Stefano Molardi

Born: March 1, 1970 - Cremona, Italy The Italian organist, musicologist, harpsichordist, conductor and music pedagogue, Stefano Molardi, studied music with some of the most famous international personalities, such as Ewald Kooiman, Christopher Stembridge, Harald Vogel, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. He attended the class of Michael Radulescu in the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna, and collaborated, with the same musician, as part of the basso continuo at the Académie Bach of Porrentruy (Switzerland). He received numerous awards in national and international organ competitions, including Paisan di Prato (Udine) in 1998, Viterbo in 1996, Brugge and Innsbruck (Paul Hofhaimer). Born in Cremona, Molardi has undertaken a Renaissance career as not only organist but harpsichordist, conductor and scholar, not only at home in the rarified confines of early music but a virtuoso who has performed the complete organ works of J.S. Bach, Liszt and Franck and made an extraordinary recording of Verdi arranged for organ.