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The Italian tenor, Giuseppe Maletto, engages in an intense activity as a professional singer, dedicating himself principally to medieval and renaissance polyphony and to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. La Venexiana (Director: Claudio Cavina), La Petite Bande (Director: Sigiswald Kuijken), Hespèrion XXI (Director: Jordi Savall), Ensemble Gilles Binchois, Concerto Italiano (Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini), and Mala Punica, and Coro della Radio Svizzera (Director: Diego Fasolis) are only a few of the prestigious groups with which he collaborates, participating in numerous concert tours in Europe, the USA, Israel, Japan, and Argentina. He has recorded over 40 CDs, several of which have received important awards, such as the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis, Prix Cecilia, Diapason d’Or de l’Année, the Premio Cini and the Gramophone Award.
In 1995, Giuseppe Maletto and Svetlana Fomina, founded Cantica Symphonia, ensemble dedicated to the recovery and performance of medieval and renaissance polyphony. The group is now one of the most highly regarded interpreters in its field. Cantica Symphonia’s unique style, fruit of intensive analysis of original sources, is characterized by an ability to bring out the structural and expressive richness of its repertoire. In addition to Cantica Symphonia’s specialization in medieval and renaissance repertoire, Giuseppe Maletto has also led performances of Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers and the Missa In illo tempore, Carissimi’s Jephté, Odes and Anthems by Purcell, and several of J.S. Bach's Cantatas.
Giuseppe Maletto has taught courses at the Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale in Saluzzo (Italy), at the Corso Internazionale di Musica Antica in Polizzi Generosa (Italy), and has held a seminar on the interpretation of the music of Monteverdi at the Novosibirsk Conservatory (Russia). |
