Gianmaria Griglio studied violin with Massimo Marin and Philipe Bride, graduating at the “Guido Cantelli” conservatory of Novara in 1997. At the same time he studied composition with Marco Minetti and Larry Wallach, conducting with Gilberto Serembe at the Academy of music in Pescara, and with Harold Farberman in the United States. Winner of a scholarship at Bard College, he was one of only four conductors in the United States invited to be an Associate Artist with the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. After earning his Master’s in conducting at Bard, he became Assistant Conductor at the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein.

An advocate of contemporary music, he divides himself between Italy, where he resides, and the United States.

Mr. Griglio participated in the first world recording of music by American composer Irwin Bazelon, under the supervision of Harold Farberman, with the Orchestra of Sofia (Bulgaria), for the “Albany Records” label. He has conducted several world premieres, including “Les enfants terrible” by Philip Glass (2003), and, Harold Faberman’s opera, “The song of Eddie”, a Pulitzer Prize candidate in 2005. For the latter,The Indipendent reported that the orchestra was “more than capably held by conductor Gianmaria Griglio”.

Mr. Griglio has worked with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Bard Festival Chamber Players, the One World Symphony Orchestra – with which he made his debut as a composer -, the Irish Youth Orchestra, the Orchestra of Sofia, the Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta, the Chamber Orchestra of Genova, the Ensemble Baroque de Provence, the Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, the APM Orchestra of Saluzzo, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Cullera, the Astana Chamber Orchestra of Yokohama.

Also active as a composer, he participated in the Alba Music Festival Italy & USA, with such artists as David Froom and Louis Karchin.

In 2008, Griglio served as a guest conductor and teacher at the Bard Summer Institute in the United States. Mr. Griglio will conduct International Opera Theater in their production of “Iago” by Carlo Pedini (August 2009).

Mr. Griglio has worked in prestigious halls around the world, obtaining acclaim from both critics and and the public; such halls include the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, the Teatro Filarmonico of Verona and the Palais des Congres of Montecarlo. He has worked with such artists as Harold Farberman, Leon Botstein, Francesca Zambello, Beth Greenberg, Joanne Akalaitis, Alexandre Kravets, Elisabetta Brusa, Fernanda Costa, Paolo Battaglia, Sandro Laffranchini, William Ferguson, and Marzio Giossi.

Visit his website here: http://www.gianmariagriglio.it/