Elia Andrea Corazza

Dr. Elia Andrea Corazza (aka Elijax) is a conductor, composer, pianist electronic musician and musicologist. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Bologna (Italy), and master’s degrees in pianoforte, conducting and composition. He studied conducting with Gabriele Ferro in Fiesole and with Donato Renzetti in Pescara (Italy), at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena (Italy) and at the Tanglewood Music Center (Lenox, MA, U.S.A.). From 2009 to 2011 Elia has been the principal conductor of the Accademia Filarmonica, in Bologna, Italy, performing concerts in prestigious venues as well as educational concerts in schools. In 2011 Elia studied at the Tanglewood Music Center as a Guest student in conducting. Elia has been assistant conductor of Federico Cortese at the Boston Youth Symphon