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Christian Baldini's dynamic career has taken him around the world guest conducting opera for the Aldeburgh Festival (England), as a featured composer at the Acanthes Festival (France) and as a conductor with such diverse groups as the Sao Paulo Orchestra (OSESP, Brazil), Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion, Royal National Scottish Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mar del Plata, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfonica de Tucuman.
In January 2008 he garnered rave reviews conducting Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale with Charles Haupt and members of the Buffalo Philharmonic at the Kavinoky Theater: "this piece from the composer's repertoire demands and rewards the listener's attention, especially when performed with the skill and attention to detail that conductor Christian Baldini gave to it." (Garaud MacTaggart, Buffalo News)
Baldini's work as a conductor and composer has been internationally recognized by several awards in global competitions including the top prize at the Seoul International Competition for Composers (South Korea, 2005), the Tribune of Music (UNESCO, 2005), the Ossia International Competition (Rochester, NY - 2008), the Daegu Chamber Orchestra International Competition (South Korea, 2008) and the Sao Paulo Orchestra International Conducting Competition (OSESP - Brazil, 2006).
Baldini's music has been performed in festivals and venues throughout Europe, South America, North America and Asia including the Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires), L'Arsenal (Metz, France), Jaqueline Du Pre Hall (Oxford, UK), Kumho Art Hall (Seoul), BKA Theater (Berlin), Berio Hall (Genoa, Italy) by orchestras and ensembles including the Orchestre National de Lorraine (France), Southbank Sinfonia (London), New York New Music Ensemble, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Daegu Chamber Orchestra (South Korea), Chronophonie Ensemble (Freiburg), the American Brass Quintet, the Barton Workshop (Amsterdam), the Kreisler Ensemble (London) and the Illegal Harmony Ensemble (Scotland). His music appears on CD on the Pretal Label, and has been broadcast on SWR (German Radio) as well as in the National Classical Music Radio of Argentina. He has appeared on interviews on NPR, WBFO, KVDS and Capital Public Radio.
He regularly guest conducts in South America, England (Aldeburgh Festival) and the USA. In 2008 he was invited by Leonard Slatkin to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, where he also served as a cover conductor. Last year he conducted Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia for the Aldeburgh Festival in England, founded by Britten in 1947.
A very passionate educator, Baldini is an Assistant Professor in the Music Department at the University of California at Davis. He serves as the director of orchestral studies and the music director of the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. Forthcoming engagements include guest conducting the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at the Herbst Theatre.
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