Young Italian Alessandro Crudele is about to establish himself as one of the most outstanding and versatile conductors of his generation. So far he has already conducted the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony, the Melbourne Symphony, the Israel Symphony, the Orchestra Sinfonica Arturo Toscanini, the Orchestra dell’Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, the North Czech Philharmonic and the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Among his forthcoming engagements rank performances with the Slovak Philharmonic and the Johannesburg Philharmonic as well as a concert tour with the Sinfonia Rotterdam and a return visit to the North Czech Philharmonic.
In 1999 Alessandro Crudele was appointed Chief Conductor of the Orchestra dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. This orchestra gained considerable recognition in just two years under his leadership and performs today with renowned soloists such as Paul Badura-Skoda, Kolja Blacher, Enrico Dindo, Viviane Hagner, Albrecht Mayer, Gerhard Oppitz, Vadim Repin, Fazil Say and Lilya Zilberstein. In 2005 a concert on the occasion of the orchestra’s tour of Germany was recorded and broadcast by the Westdeutsche Broadcasting Corporation (WDR).
Alessandro Crudele made his debut with the Orchestra dell’Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in 2003 and was immediately invited back which gave him the opportunity to establish a co-operation on a very regular basis.
Among his most recent activities are his conducting of the opera “Il Signor Bruschino“ by Gioachino Rossini in Milan, a concert at Tonhalle Zurich as well as a performance with the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra at the Špilberk Festival.
His repertoire comprises music from the 17th century to the contemporary. Furthermore Crudele has been highly esteemed for his renderings of the music of the French impressionism. This is also given evidence by a DVD featuring works by Ravel and Debussy.
Alessandro Crudele was born in Milan. He studied violin with Daniele Gai and composition with Fabio Vacchi at the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi and graduated in 1997. His education as a conductor already started at an early age. From 1999 to 2001 he continued with Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena where he was awarded several scholarships and the most prestigious “Diploma d’Onore“.
Nowadays Alessandro Crudele makes his living in Berlin where he receives further instruction from Sir Simon Rattle.
In his spare time, Crudele enjoys literature, linguistics (he speaks four languages), cooking, fine wine, and collecting modern paintings.
