ANDREA CERTA

Andrea Certa  was born in Erice, he graduated in piano at the Conservatory of Trapani with full marks and praise, and continued his training at the École Normale in Paris with M ° Delle Vigne. He then followed courses in composition and conducting with Maestro Teresa Procaccini and Maestro Pierre Colombo.

Thanks to his versatile talent, he has launched a major career that sees him collaborate and perform in the most important Italian and European theaters as a pianist, conductor, maestro at the harpsichord and music organizer. He alternates the substitute teacher career alongside great international musicians such as Massimo De Bernhardt, Vladimir Jurowsky, Simon Rattle, among others, that of Conductor.

He has conducted for the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto in 2001 La Prova di un ‘opera seria by Gnecco on tour in Budapest too. Always for the Theater of Spoleto in a tour with the winners of the competition for young opera singers (Micaela Carosi, Massimo Giordano, Fabio Capitanucci to name a few) in different concerts in China and Japan.

He conducted the opera in Sassari Lischen und Fitschen Offenbach and later several concerts of sacred and baroque music. For the Luglio Musicale Trapanese he conducted in 2014 Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini, in season 2015 Don Giovanni of Mozart, in season 2016 Lucia of Lammermoor and in season 2017 Aida. In March 2018 he will conduct La Traviata at Belgrade National Theatre and Lucia di Lammermoor at Pafos Festival - Cyprus. In summer 2018 he will conduct Aida in Tunis Festival and Tosca for Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese. In season 2018/2019 he will conduct Lucia of Lammermoor at Teatro Goldoni of Livorno.

Since 2009 he has collaborates with Maestro Vladimir Jurowski who wanted him for the role of Vocal Coach for the Italian Opera in a new production of Verdi's Falstaff at Glyndebourne Festival and later at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Gianni Schicchi with Juan Pons in the title role.

From 1994 and for over ten years he held various tasks including that of a Conductor, Vocal Coach, Educational Coordinator and Head of Courses for starting debut of young opera singers at the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale of Spoleto. In the same theater, as vocal coach and pianist he took part in dozens of productions in Spoleto and important tours in China, Japan, Poland, Hungary.

Since 2009 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Luglio Musicale Trapanese with the task of reviving the theater of his city, reaching this objective in full. He took over the artistic production activities interrupted in 2007, with major titles of operatic repertoire in this direction he has entirely produced with orchestra and chorus of the theater over 15 new productions (made almost entirely the theatrical workshops of the Ente Luglio Musicale Trapanese), while maintaining a high artistic quality of the performances, he is currently in charge of Opera Programming and Casting Manager.

He was assistant in several Master Classes with important names of international scenes: Renato Bruson, Ruggero Raimondi, Opera Singing, Luis Alva, Magda Olivero, Anita Cerquetti, Natale De Carolis.

As Master Hapsichord he collaborated in Spoleto in: Mozart's Don Giovanni, The Chinese by Gluck, Il Giocatore di Cherubini, La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi, Haydn's Il Mondo della luna, The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Cimarosa's Cleopatra in first modern performance.

He collaborated for some time with the Opera House of Ankara as Chef de Chant and first assistant to the general music director for a new production of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci.

Following his twenty years of experience with singers, many of the stars of opera as Massimo Giordano, Fabio Capitanucci, Micaela Carosi, Francesco Demuro and many others  wanted him on their side in the recitals in major theaters and concert halls, and for their professional preparation .