Castellani Luisa
Voice
Luisa Castellani, soprano, is recognised and appreciated for the extreme flexibility of her voice. Her ability to combine passionate temperament, irony, and comedy guide her in her precision in musical deepening. This quality is also put into service in her didactic work by enhancing the personal characteristics of every student.
Many composers such as Kurtág, Ligeti, Morricone and Sciarrino have made her a primary interpreter. The composer Berio wanted Luisa to sing in his Calmo. Specifically for her, he composed the role of Ada in Outis.
Luisa Castellani has sung chamber repertoire and has done opera roles, at the La Scala Theater, La Fenice Theater, Teatro Real in Madrid, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Barbican Center in London, Konzerthaus in Vienna, Philharmonie in Berlin, Opéra Bastille and Châtelet in Paris. She was also invited to Carnegie Hall in New York by Maurizio Pollini. Luisa has also performed with many important conductors including Berio, Boulez, Gelmetti, Sinopoli, Tate, Thielemann and with orchestras such as Filarmonica della Scala, London Sinfonietta, Radio France, and the Israel Symphony Orchestra.
Luisa has also been invited by the Wien Modern, the Salzburg Festival, the Biennials of Helsinki, Venice and Berlin, from the Settembre Musica of Turin and the Automne Musical of Paris. She sang the Marteau sans Maître by Pierre Boulez with the Ensemble intercontemporain of Paris and the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt. Luisa has collaborated with the Arditti Quartet, the Contrechamps group in Geneva, and with soloists such as Ballista, Canino, Gaslini and Lucchesini.
Luisa has recorded more than 40 LPs and CDs with the most important record companies including Teldec and Deutsche Grammophon. Special mention should be made to the integral of Mozart's Lieder, the monograph on the cantatas of Telemann, the "Pierrot Lunaire" by Schoenberg with Sinopoli, "Sequenza III" by Berio and the "Symphony No. 3" by Gorecki.
You can find more detailed information on partners and places, the discography, audio and video examples, on its website: www.luisacastellani.ch
