Dimitri Scarlato is a conductor/composer with a broad experience in classical, operatic and contemporary classic music, at both educational and professional level.
He studied conducting at the prestigious Conservatorio di Musica S.Cecilia in Rome, and has refined his skills by attending several masterclasses in Russia, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria studying with Milen Nachev, Alexander Polyanichko and Riccardo Frizza, focussing on the Ilya Musin conducting technique. He conducted concerts, workshops and recording sessions in Italy, Russia, Bulgaria, Malta, Czech Republic, Slovakia and UK.
His music has been performed in several venues across Europe such as the Barbican Hall and the Cadogan Hall in London and Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The Accademia Filarmonica Romana premiered his opera Fadwa in May 2013 at the Teatro Olimpico in Rome.
His activity spans from contemporary classic music, opera, theatre, films and pop music. In 2011 Dimitri has been selected at VOX3 - Composing for Voice at the Royal Opera House of London, and at the Berlinale Talent Campus 2011 as a film composer.
In 2014 he was the music/conducting coach for Sir Michael Caine on the film Youth, by the Oscar winning director Paolo Sorrentino.
In 2015 he won the 3rd Composition Competition at the International Spring Orchestra Festival, with his piece Caduceo, written for two pianos and had his opera The Christmas Truce premiered at the Teatro Palladium in Rome.
His conducting activity is focussed on premiering new works, such as the final recital of the composition students in Rome at the Conservatorio S.Cecilia (2018/2019). In 2017 he coordinated and conducted the production of three new operatic works in Bulgaria, and in 2018 he conducted the closing concert at the International Spring Festival in Malta, with a programme based on Bartok, Lutoslawski and two premieres. He also conducted the 2022 closing concert of the same festival, with a programme involving Xenakis, Gubaidulina, Mahler and two prermieres.
In 2019 he has been a member of the jury of the 1st Makris Conducting Competition due to his activity and knowledge as composer, as it was mandatory for the competitors to conduct works by Andreas Makris, a Greek-American composer of the 20th century who recently passed away.
Activity as Composer and Conductor (highlights)
· 1998 to current date. Composer and Conductor of original compositions, from small ensembles to large scale orchestra works, operas, performed in several venues such as Barbican Hall (London) and Teatro la Fenice (Venice).
· 2022. Composer and Conductor of the closing concert at the 16th International Spring Orchestra Festival, Malta.
· 2021. Composer of A le Superne Rote, commissioned by the Hungarian National Choir for the Dante anniversary, premiered at the Mupa Festival, Budapest.
· 2020. Winner of the 2nd prize at Opera Harmony, digital opera festival, with the piece A Life Reset.
· 2018. Composer and Conductor of the closing concert at the 12th International Spring Orchestra Festival, Malta.
· 2017. Conductor for the premiere of The Auction by K. Fiorini and Il Muro by E. Travaglione, winning operas of the Stara Zagora Opera Competition. (Bulgaria).
· 2015. Composer and Conductor of “Rhapsody of Memories”, for flute and orchestra. Barbican Hall, London.
· 2015. Winner of the 3rd Composition Competition at the International Spring Orchestra Festival, with the piece for 2 pianos “Caduceo”.
· 2013. Composer of the opera “Fadwa”, premiered in May ‘13 at Teatro Olimpico by Accademia Filarmonica Romana (institution that worked with Stravinsky, Boulez, Casella, Henze among others).
· 2011. Selected as a Composer for the ROH2 VOX 3 - Composing for Voice workshop at the Royal Opera House in London.
· 2010. Selected as Royal College Rising Star with the performance of “Time and Eternity” (for string quartet, soprano and percussion) at the Cadogan Hall in London.
Cinema
· 2021. Conducting Coach for the actor Henry Lloyd-Hughes, playing the role of Gluck in the film Chevalier(currently in post-production).
· 2019. Composer for the film “Il Talento del Calabrone” by G.Cimini, starring Sergio Castellitto and Anna Foglietta, produced by Paco Cinematografica. Released in 2020 on Amazon Prime.
· 2015. Composer for the documentary Revelstoke – A Kiss in the Wind by N. Moruzzi. Shortlisted at the 2016 David di Donatello. (Italian Film Awards)
· 2014. Conducting Coach for Sir Michael Caine on Youth directed by P.Sorrentino (2014 Oscar winner with The Great Beauty as Best Foreign Film)
· 2014. Composer and Conductor of the soundtrack for Sparks & Embers, feature film by G.Boyter
· 2011. Composer, Conductor and Pianist for the silent film Ich möchte kein Mann sein, by E. Lubitsch. Performed at the 37th Würzburger Filmwochenendes.
· 2011. Selected as Composer at the 9th berlinale talent campus.
· 2009. Composer and Conductor of the soundtrack for Per Sofia, feature film by I. Paganelli.
· 2007. Music pre-production assistant for the film Sweeney Todd directed by Tim Burton with Johnny Depp.
· 2003-2021. Composer and Conductor of the soundtrack for several short films and documentaries such as La Città nel cielo (shortlisted at the 66th Venice Film Festival) by G. Cimini, Towers by A.Saleem, Gutbai Charly by J. Cassinello, Touched by J. Quinn, Intolerance by L.Giovenga and L.Giovanelli which has won several awards in several festivals, including best soundtrack.
Theatre
· 2019. Arranger for Inspector Please, play directed by Jez Bond.
· 2017. Composer for Madame Rubinstein with Miriam Margoyles, directed by Jez Bond.
· 2015. Music Director and Arranger for Rapunzel Christmas show by Jez Bond.
· 2014. Music Director and Arranger for Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime by Jez Bond.
