Andrea Angelini is an Italian organist, conductor, and choral organizer.
Education
He later earned a Master of Music at Ferrara"s Frescobaldi Conservatory. Particularly interested in piano pedagogy, he studied with Rita Ferri and Alexander Lonquich. After earning a Master in Choral Conducting in 1992, he studied music therapy with Professor Cremaschi of Milan University.
He also studied organ at Pesaro"s Conservatory of Music.
Career
Andrea Angelini began his piano studies as a child, at the Rimini Lettimi School. His interests led him to the choral field, and he earned a Bachelor studying Liturgical Music at Modena and at the International Art Academy in Rome with Fulvio Angius. Since 1988, Andrea Angelini has conducted many concerts with the choir Carla Amori, in Italy and abroad.
He has also worked with the Cattolica City Choir and the Cesena Lyric Choir.
In 1996 he was named Director of the Rimini Cathedral Choir, Alessandro Grandi. He led this choir in several performances, including in important venues such as Saint Peter"s Basilica in Rome - where he was able to meet Pope John Paul II - and in Milan"s Cathedral.
He is also the Artistic Director and Conductor of the professional group Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble. He has also conducted the Lithuanian Jauna Muzika Choir, the Latvian Avenue Sol and the Tudor Consort from New Zealand.
Mr. Angelini is the Artistic Director of the International Festival Voices from America and the Sound of the Organ held annually in Rimini each spring.
He frequently leads choral workshops in Italy and abroad. He is the artistic director and one of the tutors at the Rimini International Choral Workshop, where he teaches with Peter Phillips of the Tallis Scholars. He is also the Artistic Director of the Rimini International Choir Competition.
His professional memberships include the Artistic Committee of AERCO (Regional Association of Choirs), FENIARCO (National Italian Federation of Regional Choral Associations), ABCD (British Association of Choral Directors) and RCO (The Royal College of Organists).
He is a regular reviewer for the press and actually is the Director of FARCORO, the choral Magazin of the. He has written numerous transcriptions for choirs and chamber ensembles, including a monumental transcription of Antonio Vivaldi"s Gloria in Doctorate RV589, for choir, soloists, and organ (with the organ part being quite suited to the instrument).
His transcription of Faure"s Requiem is published by Gelber Hund Verlag of Berlin, who are also publishers of a book of repertoire for organ and violin, edited by Mr. Angelini. Foreign the American CanticaNOVA Publication, he has prepared transcriptions of important Renaissance Anthems.
Membership
He is also the Artistic Director and member of the Jury of the international organ competition, Marcello Galanti.