Valerio Zanolli

Valerio grew up in Torino and currently lives in Basel, where he is perfecting his singing studies with Rosa Domínguez at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, receiving lessons by Margreet Honig, Andreas Scholl and Paul Triepels and participating in many masterclasses. Valerio's repertoire ranges from renaissance to contemporary music, with particular focus on baroque music, Mozart's music, german Lied and italian “belcanto”. Valerio is invited to perform for Abendmusiken in der Predigerkirche Basel, Händel-Festspiele (Halle, DE), Incanti (Torino), MITO Settembre Musica, Unione Musicale (Torino) and Opera Royal de Versailles (F) with ensembles as Accademia del Santo Spirito, Ad Mosam (dir. Huub Ehlen & Bernard Voltèche), Cappella Murensis – Les Cornets Noirs, Elyma (dir. Gabriel Garrido), Kammerorchester Basel, Origen (dir. Clau Scherrer) and with conductors as Filippo Maria Bressan, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher and Ottavio Dantone. His main accompanist is Sharon Prushansky at historical and modern piano(s). Valerio recorded for RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana and SRF 2 Kultur. He is founder, with Abélia Nordmann, of novantik project Basel.