Fulvio Macciardi

He was born in Milan where he completed his humanities and music studies. From 1980 to 2003, he carried out a wide activity as violinist, teacher of Conservatory and player in numerous chamber and orchestra formations. After graduation, he followed for two years the Meisterkurses held by a famous violinist Master Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Lucerne. From 1986 he was a member of Teatro Verdi di Trieste; during his career, he performed on innumerable stages in Italy (the main theatres include: Milan, Turin, Rome, Naples, Trieste, Venice, Palermo and Messina) and abroad (France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Japan).

In the early 2000’s he started to be in charge of the artistic management of the Opera Houses — originally in Trieste at Teatro Verdi where he firstly took over the administration and management of all the artistic bodies, and then he was appointed Artistic Secretary, with authority to the administration of the Theatre programmes and all the related activities.

In 2008, he was appointed Director of the Artistic Area of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, where he also held the position of Casting Manager, managing all the relations with the artistic staff involved in any activities of the Theatre, the creative teams, the main and secondary performers, opera and symphony conductors, host ballet companies.

He was charged of, supervised and managed performances with conductors such as Michele Mariotti, James Conlon, Daniel Oren, Roberto Abbado, Stefan Anton Reck, Donato Renzetti, Omeir Wellber, Nicola Luisotti, Daniele Rustioni, Lothar Zagrosek, Renato Palumbo, Asher Fish, Jurai Valcuha, Aziz Shokakimov, Daniel Kawka, Marco Angius; directors such as Robert Wilson, Graham Vick, Mario Martone, Damiano Michieletto, Davide Livermore, Yannis Kokkos, Pier’Alli, Mariusz Trelisnky, David Pountney, Andrej Zagars, Fabio Sparvoli, Hugo de Ana, Gabriele Lavia, Liliana Cavani and Alvis Hermanis. He organized, administered and promoted, from their first conceptual phases, national and international tours (yearly-based from 2009 with Pesaro’s Rossini Opera Festival; Tokyo and Otsu in Japan, in collaboration with Fuji-Television, 2011; Sao Paulo, Brasile, 2012, Macbeth project with Bob Wilson; Moscow Rostropovich Festival, 2013).

Moreover, he supervised the Theatre’s Training and Research activities, and as company tutor he followed trainees’ projects in the artistic field (Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna, Verona Academy, Università Cattolica, Conservatorio Martini of Bologna).

Since September 2013, he also holds the position of Artistic Director of the Scuola dell’Opera del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Academy of High Specialization and Training to professional career for opera singers, as well as for opera theatre’s crafts. He was asked to participate as committee member at many international opera competitions, including Operaparis (Paris, 2010), Concorso Voci Verdiane (Busseto, 2012, 2013, in 2014 as Jury Chairman, 2015, 2016), Concorso Città di Bologna (2010-2013), Concorso Spaziomusica di Orvieto (2013, 2014), Concorso Internazionale de Tenerife (Spain 2013, 2014, 2015), Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques, Montreal (Canada, 2013).

He has been Director General of Teatro Comunale di Bologna since March 2015.