Among the more than 80 orchestras conducted by Pier Carlo Orizio are ensembles of great international prestige, including the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra on the invitation of Maestro Temirkanov, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra and the Camerata Salzburg. With the Prague Philharmonia, he recorded Beethoven’s Concerto No. 1 and Schumann’s Concerto in A minor for Rai, with Martha Argerich as soloist.
Pier Carlo Orizio collaborated with legendary names. The list includes Mstislav Rostropovich, Michail Pletnëv, Rudolf Buchbinder, Paul Badura-Skoda, Uto Ughi, Salvatore Accardo and Daniil Trifonov.
Born in Brescia in 1963, he owes his musical training to his father, Agostino Orizio, and to Sergio Marengoni, with whom he graduated in piano. He also studied composition with Giancarlo Facchinetti and conducting, attending courses with Daniele Gatti, Donato Renzetti and Leonard Bernstein.
He has been Artistic Director of the International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo since 2006. He teaches conducting at the Luca Marenzio Conservatory in Brescia.
