MM, The Pennsylvania State Univesity

302 Baird Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo NY, 14260

tel: (716) 645-2765, x.1258
fax: (716) 645-3824
email: cbaldini@buffalo.edu

A native of Argentina, Christian Baldini has been internationally recognized by several awards in global competitions -as a composer and a conductor- including the Seoul International Competition for Composers (South Korea, 2005), the Tribune of Argentinean Music (UNESCO, 2005) and the Sao Paulo Orchestra International Conducting Competition (OSESP - Brazil, 2006), regarded as the most prestigious orchestra in Latin America.

His music has been performed with great critical acclaim  in festivals and venues throughout Europe, South America, North America and Asia by orchestras and ensembles including the SouthBank Sinfonia (London), New York New Music Ensemble, Chronophonie Ensemble (Freiburg), the Pierrot Lunaire Ensemble (Vienna), the Barton Workshop (Amsterdam), the New York Virtuoso Singers and the National Polyphonic Choir of Argentina. A CD including his tango for piano four-hands “Forest Ela” will be released in September 2007 on the PRETAL label, performed by Argentine pianists Estela Telerman and Guillermo Carro. Future projects as a composer include a new work for the Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra.

Selected as the first Assistant Conductor of the Britten-Pears Orchestra in England, he has collaborated with conductor Alexander Polyanichko and has also worked with soloists of some of the world’s premier orchestras:  the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Halle Orchestra and members of the Alban Berg Quartett.

This highly-versatile and experienced conductor has worked with youth and professional ensembles and orchestras in Chile, Brazil, Argentina, England, Germany, Italy and the US, including the Sao Paulo Orchestra (OSESP), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion, Orquesta Sinfonica de Mar del Plata, Orquesta Sinfonica de Tucuman, Penn State Philharmonic, Cincinnati Concert Orchestra, Slee Sinfonietta and the Genova Ensemble.

Following his successful debut with the Britten-Pears Orchestra, he was re-engaged for a production of Benjamin Britten’s opera “The Rape of Lucretia” in the 2008 Season of the Aldeburgh Festival in the United Kingdom.

Christian currently serves as Music Director and Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the University at Buffalo, where he also conducts regularly the Slee Sinfonietta, the professional chamber orchestra in residence with the Center for the 21st Century Music.