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The Chilean conductor, Pedro-Pablo Prudencio, was born into a musical and bilingual home (Spanish/German), which has allowed him to quickly learn and master the breadth of opera literature as well as a great many gems of the symphonic repertiore. He finished his choral and orchestral conducting studies at the Hochschule für Musik & Theater in Hannover, Germany (Class of 2002). His teachers have included Wolfram Wehnert, Lutz Köhler, Gerd Schaller, and Eiji Oue. He has also participated in master-classes with Helmuth Rilling, Paul Goodwin (early music specialist), Isaac Karabtchevsky, John Neschling and Kurt Masur.
Pedro-Pablo Prudencio has spent his musical life on two continents. A regularly invited conductor at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago, he has conducted numerous symphonic, ballet and opera performances throughout Chile and South America. He has performed with, among others, la Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago, Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Austral, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Concepción, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de La Serena, Orquesta Nacional Juvenil de Chile and Orquesta Clásica de la Universidad de Santiago; he also works as an accompanist and vocal coach.
His repertoire includes Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Die Zauberflöte by W.A. Mozart, Carmen by Georges Bizet, L'italiana in Algeri by Rossini, Tosca by Puccini, Aida by Verdi, Lucrezia Borgia by Donizetti and ballets Coppelius the Magician by Delibes, Etude by Czerny-Riisager, Gaite Parisienne by Offenbach-Rosenthal and Engelbert Humperdinck's the children's opera, Hansel and Gretel; besides a vast symphonic repertoire.
Pedro-Pablo Prudencio was recently honored by 'el círculo de críticos de arte' "for his work as a director in the three lyrical productions: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, at the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar, and Tosca and Aida at the Teatro Municipal de Santiago." |
