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The Italian counter-tenor and choral conductor, Jacopo Facchini, attended the the Liceo Classico Musicale F. Petrarca in Arezzo, graduating in in piano under the guidance of Maestro C. Mazzoli. He then studied at Conservatorio G.B. Martini in Bologna, perfecting himself with Donna Coleman in the contemporary repertoire; at the same conservatory he obtained a first level degree in "direction and composition for choir" studying with Maestro P.P. Scattolin, perfecting himself with the Maestros G. Acciai, K. Suttner and S. Kuret. He studied singing with Donatella Debolini at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Luigi Cherubini" in Florence. He perfected himself with Sara Mingardo, Gloria Banditelli and Monica Bacelli.
Jacopo Facchini has performed in various concerts as a soloist: Magnificat (BWV 243), Actus Tragicus (BWV 106) and Cantatas BWV 11 and BWV 71 by J.S. Bach; Missa Dei Filii by Jan Dismas Zelenka; Vestro Principi Divino and Clarae Stellae Scintillate by Antonio Vivaldi; Te Deum by M.A. Charpentier; Membra Jesu Nostri by Dietrich Buxtehude; various Masses by W.A. Mozart; Salve Regina, Stabat Mater and Missa S.Emidio by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi; Ah! Troppo è ver by A. Stradella; La Morte Delusa by Giovanni Battista Bassani; l’Orfeo and il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria by C. Monteverdi; Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo by Emilio de' Cavalieri. He collaborates with groups specialized in the early repertoire, such as the Orchestra della Cappella Musicale Arcivescovile di S.Petronio, Ensemble Pian & Forte, Il Canto di Orfeo, Ensemble Respighi, Il Gruppo Seicento, Accademia de’ Musici Francesco Petrarca, Orientis Partibus, Ensemble il Continuo, Il Florilegio Musicale Barocco, Orchestra del Conservatorio di Bologna, Ensemble del Dipartimento di Musica Antica del Conservatorio “Cherubini”, Il Complesso Rinascimentale del Conservatorio di Ferrara, I Solisti dell’Orchestra Sinfonica di Savona, Orchestra La Verdi Barocca, Orchestra Barocca della Mitteleuropa, Ensemble Mare Nostrum.
Jacopo Facchini sings in the vocal ensembles Il Canto di Orfeo, Ensemble vocale de La Verdi Barocca, Ensemble D.S.G, in the Ensemble M&D, Musica & Drama, ensemble Delitiae Musicae, ensemble Cantar Lontano, ensemble La Venexiana, Ensemble Barocco della Mitteleuropa and ensemble Le Voci dell’Arte. He works under the direction of M. Balderi, M. Berrini, Filippo Maria Bressan, Gianluca Capuano, Claudio Cavina, A. De Carlo, F. Fanna, A. Fedi, R. Gini, Ruben Jais, M. Longhini, Marco Mencoboni, C. Pennesi, M. Vannelli, R. Vettori He has performed at the Teatro Verdi in Florence, Teatro dei leggieri di San Gimignano, Auditorium di Milano, Ravenna Festival, Musica e Poesia a S.Maurizio, SettembreMusica, Florence, Musica negli Horti, Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, Organi Antichi, Musica Insieme, San Giacomo Festival, Bologna, Trento Musicantica, I Concerti dell’Accademia, Cantar Lontano Festival, The Montisi Festival, Festival de Mùsicas Contemplativas, Santiago de Compostela, Stresa Festival.
Jacopo Facchini has recorded for Bongiovanni, Dynamic, E Lucean Le Stelle, Naxos, Stradivarius, Tactus. He currently lives in Nancy, France. |
