Collaborating Artists

A team of internationally renowned artists and educators providing you with the most professional artistic guidance

Moisés Pirela
Conductor

Moisés Pirela

Moisés Pirela is a Venezuelan conductor, violinist, violist and composer. His musical career has been developed under the guidance of masters such as Gregory Carreño, Joo Yong Ahn and José Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema.
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Moisés Pirela is a Venezuelan conductor, violinist, violist and composer. His musical career has been developed under the guidance of masters such as Gregory Carreño, Joo Yong Ahn and José Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema. He subsequently studied conducting with the renowned opera master Donato Renzetti, graduating in 2025 with full marks, consolidating advanced international artistic training. In 2017, he conducted a lyrical concert with the Latin Vox Machine orchestra at the historic Sala Dorata in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reaffirming his mission to use music as a cultural bridge. From 2022 to 2025 he collaborated with the Italian Saluzzo APM orchestra conducting multiple works, including pieces by Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and many other composers, with rich conducting experience. Recently, on January 25, 2026, he will serve as guest conductor at the new Giovanni da Udine Theater, where he will conduct Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto with soloist Giuseppe Albanese.
Kens Liu
Conductor

Kens Liu

First Kapellmeister at the Meiningen State Theater in Germany. This season, he will conduct works including 'Don Carlos', 'Madama Butterfly', 'Tannhäuser', 'Tristan and Isolde', and more.
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First Kapellmeister at the Meiningen State Theater in Germany. This season, he will conduct works including 'Don Carlos', 'Madama Butterfly', 'Tannhäuser', 'Tristan and Isolde', 'The Marriage of Figaro', 'Don Giovanni', 'Fledermaus' and Prokofiev's ballet 'Cinderella'. He has been highly praised for his leadership in works such as 'Britten's Death in Venice' and Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville'.
Guan Tianhao
Opera Director

Guan Tianhao

A new generation Chinese opera director, graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin, Italy, and a member of the first director training class at La Scala Opera Academy in Italy.
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A new generation Chinese opera director, graduated from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin, Italy, and a member of the first director training class at La Scala Opera Academy in Italy, member of the 2025 Young Artist Director Program at Teatro Coccia in Novara, Italy. His directing style is bold, avant-garde and diverse. Representative works include: The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Tales of Hoffmann, Falstaff, Turandot, Simon Boccanegra, La bohème and other opera works from different periods. He is one of the few Chinese opera directors active in Europe, and has worked as an opera director assistant in Europe, collaborating with directors such as Luca Micheletti, Paolo Panizza, Paolo Ricagno, Laura Cosso and others.
Gregory Kunde
Voice Professor

Gregory Kunde

American tenor Gregory Kunde is considered one of the most accomplished singers on the international opera stage today, regularly appearing at the world's most prestigious opera houses.
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American tenor Gregory Kunde is considered one of the most accomplished singers on the international opera stage today, regularly appearing at the world's most prestigious opera houses, collaborating with conductors and orchestras of the highest caliber. He is a favorite of conductors and stage directors, working with many outstanding talents. Kunde's teaching influence spans the globe, with over 300 private students and countless masterclasses. Kunde's achievements have earned numerous awards, including "Singer of the Year" at the 2016 International Opera Awards, the 2023 Internazionale Casa Museo Enrico Caruso Award, the 2012 Italian Music Critics Award, and others. He was recently appointed patron and mentor of the International Opera Studio at Hamburg State Opera. In his early career, Kunde was acclaimed for his performances in French and Italian operas, and has now established himself as a leading interpreter of many Verdi roles and other operatic repertoire. Since his debut as Verdi's Otello at La Fenice (Venice) in 2012, he began a global tour and earned the unique honor of being the only tenor in recorded history to perform both Rossini's Otello and Verdi's Otello in the same season (2014/15 and 2015/16).
Dario Russo
Voice Professor

Dario Russo

Italian renowned bass singer, Professor of Voice at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin. Italy's "La Repubblica" praised him as a "magnificent" bass.
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Italian renowned bass singer, Professor of Voice at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin. Italy's "La Repubblica" praised him as a "magnificent" bass with "noble timbre" and "even vocal lines". Dario Russo has performed at La Scala Milan, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Teatro San Carlo Naples, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Gran Teatru al Liceu Barcelona, Cologne Opera, Rome Opera, Teatro Regio Parma, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Bela Bartok National Concert Hall Budapest, and many other important theaters and concert halls worldwide.
Elisa Balbo
Voice Professor

