Lorenzo Sbaffi

Conductor, composer. His repertoire ranges from opera to symphonic music, from late Baroque to contemporary music, with a special penchant for classical and romantic symphonism of Central Europe and Scandinavia. The renowned maestro Jorma Panula defined him as “one of the few Italian conductors who loves, knows and deeply understands Jean Sibelius’s music”. He premiered works by the composers Fernando Sulpizi, Mario Mariani, Roberta Silvestrini, Massimiliano Messieri, in addition to his own compositions. In 2009 he obtained a tremendous success with the world-premiere of his Requiem “to the death souls of livings" for soloists, choir and orchestra on the podium of the FORM-Filarmonica Marchigiana Orchestra, Italy. He has been working with world-renowned artists such as Mstislav Rostropovi