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Stefano Vignati (Rome, Italy 1965) is an Italian Conductor. His professional career began in 1990 and his operatic repertoire, in addition to the Symphonic performances, includes performances of more than 30 Operas titles including Carmina Burana and Verdi’s Requiem.

M° Vignati has conducted many prestigious Orchestras in United States, China, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovenija and Italy collaborating with world famous Artists as: Mariella Devia, Lina Wertmuller, Janet Perry, Alexander Malta, Michele Campanella, Pierre Amoyal, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Mirco Palazzi, Svetla Vassileva, Carol Neblett, Marco Vinco, Nicola Ulivieri, Ramin Bahrami, Benedetto Lupo and Bruno Praticò.

For RAI, the Italian national TV broadcasting, he conducted a Symphonic Concert for “I Concerti di Rai Tre” (1996) and the productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Prima della Prima 2007, 2008)

He also recorded several CDs in 1997, 1999 and 2000, including the operatic works of Verdi produced by De Agostini di Novara, Handel’s Julius Caesar, and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.

In January 2011 M° Vignati has been nominated Artistic and Music Director of one of the most important European Festival, the Festival Barocco di Viterbo (40th edition, where he conducted the Orchestra Barocca of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Since 2009, he is also Music and Artistic Director of the Tuscia Operafestival in Italy and the Italian American Opera Foundation based in the United States.

M° Vignati studied Piano and Composition, Music History and Musical Analysis at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome. He has studied Conducting and participated in International Masterclasses with H. Baumann, A. Joo, N. Hansalik Samale, and V. Delman, and he earned his Master Degree in Conducting (Artist Diploma) at the University of Denver, CO, under the guidance of Lawrence Golan.

M° Vignati is currently Adjunct Professor, Opera coach and Principal Conductor of the Drake Opera Theater at Drake University, Iowa.

He has been Guest Conductor of the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra in China since 2014 and of the UNM Orchestra (University of New Mexico) in 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, and in the 2012 and 2013 Concerts Seasons at Tonhalle in Zurich, Switzerland.

M° Vignati is currently represented by Royal Artists Management in Monte-Carlo.