· 2013. Music Director and Arranger for The Sleeping Beauty pantomime by Jez Bond.
· 2011. Composer for Phaedra, a tragedy by Euripides directed by Ilaria Paganelli.
· 2008. Composer for The cause, a play by Jeremy James directed by Jez Bond.
· 2003 - 2007. Composer, Musical Director and Pianist for the musical Piaf…l’Hymne à l’Amour by G. Manfridi and Carlo Lizzani, directed by Carlo Lizzani, with A.Steni and P.Malco.
· 1999-2003. Composer, Conductor and Pianist for several plays in Italy like Grigio Brillante, Il Mostardiere del Papa and Il medico dei pazzi.
CONDUCTING REPERTOIRE LIST
Symphonic
Firebird Suite (1919)
by Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
by Stravinsky
Histoire du Soldat
by Stravinsky
Suite from Pulcinella by Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements by Stravinsky
Sinfonietta
by Rieti
Rumanian Dances by Bartok
Divertimento for Strings by Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra by Bartok
9th Symphony by Dvorak
1st Symphony – The Classical
by Prokofiev
Overture-Fantasia Romeo and Juliet
by Prokofiev
Serenade for Strings by Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italiano
by Tchaikovsky
4th and 5th Symphony
by Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
by Tchaikovsky
2nd Piano Concerto
by Rachmaninov
Vocalise by Rachmaninov
2nd Symphony
by Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
by Rachmaninov
Sheherazade
by Rimsky Korsakov
Capriccio Espagnol
by Rimsky Korsakov
Pavane pour une infante défunte
by Ravel
La valse
by Ravel
Piano concerto in G
by Ravel
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
by Debussy
Pavane
by Fauré
Danse Macabre
by Sainte-Saëns
Music for a Funeral by Lutoslwasky
1st and 5th Symphony
by Mahler
Rückert Lieders by Mahler
Siegfried Idyll by Wagner
Tannhäuser and Lohengrin Overtures by Wagner
2nd , 3rd , 4th Symphony by Brahms
Serenade in D major by Brahms
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th Symphony by Beethoven
Leonora, Coriolano, Egmont Overtures by Beethoven
3rd and 4th Piano Concerto by Beethoven
Violin Concerto by Beethoven
4th Symphony
by Mendelssohn
Symphony n.39, 40, 41
by Mozart
“London Symphonies” by Haydn
Unfinished Symphony by Schubert
1st Symphony by Elgar
Enigma Variations by Elgar
Operatic
The Barber of Seville
by Rossini
L’elisir d’amore by Donizetti
Magic Flute by Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart
Don Giovanni by Mozart
Norma by Donizetti
Lucia di Lammermour by Donizetti
Carmen by Bizet
Pagliacci by Leoncavallo
Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni
Tosca by Puccini
Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
la Bohème by Puccini
Madame Butterfly by Puccini
Rigoletto by Verdi
Traviata by Verdi
Il Trovatore by Verdi
Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi
Contemporary
Dérives by P. Boulez
Pierrot Lunaire
by A. Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht
by A. Schoenberg
Concordanze by S. Gubaidulina
Phlegra by I. Xenakis
Lumière à la Tombée de la Nuit by D. Scarlato
Les Fragments Exposée by D. Scarlato
Di Terra by D. Scarlato
In Limbo by D. Scarlato
Time and Eternity by D. Scarlato
Rhapsody of Memories by D. Scarlato
Subterrania by T. Armstrong
Frammenti by D.C. Iafrate
Il Muro (opera) by E. Travaglione
The Auction (opera) by K. Fiorni
Weinende Frau by K. Fiorni
In the Roar of your Torrents by K. Fiorni
Dimitri Scarlato is a conductor/composer with a broad experience in classical, operatic and contemporary classic music, at both educational and professional level.
He studied conducting at the prestigious Conservatorio di Musica S.Cecilia in Rome, and has refined his skills by attending several masterclasses in Russia, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria studying with Milen Nachev, Alexander Polyanichko and Riccardo Frizza, focussing on the Ilya Musin conducting technique. He conducted concerts, workshops and recording sessions in Italy, Russia, Bulgaria, Malta, Czech Republic, Slovakia and UK.
His music has been performed in several venues across Europe such as the Barbican Hall and the Cadogan Hall in London and Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The Accademia Filarmonica Romana premiered his opera Fadwa in May 2013 at the Teatro Olimpico in Rome.
His activity spans from contemporary classic music, opera, theatre, films and pop music. In 2011 Dimitri has been selected at VOX3 - Composing for Voice at the Royal Opera House of London, and at the Berlinale Talent Campus 2011 as a film composer.
In 2014 he was the music/conducting coach for Sir Michael Caine on the film Youth, by the Oscar winning director Paolo Sorrentino.
In 2015 he won the 3rd Composition Competition at the International Spring Orchestra Festival, with his piece Caduceo, written for two pianos and had his opera The Christmas Truce premiered at the Teatro Palladium in Rome.
His conducting activity is focussed on premiering new works, such as the final recital of the composition students in Rome at the Conservatorio S.Cecilia (2018/2019). In 2017 he coordinated and conducted the production of three new operatic works in Bulgaria, and in 2018 he conducted the closing concert at the International Spring Festival in Malta, with a programme based on Bartok, Lutoslawski and two premieres. He also conducted the 2022 closing concert of the same festival, with a programme involving Xenakis, Gubaidulina, Mahler and two premieres.
In 2019 he has been a member of the jury of the 1st Makris Conducting Competition due to his activity and knowledge as a composer, as it was mandatory for the competitors to conduct works by Andreas Makris, a Greek-American composer of the 20th century who recently passed away.
