Ivo Monte

Composer - Stage Director - Orchestra and Choir Conductor -
Educator - Brass and Woodwind Player and Teacher -
Film and Theatre Director - Conductor
Vocal Coach - Writer - Artistic Painter

IVO LETTERIO MONTE was born and raised in Italy.

He started studying Music with his Dad Joseph,
and Maestro Sam Tornatore, and later graduated
at the Conservatorium of Music " Arcangelo Corelli ", Italy.

Studying Composition, Piano, Choral music and Conducting.
He plays professionally whole Brass family:
French Horn, Trumpet, Flugel horn,
Trombone, Euphonium, Baritone, Tuba and
the most popular of the Sax family: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone.

He is an internationally acclaimed Musician Composer and
Music Professor, playing and directing the most famous operas, musicals, symphonic and chamber music repertoire and also recording for the most famous movies including the WARNER MUSIC GROUP.

He has also directed JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Italian Tour between 2001 and 2005 under license and permission of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.

He played as musician, acting and at mobile studio Paramount Cinecitta' in Sicily in 1989 recording in the Soundtrack of the GOD FATHER III by Francis Ford Coppola.

He has performed with most popular celebrities as:
Andrea Bocelli, Amy Stewart, Carl Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, Roberto Manfredini, Katia Ricciarelli, Antonia Monte, Tosca, Raffaele Paganini, Ghena Dimitrova, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Feiez, Benedetti Michelangeli, Gilda Butta', Edoardo Bennato, Luca Biagini, Enrico Baroni, Gianluca Cucchiara, Piero Chiambretti, Giancarlo Magalli, Gian, Angiolina Quinterno, Elio e le storie tese, Gianpiero Ingrassia, Chiara Noschese, Saverio Marconi, Gianandrea Noseda, Massimo De Bernart, Peter Maag, Karl Martin, Roberto Lagana', Roberto Croce, Ludmil Descev, Angelo Campori, Cicci Santucci, Pino Perris, Rafael Aguilar, Stefano Pellegrino, Massimo Pradella, Robert Gutter, Sergio Fiorentino, Stefano Grondona, Alain Guingal, Anton Guadagno, Evelino Pido', Massimiliano Valdes, Anton Nanut, Olivia Stapp, Paolo Washington, Dino Scuderi, Fabio Pirona, Armando Pugliese, Piero Cappuccilli, Daniela Dessi', Lando Bartolini, Olivia Cinquemani, Filippo Crivelli, Arturo Villone, Carlo Maestrini, Carlo Franci, Domenico Gennaro, Andrea Tidona, Ernesto Lama and other Directors, Conductors and various artists of opera, symphonic, soloists and actors.

He has performed in the orchestra the following operas:
TURANDOT by Giacomo Puccini,
OTELLO by Giuseppe Verdi,
NABUCCO by Giuseppe Verdi,
TOSCA by Giacomo Puccini,
LA BOHEME by Giacomo Puccini,
CARMEN by George Bizet,
NORMA by Vincenzo Bellini,
CENERENTOLA by Gioacchino Rossini,
RIGOLETTO by Giuseppe verdi,
TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi,
ADRIANA LECOUVRER by Francesco Cilea,
ELISIR D' AMORE by Gaetano Donizetti,
LA SONNAMBULA by Vincenzo Bellini,
LA STRANIERA by Vincenzo Bellini,
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR by Gaetano Donizetti,
L'AMICO FRITZ by Pietro Mascagni,
GIANNI SCHICCHI by Giacomo Puccini,
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA by Pietro Mascagni,
LA CAMBIALE DI MATRIMONIO by Gioacchino Rossini,
IL SIGNOR BRUSCHINO by Gioacchino Rossini,
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA by Gioacchino Rossini,
LES VOIX HUMAINE by Francis Poulenc,
IL FILOSOFO DI CAMPAGNA by Baldassare Galuppi,
NOTTE DI UN NEVRASTENICO by Nino Rota,
BOLERO ballet by Maurice Ravel,
LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT by Darius Milhaud,
MA MERE L'OYE Suite ballet and others.

He world touring:
with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR,
EVITA,
TOMMY,
MY FAIR LADY,
DANCE,
SENSES,
THE HAT OF CAIRNS,
FLYING MONEY,
PROGRAMMED KARMA,
MONTE'S THEMES,
FAKE FRIENDS,
LOST TALENTS,
MASKED RACISM,
RICH POOR,
HIGH CLASS,
NOBLE,
HUMAN BEINGS and others.

He has performed for the Pope John Paul II, 1987 in Rome
and for the Jubilee 2000 in Rome.

He has performed over 1000 performances in the most prestigious Opera Houses, Halls Auditoriums and many different venues.
He has played for million of people, in live concerts, in Usa, Europe and Pacific.

In Australia, Ivo received a special Distinguished Global Talent Visa for Music and Arts as an internationally recognised Artist, with the reference of the prestigious Brenton Broadstock,
head of composition at Melbourne University and composer
in residence for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and from the representative Lucia Mantovani of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber for the long time collaboration.

In Australia, he also has participated at:
NEIGHBOURS, an Australian - English Tv series,
THE CUP movie,
MITSUBISHI MOTORS Tv commercial,
KMART Tv commercial,
AUSTRALIAN WORK SAFETY Tv commercial,
COLES Tv commercial and numerous Television appearances.

During these years, he has written original works, like Operas, Ballets and Symphonic Music, debuting with
 " SENSES ",
" THE HAT OF CAIRNS "
" FLYING MONEY "
" PROGRAMMED KARMA "
" MONTE'S THEMES "
" FAKE FRIENDS "
" LOST TALENTS "
" MASKED RACISM "
" RICH POOR "
" HIGH CLASS "
" CROSS "
" NOBLE "
" HUMAN BEINGS "
Australian Tour.

He is also the Founder and Artistic Director of FILM ARTS GROUP , 
promoting with passion and divulging the arts in the globe. Creating more than 700 unique and unforgettable events as: Operas, Rock-Operas, Original works, with the collaboration of Internationally recognised artists and organisations and discovering so many hidden and genuine Talents, giving them the spaces denied by the global Music industry system.



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