Vittorio Parisi

He was also Gianluigi Gelmetti's assistant for several years and attended a masterclass in the Netherlands with the Russian conductor Kirill Kondrashin.

He has conducted many premieres by contemporary composers, most importantly his collaborations Luciano Berio and John Cage.

In the contemporary music field he has been the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Dedalo Ensemble in Brescia since 1995.

He has recorded for many labels, including Naxos, Dynamic, Bongiovanni, La Nuova Era, and Stradivarius.

His performance of the New World Symphony by Dvorak with the Auckland Philharmonia was chosen as New Zealand Radio's first classical podcast.