Carlo Ponti (conductor)
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Carlo Ponti is an orchestral conductor
Conducting
Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 of Italian origin.

Biography

Ponti worked at the Conductor's Institute in Hartford, USA, under the direction of Harold Farberman
Harold Farberman
Harold Farberman is an American conductor, composer, and percussionist.-Biography:Farberman studied percussion at Juilliard and composition at the New England Conservatory and at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland...

 from 1994 to 1996, worked with Mehli Mehta
Mehli Mehta
-Early life:Mehta was born in Bombay, British India to a Parsi family. His involvement in music stemmed from his birth. As a young violinist his main musical influence and inspiration was Jascha Heifetz. A pioneering figure in the Indian musical world, he founded the Bombay Symphony Orchestra in...

, Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...

 and Andrey Boreyko
Andrey Boreyko
Andrey Boreyko is a Russian conductor. At the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in Saint Petersburg, he studied conducting , graduating summa cum laude...

 in Los Angeles from 1997 to 1999 and furthered his studies at the Vienna Musikhochschule from 1999 to 2001 under Leopold Hager
Leopold Hager
Leopold Hager is an Austrian conductor , known for his interpretations of works from the First Viennese School ....

 and Erwin Accel.

Maestro Ponti was appointed associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra
Russian National Orchestra
The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....

 in 2000 and has appeared with the RNO in concerts and on tour since 1998.

In May 2010 he performed for Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
Hilarion Alfeyev
Hilarion Alfeyev is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. At present he is the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Department of External Church Relations and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow...

 at the Vatican's Sala Paulo VI with the Russian National Orchestra, premiering the Song of the Ascent : a symphonic cantata composed by His Excellency Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev.

A debut recording with the Russian National Orchestra was released in 2008 on Pentatone Classics; Ponti has recently completed a second album with the RNO
released by Pentatone in September 2011.

He has guest conducted internationally, appeared at numerous international music festivals and is music director of the San Bernardino Symphony.

He was also the recipient of various awards for his work with music education and for fostering the growth of young musical talent.

Ponti's work has been profiled by NPR, NBC and Fox News, ABC News, CBS Insider, Dennis Miller, Leonard Lopate, Symphony Magazine and the Associated Press.

His performances have been broadcast on public radio stations across the United States by American Public Media's Performance Today
and America's Music Festivals programs.

He is the son of film producer Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti was an Italian film producer with over 140 production credits, and the husband of Italian movie star Sophia Loren.-Career:...

 and actress Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...

.

His son Vittorio Leone Ponti, with wife Andrea Mészáros, was born on April 2nd, 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland. Vittorio is Sophia Loren's second grandchild.

Orchestral ensembles conducted by Ponti

Listed alphabetically
  • American Youth Symphony
  • Budapest Concert Orchestra
  • Cyprus Symphony Orchestra
  • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
  • Napa Valley Symphony Orchestra
  • Orquesta de Valencia
  • Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
  • Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
  • Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia
    Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
    Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia is a Spanish orchestra, created in 1992 and based in A Coruña, where it is the main orchestra in the city's Mozart Festival. Its conductor is Victor Pablo Pérez.-External links:* - OSG's web page....

  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • Russian National Orchestra
    Russian National Orchestra
    The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....

  • San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
  • Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
  • Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    The Slovenská filharmónia is a symphony orchestra in Bratislava, Slovakia.Founded in 1949, the orchestra has resided since the 1950s in the Baroque era Reduta Bratislava concert hall constructed in 1773...

  • Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
    Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
    The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its primary concert venue is the Centennial Concert Hall, and the orchestra also performs throughout the province of Manitoba.-History:...

  • UCLA Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
    Ural Philharmonic Orchestra
    Ural Philharmonic Orchestra is a full orchestra based in Yekaterinburg and considered to be one of the leading orchestras in Russia...


Festival appearances

Listed alphabetically
  • Bratislava Spring Music Festival, Slovakia
  • Festival d'Echternach, France
  • Festival del Sole
    Festival del Sole
    The Festival del Sole is an annual music, food, wine, and art festival held in California's Napa Valley. Founded in 2006 by Rick Walker, an arts manager and Grammy-award winning music producer, the festival attracts over 10,000 attendees annually...

    , United States
  • Festival de Villena, Spain
  • Festival Vancouver, Canada
  • Koln Musik Triennale, Germany
  • Lake Tahoe Music Festival, United States
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Italy
  • St.Petersburg Palaces Festival, Russia
  • Taichung Music Festival, Taiwan
  • Tuscan Sun Festival, Italy

Awards

  • 2009 : Spirit of Hope Award from the Childhelp Foundation for his acclaimed work with young musicians.
  • 2008 : Artistic Achievement Award from the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition.
  • 2006 : Premio Galileo Award for exceptional musical achievement.

Recordings

  • 2008: Pictures at an Exhibition and other orchestral works by Modest Mussorgsky
    Modest Mussorgsky
    Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...

     (1839-1881)
    , with the Russian National Orchestra
    Russian National Orchestra
    The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....

     on Pentatone Classics (PTC 5186332), SACD
  • 2011: Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol and other orchestral works by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), with the Russian National Orchestra
    Russian National Orchestra
    The Russian National Orchestra premiered in Moscow in 1990.It was the first Russian orchestra to perform at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican and in Israel....

    on Pentatone Classics (PTC 5186378), SACD

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