductor at Microstagione and Notti Trasfigurate festivals.

 

In June 2013 he conducted "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi with the Lecco Symphony Orchestra "Sinfolario”, in the charming cloisters of the Polirone Abbey in San Benedetto Po (Mantua).

 

In July 2013 he attended the lyric laboratory “operAverona” for conductors held by Julius Kalmar, Romolo Gessi and Giovanni Pacor.

 

During his studies, he took part in many “Eighteenth Century Musical Opera Laboratory” classes held by Enzo Dara at the  Conservatory of Mantua “Lucio Campiani”. In April 2013 he debuted as a conductor in “Il Matrimonio Segreto” by Domenico Cimarosa under the direction of Enzo Dara.