Luigi Marzola graduated from the Conservatorio G. Verdi of Milan in Organ and Organ Composition, Piano, and in Choral Conducting at the Civica Scuola di Musica of Milan. He subsequently attended training courses in Choral Conducting with Peter Erdei and Mark Brown, specializied with Norbert Balatsch at the Accademia S. Cecilia of Rome. As a choral conductor, his notable collaborations include those with director Peter Stein for the theatrical productions of Heinrich von Kleist Penthesilea and Euripides Medea (in the Greek theatres of Urbisaglia, Siracusa, Epidauro, Merida, Karnuntum and on tours of the greatest theatres in Italy and Europe), and those with Radio della Svizzera Italiana (Swiss-Italian Radio). Since 1996 he has been director of the Cantemus vocal group of Lugano. He is regularly invited to sit on the jury panel of competitions and called to lead master classes for singers and actors on vocalism and on operatic and song repertoire by a number of organizations. Since 2003/04, he has been teaching at the Scuola Superiore per Direttori di Coro of the Guido d’Arezzo Foundation. He is full Professor in Collaborative Piano at the Conservatorio G. Verdi (Milan) and Conductor of Youth Italian Choir of Feniarco (National Federation of the Regional Choral Associations).
