Mario Giuseppe Lanaro

He approaches music at a very young age: the example of his organist father, the sounds of the De Lorenzi phonochromic organ in the Cathedral, a rich collection of music determine his future choices. Spreading music is his daily commitment; he continues to study Conducting, Composition, Vocality, Teaching and Organ; he talks about music, listens to a lot of it; he searches, tries, performs in concert, composes, invents.

And he has fun.

Singing in a choir to listen and listen to oneself, to develop a musical sense, to travel through time, for a human and artistic education. He bases his activity as a Conservatory teacher on these principles: in 1983 in Rovigo, in 1984 in Trento and from 1993 to 2019 at the “E. F. Dall’Abaco” in Verona.

He conducted the Valleogra Choral Group of Schio (1975-81), the choir of the Julia Alpine Brigade (1981-82), the Schola Cantorum of Malo (1975-97), the Concentus Vocalis (Vicenza), the Verona Choral Studio (1997-98), the choir-workshop Studio 97 (Diocese of Vicenza), Collegium vocale (Friends of the Verona Conservatory) with monographic repertoires. He participated in the “Forum International de Musique Chorale Contemporaine” project “El Canto” (1999) conducting the “Umberto Zeni” Vocal Ensemble.

He is a guest professor in seminars for conductors and teachers (from 1996 to 2005 at the Gubbio Festival, in 2013 at the Academy of Wroclaw, Poland, in 2018 at the University of Miskolc, Hungary). In 2015 and 2016 he was a teacher at the Feniarco Spring Festival; from 2014 to 2018 he held courses for the South Tyrol Choir Federation, the Italian Pueri cantores Federation, ASAC, ARCOVA, the CAI National Choral Centre and is a member of the jury in composition and choral competitions. He collaborates with many entities, from amateur to professional, with flexible, targeted and stimulating projects, which involve singers and conductors at the same time; he carries out intense work as a choir and orchestra conductor, consultant for instrumental and choral groups. He conducts traditional, contemporary and first performance pages. With “Scrivi che ti canto” (edited by the Società del Quartetto di Vicenza) he invented a national poetry-music competition for compulsory schools. Today he is known and appreciated thanks to the repertoire published in anthologies and the video lessons on the web “Fare un bel coro, istruzioni per l’uso”.

In 2002 he received the “Castello d’Oro” (Corocastel, Conegliano) and in 2006 the “Italian choral music” award (Coro Monte Nero, Piacenza). Since he was young he obtained victories in national and international choral competitions: Vittorio Veneto (1977) Adria (1977, 1978, 1982) Ivrea (1979), Cuneo (1981), Stresa (1985). First prizes in Choral Composition competitions: Trieste USCI (1989), Verona AGC (2002, 2004, 2008), Tours (reported with publication 1985).

He published choral music, for organ and liturgy (Carrara, Elledici, A Coeur Joie, Società Filarmonica di Trento), for piano four hands (Sikorsky). His sacred and profane compositions are part of the repertoires of many Italian and foreign choirs and are performed in international concerts and competitions. His opera “La fabbrica di cioccolato” (after R. Dahl) was performed at the Teatro Malibran in Venice (2011). In 2017 he composed “L’Annunciazione”, a Marian cantata for choir and instrumental ensemble based on a poem by P. P. Pasolini. The Casa Editrice Carrara published (2012) the method “Esperienze corali” which is now a reference text for conservatory teachers and choir directors. He directs large choral groups at important events: IV Conference (Diocese of Verona, 1987), Se in Trentino d’Estate un Castello (Castel B eseno, Fed. Cori Trentino, 1989), 32nd Loreto International Festival (RAI Uno, 1992), Conto Cento Canto Pace (Arena di Verona, ASAC, 2015).