Music Director

PAOLO DA COL

He studied music at the Conservatory of Bologna and musicology at the University of Venice and at the Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours. He is the librarian of the Conservatory of Venice. From a very young age he has directed his interests to the repertoire of Renaissance and pre-classical music, constantly combining research and performance. He has been a member of numerous Italian vocal ensembles for over twenty years and since 1998 he has been conducting the male vocal ensemble Odhecaton, which was awarded the Italian music critics' Abbiati Prize in 2018. With Odhecaton he has recorded some fifteen discs that have received major awards, including the Grand prix international de l'Académie du disque lyrique, 5 diapason d'or, 2 diapason d'or de l'année, CD of the Year (Goldberg), Editor's choice (Gramophone). Together with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, he has directed the magazine ‘L'Organo’ and has collaborated as a music critic with various specialist magazines. He has directed the music catalogue of the publisher Arnaldo Forni in Bologna, is editor of editions of instrumental and vocal music, author of catalogues of music collections and essays on the history of vocal music. He collaborates on the critical edition of the works of C. Gesualdo da Venosa and G. Tartini.