Bruno Giuranna
Italian conductor and violist Bruno Giuranna, born in
Milan, completed his musical studies at the Santa Cecilia
Conservatory in Rome. He was one of the founding members
of the famed chamber group I Musici (1951-61) and as soloist
on both the viola and viola d'amore, took part in numerous
highly acclaimed tours of Europe, Asia, North and Central
America. In 1958, with Franco Gulli and Giacinto Caramia,
he formed the Trio Italiano d'Archi (records DGG).
Mr Giuranna began his solo career in 1954 when he performed the world premiere of Giorgio Federico Ghedini's Concerto for VioIa and Orchestra with Herbert von Karajan conducting. He has since performed regularly with leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and La Scala in Milan under conductors including Claudio Abbado, Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir John Barbirolli, Riccardo Muti and Sergiu Celibidache.
Professor at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in Detmold (1969-83), at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin (1983-98) and lnternational Chair at the Royal Academy of Music in London (1995-96), Mr Giuranna is since 1985 viola Professor at the "Walter Stauffer" Foundation in Cremona and since 1998 Visiting Professor at the University of Limerick. He has given master classes throughout the world and was a frequent guest at the Marlboro Festival in Vermont.
Bruno Giuranna was Artistic Director of the Padova Chamber Orchestra (1983-92) After founding the International Chamber Music Festival in Asolo, ltaly, where he now lives, he is since 1987 Artistic Director of the Festival "La Musica" in Sarasota, Florida. He was president of the Jury of the Bruno Giuranna lnternational Viola CompetÌtion in Brazil. As a conductor, he has started in 1998, an intensive cooperation with the "Orchestra dei Pomeriggi Musicali" in Milan.
His extensive discography includes Mozart's Sinfonia
Còncertante with Henryk Szerying, the complete
Vivaldi Concerti for viola d'amore and the Mozart Piano
Quartets with the Beaux Arts Trio for Philips Records.
In 1990 Mr. Giuranna's recordings of the Beethoven String
Trios with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mstislaw Rostropovich
for Deutsche Grammophon was nominated for a Grammy Award
and his recording conducting the complete Boccherini Cello
Concerti won the coveted Grand Prix du Disque from the
Academie Charles Cros of Paris. He was awarded an honorary
PhD by the University of Limerick in February 2003.
MA Classical Strings Performance
Website: www.giuranna.it
Email: brgiuranna@gmail.com
19 February, 2008
