Michele Trenti
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Michele Trenti (born 25 August 1961) is an Italian composer and conductor.
Born in Genoa (Italy) on 25 August 1961, Trenti studied guitar for 13 years with Anselmo Bersano. From 1984 to 1988 studied composition with Iván Erőd and conducting with Milan Horvat at the Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Graz (Austria), where he graduated summa cum laude. Master classes with Arpad Joo, Moshe Atzmon, and Leonard Bernstein.
From 1988 to 2004 Trenti was Artistic Director of the Genoese Philharmonic Orchestra.
From 1989 to 2004 Trenti has been principal conductor of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of Genoa, and from 1997 to 1999, vice president of the AMI-Italian Association of Musicians, based in Pesaro.
In 2003, Trenti was in charge of a project funded by the European Commission in Brussels for the international presentation of Genoa, the 2004 European Capital of Culture, conducting in the capitals of the countries in the expanded European Union.
On 1 January 2004, Trenti conducted the New Year's Concert in Budapest organized in Hungary's first parliament building in collaboration with the Italian Embassy.
Trenti's compositions and arrangements have been performed and broadcast in various countries; he published three books: Appunti - Philharmonia in 2010; Parlando di musica - Philharmonia in 2011, and Musica con i giovani in 2012.
In 2012 Trenti received the Artists of Liguria award.
