The Masters in the Choir
Elena GALLO (Diploma in singing; Degree in Humanities, Arts, Music and Entertainment, level I)
She forms her musical experience in the field of sacred music under the guidance of Maestro Giorgio Bredolo, from 1992 to 2000 and as a solist since 1996 in the "Simon Mayr" children's choir of Villongo (BG), performing numerous masterpieces such as the "Gloria" by Vivaldi, the "Stabat Mater" by Pergolesi, the "Requiem" by Mozart. Subsequently she enters the "Antiche Armonie" choir directed by Maestro Giovanni Duci and collaborates with the San Felice Academy of Florence, under the direction of Maestro Federico Bardazzi for productions of Gregorian chant, medieval and contemporary music in prestigious concert reviews.
She graduated in 2009 in the singing class of Mª Chu Tai-li at the "Luca Marenzio" Conservatory in Brescia.
At the same time she attended master classes in baroque singing of the teachers Jill Feldman and Claudine Ansermet, and since 2008 she has been studying opera singing with Maestro Anatoli Goussev. Since 2011 she has been attending the academy of "I Musici di Parma" under the guidance of Mª Cinzia Forte with whom she makes her debut in the role of Susanna in "Le Nozze di Figaro" set up at Palazzo Berzieri in Salsomaggiore Terme (PR). In October 2012 she won the "International Competition of Verdian Voices" in Salsomaggiore Terme (PR) of the Academy of "I Musici di Parma", reaching the second place ex aequo and the scholarship to attend the academy.
She currently collaborates with the Trentino orchestras of the "Cameristi di Rovereto", "I Filarmonici" of Trento and "Mozart Boys & Girls" under the direction of Maestro Italo Rizzi, important conductor of Italian and foreign orchestras. Among the recent productions performed we should mention the "St. Matthew Passion" by J.S. Bach and the "Stabat Mater for solo voice" by L. Boccherini (ed. 1781).
Dario BONARDI (Diploma in Organ and Organ Composition)
He began his musical and solo experience at a very young age under the guidance of Maestro Giorgio Bredolo in the "Simone Mayr" children's choir of Villongo (BG). He graduated in Organ and Organ Composition at the “Gaetano Donizetti” Musical Institute in Bergamo in 2008 under the guidance of the masters Walter Zaramella and Matteo Messori.
He collaborates as an organist with various choirs and has been part of the “Adrara” choir for years as a chorist, only tenor and teacher of the Allievi Course, teaching children between 1st and 4th grade. With this choir he performed, among others, masterpieces such as the "Gloria" by Vivaldi, the "Requiem" and the "Mass in C minor" by Mozart, the "Messiah" by Handel, the "Weihnachts-oratorium", the "Magnificat” and the “Mass in B minor” by JS Bach. For some years he has also been perfecting his vocality with the baritone Bruno Rota.
