Carlo Ponti (conductor)

Carlo Ponti
Carlo Ponti, Jr.

Carlo Ponti, Jr. (born 29 December 1968[1]) is an Italian orchestral conductor working in the United States. He is the son of late film producer Carlo Ponti, Sr. and Italian movie star Sophia Loren and he is the older brother of film director Edoardo Ponti.

Biography

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Ponti worked at the Conductor's Institute in Connecticut, under the direction of Harold Farberman from 1994 to 1996, worked with Mehli Mehta, Zubin Mehta and Andrey Boreyko in Los Angeles from 1997 to 1999 and furthered his musical studies in Austria at the Vienna Musikhochschule from 1999 to 2001 under Leopold Hager and Erwin Acel.[2]

He has guest conducted internationally, was the recipient of various awards for fostering the growth of young musical talent through music education. Ponti has been associate conductor of the Russian National Orchestra since 2000 and was music director and principal conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony from 2001 to 2012.[3] In 2013 he founded the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra, an ensemble emphasizing music's educational value of which he is music director and principal conductor. The Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra is currently performing its' inaugural concert season (2015-2016) at the Theatre Raymond Kabbaz in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Ponti has released two recordings with the Russian National Orchestra on the Pentatone label and his work has been profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, PBS, Fox News, Leonard Lopate, Dennis Miller, Symphony Magazine and the Associated Press. His performances have also been broadcast on public radio stations across the United States by American Public Media's Performance Today and America's Music Festivals programs.

Maestro Carlo Ponti married violinist Andrea Mészáros in Budapest, Hungary on September 18, 2004. They have two children, both born in Geneva, Switzerland: Vittorio Leone Ponti (born April 2, 2007) and Beatrice Lara Ponti (born March 15, 2012).[5]

Orchestral ensembles conducted by Ponti

Listed alphabetically

Festival appearances

Listed alphabetically

Awards

Recordings

External links

References

  1. ↑ Carlo Ponti (film director) profile
  2. ↑ Official biography
  3. ↑ Official biography
  4. ↑ Website of the Los Angeles Virtuosi orchestra
  5. ↑ http://www.lorenarchives.com/profile_family.html Sophia Loren Family Profile
  6. ↑ Premio Galileo
  7. ↑ Virginia Waring International Piano Competition
  8. ↑ Childhelp Foundation
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  12. ↑ Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) CD
  13. ↑ Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Capriccio espagnol - Neapolitan Song CD
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