Teresa Satalino
Born in South of Italy, she began her studies on the piano. Then she graduated in Composition, Orchestra Conducting and also in Literature and music history with a thesis on Luciano Berio.
She holds a master’s degree in onducting under the guidance of Jorma Panula, Bruno Bartoletti, Lu-Jia, Alain Lombard, Donato Renzetti e Piero Bellugi.
She has performed in venues like Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Wien, Esterazy Palace in Eisenstadt, Smetana Hall in Prague, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Surayya Opera in Istanbul. She collaborated with artists like Calogero Palermo, Omar Tomasoni, Carlo Parazzoli, Silvia Careddu, Patrick Messina, Sergey Galaktionov, Davide Alogna, Marco Rizzi, Anna Serova, Roman Spitzer, Emanuele Silvestri, Gernot Süßmuth, Felix Schwarz.
In 2018 she was nominated as Music Director of AYSO Orchestra, a youth orchestra composed by about 70 musicians from all over Italy; in just a few years AYSO has become a national reference point and a valuable trait d'union between academic training and the world of professional orchestras.
She recently led AYSO to win first prize at International Summa Cum Laude Festival in Wien against orchestras from all over the world.
She is also Artistic Director of AYSO Youg Soloist, a chamber orchestra with an intense concert activity which recently was guest of Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Praga and of the Italian Embassy in Wien.
She has conducted in international festivals such as the Italian Brass Week, the Walton Foundation International Festival, the Como Città Classica Festival at the Teatro Sociale in Como, the International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Florence, and the Napoli Teatro Festival. She conducted a world premiere performance at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino under the patronage of the Italian Space Agency and the first Italian performance of Ayre, an extraordinary cycle of folk songs by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov with materials from Arabic, Jewish and Sephardic sources.
She combines artistic activity with teaching: she is a Professor at the Nino Rota Conservatory of Monopoli.
Camille Thomas
Cello
Camille Thomas is a dynamic and captivating artist known for her vibrant personality and profound musicality. She believes in the unifying and inspiring power of music, saying, "I strongly believe that music has the power to expand the heart, intensify our feelings, and give hope for the beauty and greatness of the human soul."
Born in 1988 in Paris, Camille began playing the cello at age four. She studied with esteemed teachers Marcel Bardon, Stephan Forck, Frans Helmerson, and Wolfgang-Emanuel Schmidt, quickly establishing herself in the classical music world. Camille has performed with renowned conductors and orchestras globally and plays the famous 'Feuermann' Stradivarius from 1730, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
Since signing with Deutsche Grammophon in 2017, Camille has risen to prominence as one of the most exciting young musicians in the classical scene. In March 2023, she released "The Chopin Project," a trilogy of albums dedicated to Chopin's favorite instrument, the cello. This project includes "The Franchomme Legacy," exploring Chopin's relationship with cellist Auguste Franchomme, "Complete Chamber Music," featuring all of Chopin's chamber works, and "Cello Arrangements," presenting famous Chopin pieces arranged for cello.
Camille Thomas performs regularly with distinguished ensembles and at prestigious venues. She has performed or is set to perform at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Duszniki, Biarritz, the Kronberg Festival, and with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC under Gustavo Gimeno. As a residency artist with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, she will collaborate with Sergey Smbatyan for four concerts. Additionally, she has engagements with the Portland Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Aachen, Stuttgart Philharmoniker, Philharmonie Zuidnederland, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, RSO Vienna, NHK Symphony, and Nagoya Philharmonic.
Camille's first crossover album, "Aznavouriana," will be released in 2024. This album is a tribute to the legendary Charles Aznavour on his 100th birthday, featuring the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Sergey Smbatyan. A portion of the album's proceeds will benefit Nagorno-Karabakh refugees through the Aznavour Foundation. "Aznavouriana" is a heartfelt homage to Aznavour’s enduring influence on French pop music.
AYSO Orchestra
AYSO Orchestra is a youth orchestra permanently directed by Maestro Teresa Satalino. The musicians of AYSO come from all over Italy and attend OrchestrAcademy, an orchestral training academy that offers professional paths to support the careers of young musicians. OrchestrAcademy constitutes a valuable trait d'union between the system of High Artistic and Musical Education and the world of work in professional orchestras, as musicians are offered the precious opportunity to work with conductors and first-part musicians of major national and international orchestras. Founded with the aim of enhancing young Apulian talents, AYSO has become in just a few years a reference point in the field of youth orchestras, attracting musicians from all over Italy and now also musicians from abroad, becoming a national excellence.
