Simone Ori was born in Prato in 1977. After graduating 'Cum Laude' in Piano, Organ (with Claudio Astronio and Federico Del Sordo), Harpsichord (with Annaberta Conti and Roberto Loreggian) and Conducting (Piero Bellugi and Alessandro Pinzauti), he was a postgraduate student in the conducting class of Prof. Mark Stringer and Yuji Yuasa at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst of Vienna.
Simone works as a conductor and conductor assistant, choir conductor, continuo player, organist and korrepetitor in famous European theaters and Festivals such as: Liverpool Hope University, Haendel Haus-Halle, Santa Fiora Festival, Casinò Baden, Wiesbaden Festival, Reims Cathedral, Festival di Montepulciano, Technisches Museum - Wien, Estate Regina, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, ‘O Flos colende’ - Florence, Teatro della Pergola - Florence, Teatro Verdi - Pisa, Festival Opera Barga, Ravenna Festival, Festival ‘Umberto Giordano’ di Baveno (lago Maggiore), New Theater - Bozen, Neu Bühne - Wien and with musicians such as Gemma Bertagnolli, Sergio Foresti, Filippo Mineccia, Patrizia Cigna, Giulia Barbini, Robert Percival, Lavinia Bini, Mirko Guadagnini, Bruno Bartoletti, Makoto Sakurada, Giacomo Prestia, Ivanna Speranza, Claudio Astronio, Roberto Fabbriciani, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Daniele Damiano, Federico Maria Sardelli, Paul Esterhazy, Bruno Bartoletti, Christoph Meier, Massimo Zanetti…with Gli Archi del Cherubino, I Virtuosi Italiani, Baden Symphonietta, Camerata Strumentale città di Prato, Orchestra Festival di S.Fiora, Modo Antiquo, Harmonisches Mundi, Bozen Baroque Orchestra, Agimus Orchestra, Orchestra del Carmine, Opera Instabile Orchestra...
His repertoire ranges from Monteverdi to the 20th Century up to the most recent composers (Ligeti, Grisey, Valentini, Russo), with a particular dedication to the Viennese Classicism performance practice.
Since November 2012 he’s harpsicord and continuo player of Auser Musici, performing in Halle ( Handel Haus) and Paris (Philippe Maillard Production) and Italy (Barga Festival and Teatro Verdi in Pisa).
Winner of Richard Wagner Venice Foundation's Scholarship for Bayreuth Festival 2013, with concert in Ca' Vendramin- Calergi.
Winner of ILMA Estate 2014 Continuo Competition.
Since 2014 Simone is organ Professor and Principal Conductor of the DmC Ensemble at the Scuola di musica di Fiesole and Maestro al Cembalo for the Gemma Bertagnolli and Furio Zanasi baroque Singing class of the Conservatory of Music in Frosinone.
Since the same year is Continuo player of Gli Archi del Cherubino orchestra.
Actually he works as Stefano Montanari's Musical Assistant in Arena di Verona and Teatro La Fenice di Venezia.
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