Vanni Moretto
Chief conductor of the Orchestra Atalanta Fugiens, Vanni Moretto is also a composer and double bass/violone player, and editorial director of the series Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese published by Casa Ricordi.

He regularly conducts I Pomeriggi Musicali, I Solisti Aquilani, l’Orchestra Barocca di Siviglia,Miszla Baroque, Conductus Ensemble, Divino Sospiro, and Milano Classica. He has also conducted L’Angelicum, Musica Rara, Solisti Aquilani, La Venexiana, Orchestra nazionale dei conservatori, Il Giardino Armonico, La Cappella Teatina, Orchestra Litta, I Musici di Santa Pelagia,andGli Archi del Cherubino. He has been the regular guest conductor of the Milano Classica orchestra for eight years, recording compact discs with Dynamic.

In 2005 he founded the classical orchestra Atalanta Fugiens and initiated the project Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese to record and publish the eighteenth-century Milanese symphonic repertoire. The recordings of the project are produced as a series of the same name by Sony BMG. The scores, revised by a scientific committee (including Vanni Moretto) at the Università Statale di Milano, are published by Casa Ricordi.

As violone player Moretto has given concerts in major concert halls on all continents, including New York Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Suntori Hall, Sydney Opera House, Berlin Philharmonie, Milan Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opéra, Buenos Aires Colòn, and Rome Santa Cecilia, and recorded for Teldec, Decca, Amadeus, and others.

Moretto’s compositions, edited by Ricordi, Sonzogno, and Bèrben, have qualified in many national and international competitions (e.g. Valentino Bucchi Prize, Goffredo Petrassi contest, Rocco Rodio and Fiumara d’Arte competitions) and have been performed by major institutions such as Sentieri Selvaggi, Nederlandse Bachvereniging, Orchestra RAI di Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica della Fenice di Venezia, Orchestra dell’Accademia Chigiana, Vittorio Ghielmi’s Ensemble Sonar Parlante, Orchestra Musica Rara, Orchestra Milano ClassicaandOrchestra AtalantaFugiens. Specializing in compositions for children, he was twice consecutively awarded first prize in the competition "Il bambino e il suo strumento" in Grugliasco (1994 and 1995) and second prize in the international composition competition "Suoni di Fiaba"of Sàrmede (1994) and the Johannes Brahms competition (1994).

He has recently been concerned with studying the problems of historical tuning and Italian eighteenth-century playing technique, lecturingin importantEuropean academies,including the University of Milan, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Conservatory of Pesaro and Novara, and the Collegio Ghislieri of Pavia.

He has organized and presided over two editions of the master course in classical instrumental practice, Oltre il Barocco.

His studies began at the age of six as a pianist and composer. At the age of fourteen he enrolled at the Conservatorio G. Verdi di Milano, attending courses in double bass, electronic music, composition, and orchestral conducting.