Pietro Billi

Italian conductor Pietro Billi has been invited for the Summer of 2016 by Maestro Joseph Rescigno to conductd Verdi's Falstaff at La Musica Lirica Festival in Novafeltria, Italy with the Orchestra "Città di Ravenna"; he will also serve on the music staff as a vocal coach and teacher for this five week intensive program for international singers. He joined the Music Staff of the Sarasota Opera as an Assistant Conductor and Vocal Coach for La Bohème, which opened the 2015/16 Season and also worked as a Vocal Coach with the Apprentice Singers. In the Fall of 2015 he made his debut both with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Italy and the Orchestra Sinfonica "Città di Grosseto", Italy conducting music by Haydn and Beethoven. In the Summer of 2015 he was selected among many young conductors a