Lecturers
Z. Randall Stroope (USA)
American composer, conductor and lecturer, he has had recent conducting engagements at the Berliner Dom (Germany), Canterbury Cathedral (England), Salzburger Dom (Austria), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Carnegie Hall (New York), Chicago Orchestra Hall and many other prestigious locations. As a composer, he has published 135 musical works, mainly with Oxford University Press (England), and esteemed ensembles throughout the world perform his works. He is also the Artistic Director for two summer music festivals in Europe and of the Choral and Vocal Studies at Oklahoma State University.
Alessandro Cadario (Italy)
Alessandro Cadario is presently the Principal Guest Conductor of I Pomeriggi Musicali Orchestra of Milan. Collaborations and activities related to the choral world are also intense (Feniarco, ECA - EC). He has conducted prestigious international choirs such as the Riga Chamber Choir, the Children's Choir of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Coro Accademia Feniarco and EuroChoir. He is regularly invited by the major Italian and European choral institutions as a jury member, artistic commissioner and as a teacher of master classes for choir conductors. His compositions were performed at the Lincoln Center in New York, at the National Concert Hall in Taipei and broadcast by RAI and Deutschlandradio Kultur. He has worked as a conductor and arranger with artists such as Ennio Morricone, Andrea Bocelli, Serj Tankian, PFM, Elisa.
Eva Ugalde (Basque Country / Spain)
Graduated in piano, composition, choral conducting and pedagogy, her music has been exported and performed in several different countries. Her professional activity covers fields such as composition, teaching music theory and choral singing, participation as a juror in several choral and composition contests in Europe, giving workshops and lectures about composing and performing music for treble voices. Although her music is principally tonal, the influence of the harmonics of jazz and the rhythm of New Age are also notably present. She has participated in international events as a guest conductor working, among others, with the women's choir Cantemus of the Kodaly Institute (Hungary) directed by D. Szabó and has been part of the jury of the composition competition of ECA-EC. She currently teaches at the F. Escudero Conservatory of San Sebastián and sings in the mixed group KUP, directed by G. Baltés, with whom he participated, in July 2017, at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona.
Luca Scaccabarozzi (Italy)
He obtained a master’s degree, summa cum laude, in piano performance and he received a specialization diploma in piano at the Musical Academy of Florencepresso. As a conductor, he attended a 3-year programme at the Milan Choral Academy, getting a diploma in choral conducting and he also got a master’s diploma in choral conducting at the Scuola Superiore for Choral Conduction in Arezzo. In addition, he won the “Best Choral Conductor Award” at the “City of Fermo” National Choral Competition and second prize at the first "Le mani in suono". Luca conducts various choral ensembles and choirs, among which Ensemble Vocale Mousiké and the Coro Fioccorosso. He is the assistant conductor of the professional ensemble Ars Cantica Choir of Milan. He teaches piano, choral conducting and choral singing in several music schools, conducting techniques at the Milano Choral Academy and he also teaches in seminars and courses. He is called as a jury at national and international piano and choral competitions.
Luigina Stevenin (Italy)
Graduated in clarinet, she specialized in choral conducting with Berrini, Donati, Visioli, Abbà, Conci, Lanaro, Korn, Mora and Farinella. In 2007 he obtained a certificate of specialization as choir director, European level 3. She is very active in the choral field as both conductor and expert in pedagogy and vocal training for children’s choirs. Since 1992, she is professor of choral practices at the Musical Institute of Valle d'Aosta. She is also education manager of the Choeur d’enfants of the Institute, and since 2007, she has conducted the children's choir CantoLeggero, consisting of about forty boys and girls with whom he performs numerous concerts and which boasts collaborations with prestigious artists (Ray Lema, Elisa, Bil Aka Kora). In May 2017 the choir won first prize and a special prize at the National Choral Competition F. Gaffurio di Quartiano in the youth choirs section.
