Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda (born 1964 in Milan) is an Italian conductor. He studied piano, composition and conducting in Milan. He furthered his conducting studies with Donato Renzetti, Myung-Whun Chung and Valery Gergiev.

Gergiev invited him to be Principal Guest Conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg in 1997. In 1994 he won the Cadaqu™s Orchestra International Conducting Competition and was later appointed Principal Conductor of the Cadaqu™s Orchestra, as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore Festival in Italy. In 2007, Noseda became principal conductor of the Teatro Regio di Torino.

In December 2001, Noseda was named Principal Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, and assumed the post in September 2002. In July 2003, Noseda extended his contract with the orchestra to 2008. He and the BBC Philharmonic participated in a 2005 BBC Radio 3 project which made live performances in Manchester of the nine symphonies of Beethoven available for download. In October 2006, Noseda extended his contract for another two years and his title was changed to Chief Conductor. He is scheduled to step down from the BBC Philharmonic chief conductorship after the 2010-2011 season and to take the title of conductor laureate.

Noseda conducts both symphonic works and opera. He has conducted several recordings with the BBC Philharmonic for the Chandos label, of Prokofiev, Dallapiccola (including the world premiere recording of Dallapiccola's Partita), Dvo ‘k, Liszt, Karтowicz, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, and Respighi.


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