- October 13, 2018 -
Hossein Pishkar, who participated in the third edition of the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy (2017), has been selected to conduct "Rigoletto" by Giuseppe Verdi, during Trilogia d'autunno, the Ravenna Festival's lyric marathon that will alternate three titles - Nabucco, Rigoletto, Otello - on the stage of Teatro Alighieri, from Novembre, 23 to December, 2.
With Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini (founded by Riccardo Muti).
- October 2, 2018 -
The young Iranian conductor Hossein Pishkar, right after participating in the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy on Giuseppe Verdi's “Aida” (third edition in September 2017), has won the International Deutscher Dirigentenpreis.
The Price, debuting in Colonia (Germany) from 22 to 29 September 2017 is an international competition for young conductors jointly organised in a partnership by the German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat), the orchestras of Kölner Philharmonie, Oper Köln, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and the WDR Sinfonieorchester.
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