Antonio Spagnolo
A graduate in singing, he completed his studies in composition and choral conducting with Maestro Enrico Buondonno.

He participated in the "R. Goitre" Conducting Courses with Giovanni Acciai and at the Early Music Seminars in Florence with the group "Pro Cantione Antiqua of London."

He served on the judging committee of the Alghero International Choral Singing Competition, being awarded the Silver Diapason in 1991.

He collaborated with M° René Clemencic on the recording for Ricordi-Fonit Cetra of Pergolesi's "Tre Mottetti" and Giordanello's Oratorio "La Passione," for Opus 111, with M° Alessandro de Marchi conducting. He conducted in November 1998 and December 2000 the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples in Alessandro Scarlatti's "Messa di S.Cecilia" for soloists, choir and orchestra. In 2008 he conducted the first Italian performance of Arvo Pärt's "Passio."

In September 2009 he was invited to conduct the atelier of Musica Veneziana, in the "International Choral Music Weeks" of Europa Cantat.

He has been leading the Ensemble since 1984.