Quartet “LE DIV4S”, conductor Marcello Rota (Italy)

Le DIV4S is an ensemble of four Italian sopranos, created with the vision of presenting a new singing concept to the public. This all-female ensemble brings an innovative interpretation of the most famous opera highlights by the greatest operatic composers in history. Mozart, Bellini, Verdi and Puccini’s most known and touching pieces are revised for the four voices, but always with respect to the original scores. The rest of the repertoire ranges over timeless Italian and international songs, presented with a full orchestra sound and sophisticated pop rhythms and vibes. Denise, Isabella, Vittoria and Sofia are young, classically trained singers who have won several international operatic singing contests. They had their debut as Le Div4s with Maestro Andrea Bocelli in 2008.

Since then, beyond the prestigious and continuous collaborations with Maestro Bocelli around the world, they usually perform for important cultural institutions, international live events and TV shows, always attracting great audiences and reviews, within and outside Italy. They are highly regarded for their artistic training and for the originality of their project.

In 2010, Le DIV4S performed in notable events/locations such as ones in Italy: Teatro Filarmonico Fondazione Arena di Verona, Bari Teatro Petruzzelli, Roma Sala Sinopoli Parco della Musica at teatro Olimpico, Bologna Teatro Manzoni, Layatico Teatro del Silenzio, Sanremo, Festival della canzone italiana 2010 RAIUNO, Assisi XXV Concerto di Natale RAIUNO and ones internationally: Palma de Mallorca (Ono Stadium), Athens (Odeion of Erode Atticus and Salle de Megaron), London (O2 Arena), Dublin (The O2), Manchester (Men Arena), Singapore(Gran Prix F1), Belgrade (Sava Center Hall), as soloists and side by side with great international stars.

In 2011 Le DIV4S recorded their first CD “Opera” which was released in Italy by Universal Music and was presented to the public during the European Tour of the Night Of the Proms 2011, where they were invited as the only Italian artists, alongside internationally acclaimed artists such as Seal, Simple Red’s Mick Hucknall, Nile Rogers and Chic. The Tour brought them to perform in front of hundreds of thousands of people, on prestigious stages all around the continent (Anversa, Amsterdam Arnhem, Rotterdam, Amburgo, Bremen, Hannover, Frankfurt, Berlin, Mannheim, Dortmund, Luxemburg, Munich, Erfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart).

2012 saw the debut of Le Div4s’ “Opera Tour” which brought the quartet to perform on many prestigious stages such as the Moscow International Music Center (accompanied by the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra), the Prague Smetana Hall, as well as in Riga, Belgrade, Paris, Yerevan, and at the Venice International Film Festival to name just a few. Le Div4s have additionally performed alongside Maestro Andrea Bocelli on the occasion of his very successful UK and Ireland Tour 2012 – Dublin (02 Arena), Belfast (Odyssey Arena), Liverpool (Echo Arena), Birmingham (LG Arena) – and at his open air concert at the Jockey Club of Sao Paolo, Brazil, in front of an audience of 20,000 people.

Alongside their intense live touring schedule in 2013 ( a schedule that will take them all over the world: Budapest, Copenhagen, Kiel, Warsaw, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Prague, Berlin, London, New York, Las Vegas, Toronto, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Beijing, Hong Kong, Dubai, Shanghai, Melbourne, Sydney, Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur), Le Div4s are currently preparing their second CD that will be released to the public in November 2013.

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Marcello Rota.

Has studied french horn at the “A.Vivaldi” Conservatory of Alessandria with Giacomo Zoppi, composition with Felice Quaranta and orchestra conduction with Igor Markevitch and Franco Ferrara at the Chigiana Academy of Siena.

After having debuted with the RAI Symphony Orchestra of Turin, he has conducted repeatedly the San Carlo Orchestra of Naples, the Massimo Theatre Orchestra of Palermo, “Enti Arena” of Verona and Cagliari, the Opera of Genoa, the Philharmonics of Turin, the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swiss Italian Orchestra, the Staatsoper of Munich, the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic, the Galizia Symphony Orchestra, Gran Canaria Philharmonic, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Moscow Philharmonic and Philharmonic Choir of Prague.

Since 1995 he has conducted in concert halls of prestige in all Europe: Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, Musik Halle of Hamburg, Royal Albert Hall of London, Palais des Beaux Arts of Bruxelles and the Elizabeth Halle of Antwerpen, the Philharmonic of Munich, Berlin, Mannheim, Academy of S.Cecilia in Rome, Rome Opera and Comunale of Bologna.

In Lebanon, Portugal, Mexico, Chile, Argentine, Brazil, USA, conducting the Philharmonic Orchestra of Xalapa, Symphonic of Chile, Philharmonic of Buenos Aires, Symphonic of Rio de Janeiro, San Diego Symphony,Vancouver Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Naples Symphony, Hartford Symphony, the National Opera of Beograd, Beograd Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic in United States, the Estonian National Symphony, British Philharmonic, the BBC Radio Concert Orchestra, the Cairo Symphony, Manila Philharmonic, the Presidential Orchestra of Cremlin, in Australia and New Zealand with the Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Adelaide Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Perth Philharmonic, Aukland and New Zealand Philharmonic and in China with the National Opera and Choir of Beijing, Shanghai Symphony and Beijing Symphony Orchestra.

Since 2004 he is principal guest conductor of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra of Prague with which he has recently recorded for the Victor-JVC and in february

he conducted La Strada of Nino Rota in the Scala’s Theatre of Milan.

Many are the well known soloists who have been accompanied, like Rostropovic, Geringas, Rampal, Galway, Diaz, Sitkovetsky, Baumann, Cecilia Gasdia, Tiziana Fabbricini, Katia Ricciarelli, Mariella Devia , Maria Dragoni, Kiri Te Kanawa, Renato Bruson , Leo Nucci and Nicola Martinucci.Memorable has been the participation, with Andrea Bocelli and the “Toscanini” Orchestra of Parma at the Bologna concert in the presence of the Pope John Paul II broadcast in worldvision.

Large is the opera repertoire with over forty titles performed and particular attention for Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini, whose operas he has conducted earning success of audience and critique.

 

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