AYSO guests included Luca Ranieri, Vincenzo Venneri, Andrea Corsi and Francesco Pomarico from the Orchestra Nazionale della RAI, Silvia Careddu and Patrick Messina from the Orchestre National de France, Sandro Laffranchini, Danilo Rossi and Emanuele Urso from the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Carlo Parazzoli and Francesco Bossone from the Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, violinist Davide Alogna, violinist Marco Rizzi, international violist Anna Serova, Omar Tomasoni and Calogero Palermo from the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Luca Vignali from the Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Sergey Galaktionov, Vincent Lepape and Amedeo Cicchese from the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Domenico Zicari from the Orchestra del Teatro della Fenice, Antonio Bossone and Ermanno Calzolari from the Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo, Alex Elia, Roman Spitzer and Emanuele Silvestri from the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Cecilia Radic from the Royal Academy of Manchester, Hakan Sensoy, principal conductor of the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra and Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, Nir Kabaretti from the Santa Barbara Symphony.
AYSO Orchestra recently triumphed for the second consecutive year at the prestigious Summa cum Laude International Competition in Vienna, winning over the international jury and winning first prize in the Youth Symphony Orchestra category. Outperforming competing orchestras from Taiwan, the United States and Spain, AYSO played in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein, distinguishing itself for the quality of the performance, the attention to detail, and the great professionalism of the musicians and soloists. The Orchestra also performed in several theatres considered temples of classical music, such as the Smetana Hall in Prague, the Haydn Saal in the Esterhazy Palace and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, where the young musicians were honoured in the presence of orchestras from all over the world.
AYSO also proudly represented Italy by collaborating with the Italian Cultural Institutes and the Italian Embassies in Prague and Vienna and by performing in the concert hall of the Prague Conservatory, one of the oldest in Europe, and in Metternich Palace, seat of the Italian Embassy in Vienna.
AYSO inaugurated 2023 with an important concert conducted by Maestro Teresa Satalino at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari for the Concerti del Mattino season organised by the Petruzzelli Foundation, gaining great success with the public and critics.
In 2022 OrchestrAcademy received the prestigious recognition of the Ministry of Culture by being included, with the AYSO Young Soloists project, in the instrumental ensemble section of the FUS (Fondo Unico per lo Spettacolo).
OrchestrAcademy has started a fruitful collaboration with the Department of Tourism, Economy of Culture and Territorial Development of the Region of Puglia with a series of activities at the Kursaal Santalucia Theatre in Bari, which has become a precious sound casket, hosting masterclasses with big names from the international classical music scene, concerts and training activities for young audiences. AYSO Orchestra turned out to be the only youth orchestra eligible for the Expression of Interest called by the Region of Apulia
with Executive Determination no. 45 of 17/03/2023 - Regional Law no. 32 of 29 December 2022, art. 64 entitled "Contribution to Apulian Youth Symphony Orchestras".
The Orchestra played for the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague and Vienna and at the Metternich Palace for a concert in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Vienna. AYSO played at the Teatro Sociale in Como; for the International Festival organised by the Walton Foundation in Ischia; it was a guest of the Napoli Teatro Festival playing at the Palazzo Reale. The orchestra inaugurated the Italian Brass Week at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino performing with the brass soloists of the Maggio in a world premiere under the
patronage of the Italian Space Agency and also collaborated with the CMC Orchestra of New York.
The OrchestrAcademy Association was the winner of the Puglia Sounds Producers 2021 and 2022 calls for proposals with the projects OrchestrAzione and Vita da leggio (directed by Alessandro Piva). The Orchestra has collaborated on several occasions with the Fondazione Nuovo Teatro Verdi in Brindisi and the Direzione Generale Musei della Puglia, with concerts held at the Castello Svevo in Bari. For two consecutive years, with the projects OrchestrAcademy Lab and OrchestrAcademy Lab_Pro Ukraine, it was one of the winners of the 'Orizzonti solidali' (Solidarity Horizons) call for proposals of the Megamark Foundation. The Classica4Youth project 2021 was sponsored by the Presidency of the Regional Council with the support of the Guarantor of the Rights of the Child of the Region of Puglia.