José Maria Lo Monaco

The alto Jose Maria Lo Monaco studied the piano and singing, and has triumphed at several national and international competitions. For instance, she has won first prizes at the “Premio Caruso Contest 2002”, the “G. B. Viotti International Contest 2003” and the “Lucia Valentini Terrani” and “Iris Adami Corradetti International Contest 2004”. She made her operatic debut in 2001 in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. Not least, as a result of her extensive concert appearances in opera, singing Lieder and, above all, baroque music, invitations have taken her to many important theatres and festivals, including La Scala Milan, the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Sala Verdi in Milan, and the Bremen Festival. She has worked with conductors including Alberto Zedda, Christopher Hogwood and Diego Fasolis, as well as with the Accademia Bizantina and the Ensemble La Venexiana.