Elisa Balbo

Elisa Balbo is an acclaimed lyric soprano who has won international audiences with her bright, silky voice, excellent musicality, and expressive stage presence.
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Elisa Balbo is an acclaimed lyric soprano who has won international audiences with her bright, silky voice, excellent musicality, and expressive stage presence. She has performed at some of the world's most prestigious theaters and festivals, including Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro La Fenice Venice, Teatro Fiorentino, Teatro Carlo Felice Genoa, Teatro Lirico Cagliari, Teatro Bellini Catania, Arena di Verona, Vienna Musikverein, Ravenna Festival, Puccini Festival at Torre del Lago, Enescu Festival, Bunka Mura Tokyo, Moscow International House of Music, Rubinstein Rimsky-Korsakov Grand Theater St. Petersburg, Rossini in Wildbad Festival and Ljubljana Festival. Known for her stylistic versatility and vocal agility, her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary. Important roles include: Rossini (Armida, Maometto II, Moïse, Tancredi, Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater), Pergolesi (La serva padrona), Bellini (Adalgisa in Norma), Mozart (Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Requiem), Schumann (Marguerite in Goethe's Faust), Verdi (Otello, Alice in Falstaff), Puccini (Mimì and Musetta in La bohème, Liù in Turandot) and others. She has collaborated with internationally renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Renato Palumbo, Daniele Rustioni, Andrea Battistoni, Antonino Fogliani and Francesco Ivan Ciampa.
Rossella Redoglia
Voice Professor

Rossella Redoglia

Milanese soprano Rossella Redoglia, who holds a degree in Literature, studied singing at the Milan Conservatory. She was a finalist in the international "Voci Verdiane" competition held in Busseto in 1989.
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Milanese soprano Rossella Redoglia, who holds a degree in Literature, studied singing at the Milan Conservatory. She was a finalist in the international "Voci Verdiane" competition held in Busseto in 1989, and won the "Battistini" competition in Rieti (hosted by Franca Valeri), the "Voltolini" competition in Mantua and "Pavia Lirica", demonstrating refined vocal qualities and extraordinary stage talent from the beginning. After her debut in Lima in "Cavalleria rusticana" and "Pagliacci", she has consistently performed leading roles in major Italian and international theaters, particularly in Verdian and Puccinian repertoire. She has collaborated with distinguished conductors.
Giannandrea Agnoletto
Piano Coach

Giannandrea Agnoletto

Giannandrea Agnoletto graduated in piano under the guidance of Maestro Pietro Spada. For 40 years, he has been the principal piano coach at Teatro Regio Torino.
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Giannandrea Agnoletto graduated in piano under the guidance of Maestro Pietro Spada. He also specialized in Russian music, forming a duo with Ukrainian soprano Liudmila Scherbina, conducting concert activities in Italy and abroad. For 40 years, he has been the principal piano coach at Teatro Regio Torino, collaborating with internationally renowned conductors such as Juri Aronovich, Donato Renzetti, Pinchas Steinberg, GianAndrea Noseda and singers such as Renata Scotto, Raina Kabaivanska, Placido Domingo, Scherril Milnes, Luciano Pavarotti. Currently, he continues to perform piano chamber music in various locations.
Minjeong Kim
Piano Coach

Minjeong Kim

Young artist at La Scala Milan, graduated with a Master's degree from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, specializing in vocal piano coaching.
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Young artist at La Scala Milan, graduated with a Master's degree from the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, specializing in vocal piano coaching, piano accompanist and artistic director for the "European Community" Young Vocal Competition, piano coach for masterclasses with Bar. Renato Bruson and Sop. Carmela Remigio, piano coach for the Italian music festival "MOZART ITALIA TERNI". To date, she has collaborated with La Scala and other renowned theaters to complete multiple complete opera works, including: Opera "Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze", Ridotto dei Palchi "Arturo Toscanini", Opera "Il piccolo spazzacamino", Opera "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", Ballet "La Fille mal gardèe", Opera "Il Piccolo Principe", Opera "Don Giovanni", Opera "La Tragédie de Carmen", "L'ammalato immaginario", Opera "La Porta divisoria" and others.