Ilaria Poldi

Ilaria Poldi was born in Parma and studied piano at the Conservatorio 'A. Boito' in her city, graduating in 1987 and specialising with Piero Guarino. She also studied Orchestral Conducting with Daniele Gatti and Composition, graduating in this discipline at the Conservatory of Milan in 1992. Choir conductor since 1988, her meeting with Giovanni Acciai and Steve Woodbury, with whom she deepened the problems of transcription and praxis of early music and completed a solid vocal training, was fundamental. In 1994, she took on the stable direction of the 'Ildebrando Pizzetti' choir of the University of Parma, with which she has held numerous concerts in Italy and abroad (France, Germany, Spain, Turkey...), with repertoires ranging from medieval polyphony to contemporary music. She has edited the transcription and performance of several polyphonists (Grancini, Trabattone, Leonarda...). She has conceived and curated the artistic direction of several concert festivals, in collaboration with the Municipality of Parma, and the Provinces of Parma and Piacenza such as "I giardini musicali", "Inebriavano I dolci canti" and "Alia musica". She has taught at the Conservatories of Potenza, Rodi Garganico and Rovigo. Since 2014, she has been teaching "Choral Exercises" and "Choir Conducting" at the Conservatory of Parma, where she has been in charge of the children's choir since 2015.