Lorenzo Colitto, director

Born in Rome Lorenzo Colitto studied at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia. During his studies he performed with many ensembles in Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA. In 1993 he began studying historical performance practice. He furthered his studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland with Thomas Hengelbrock. In 1994 he performed with the European Union Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Roy Goodman, Andrew Manze and Ton Koopman. Since then he has performed with many important European baroque musicians throughout the continents.

From 1998-2003 he was a member and leader of Europa Galante under the direction of Fabio Biondi performing throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas. "With technical perfection and clarity of articulation, Fabio Biondi and Lorenzo Colitto, principal violins, provided variety and richness of sound [...] Biondi and Colitto demonstrated their solo skills in Caldara's Sinfonia Concertata for two violins and strings..." (Kieler Nachrichten, 2002).

He frequently appeared between 1999 and 2002 as concertmaster, soloist and director of The New York Collegium, leading programs under the direction of Fabio Biondi, Reinhard Goebel, Andrew Parrott, Eduardo Lopez-Banzo and Bernard Labadie. He has appeared as guest leader with ensembles such as Orchestra del Teatro di Cagliari, Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, European Union Baroque Orchestra, Accademia Bizantina, Al Ayre Español, Elyma and Orchestra Italiana dell'Opera Classica.

In 2004 he was invited as conductor and soloist of the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong.

His discography includes recordings released by labels such as Virgin EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Opus 111, Tactus and Alpha.