ORGANIZATION

PRESIDENT:  SEM CERRITELLI
VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER: CLAUDIA CERRITELLI
ARTISTIC ADVISORS: SANDRA FOSCHIATTO, LUCA DE MARCHI
EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS: GIANCARLO GHITTI, CLAUDIA CRISTINELLI

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF COMPETITIONS: SEM CERRITELLI
Opera Competitions, Instrumental Competitions, Piano Accompaniment Competitions

HONORARY MEMBERS
LUIGI CERRITELLI (1947 - 2012) - Former President of F.M.I. from 2000 to 2012
SERGIO MAFFIZZONI (1936-2013) - Pianist, Knight of the Italian Republic, teacher of Conservatory in Mantova
NELSON DELLE VIGNE FABBRI - Director of the record company Arcobaleno
MARCELLO ABBADO - Pianist, composer
FIORENZA COSSOTTO - Mezzo soprano of world-wide fame
PAUL MAGI - Conductor
JOSE ANTONIO AMANN (1931 - 2003) - Director of the "Concurso de Canto de Bilbao
FRANCO GHITTI (1932 - 2007) - Artistic Consultant of the Lyrical Competition "Citta' di Brescia".
SERGIO SEGALINI - Music Critic of international fame and Educator
MARCELLA CRUDELI - Pianist, Prize of the Presidency of the Italian Republic
LEONE MAGIERA - Teacher, pianist, conductor of world-famous orchestra
PAULO ABRAO ESPER - Director of the "Concurso de Canto Maria Callas di Jacarei".
EMANUELE BESCHI - Violist of international fame and Director
HILARY GRIFFITHS - Conductor and Theatre Superintendent

COLLABORATIONS
Fondation Bell'arte, Braine l'alleud (Brussels, Belgique)
FL Ensemble, Udine (Italy)

WHO IS LUIGI CERRITELLI

The International Music Federation Onlus was born in Brescia in November 2000 on the initiative of Dr. Luigi Cerritelli. Luigi Cerritelli was spokesman and member of the provincial secretariat of the Socialist Party of Brescia, academic mathematician and exponent of grassroots politics with the circle "Kuliscioff". The professor was born in Chieti in 1947 where he had lived for some years until he moved, with his family, to Lombardy, where he had completed his high school studies. Graduated in Parma in Mathematics in 1971, he has worked as a teacher in Brescia at the "Calini", "Copernico" and "Arnaldo" high schools. Ordinary member of the Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Brescia, former Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the Arnaldo High School of Brescia, former President of Mathesis of Brescia and its National Secretary, former contract Professor at the Polytechnic of Milan, President of the Kuliscioff Club of Brescia, former President of the coordination of the Scientific Associations of Brescia, President of the International Music Federation, founder of the International Opera Competition "Città di Brescia" as well as of the Brescian Mathematical Races, spokesman of the PSI of Brescia, Professor Cerritelli was endowed with an undisputed "esprit de finesse et de liberté" which made him well known also in the national field. He has been for five years a TV pundit for Maria De Filippi's program "Amici" recorded in the Cinecittà studios in Rome. He was president of the International Music Federation until his death in 2012.

PROJECT

The Federazione Musicale Internazionale Onlus (F.M.I. - ONLUS) is a non-profit association founded in 2000 and has as its statutory objectives the promotion of studies on musical culture including the period of the twentieth century Italian and international and the dissemination of musical knowledge through publications, opera concerts, instrumental concerts, master classes, opera competitions, instrumental competitions, opera auditions, cultural events and conferences. Moreover, the association carries out its activity, not only for its members, but also for the community in the regional territory of Lombardy, in accordance with the territorial needs, its resources and its initiatives, in the field of the deepening of Lombard musical history, of the rediscovery of Lombard musicians and of the characteristic and ethnic musics of Lombardy. Moreover, the association intends to explore the themes of multiethnic research and the promotion of international cooperation. The International Music Federation prefers the promotion of valid budding artists and/or artists at the beginning of their careers selected from the opera and instrumental competitions it organizes. The seriousness shown by the F.M.I. in the programs of these years and the professionalism of its board of directors, demonstrate the validity of the project; this is recognized by several partners: Theaters, Foundations, Associations, Departments of Culture, Companies, Lombardy Region, Province of Brescia, Municipalities of Brescia and Mantua, private individuals, Music Conservatories.

Opera Competitions, Instrumental Competitions, Competitions for piano accompanists,

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
At the beginning, the Federation dealt mainly with the organization of the Lyrical Competition which in 2002 was named after the City of Brescia. Since 2002, the Federation, given the demand of musical organizers, has also dealt with the selection of suitable artists for the realization of its projects. With the passing of the years, in addition to the lyrical competitions, the organized competitions included several musical disciplines: for example the piano competition "Pia Tebaldini", the Liederistic competition "Giuseppina Cobelli" and the competition for collaborating masters "Ottorino Respighi".  It has organized over 80 editions of opera competitions including: Capriolo in Franciacorta Lyrical Competition, Lyrical Competition Homage to F. Paolo Tosti, Città di Brescia Lyrical Competition, Città di Iseo Lyrical Competition. Among all the artists who over the years have participated in the opera concerts we have coordinated, we would like to remember Daniela Dessi', Katia Ricciarelli, Giorgio Zancanaro, Mario Malagnini, Ambra Vespasiani, Saimir Pirgu, Angelo Manzotti, Paola Sanguinetti, Stefania Bonfadelli.

CAREER AWARDS
In the opera competitions we have organized over the years, several lifetime achievement awards have been given: Marcello Abbado, Hilary Griffiths, Franco Ghitti, Emanuele Beschi, Bruno de Simone, Sonia Ganassi.

CAREER ARTISTS
Since 2002, every year the Federation has coordinated 30 concerts and has availed itself of the collaboration of the winning artists of the competitions it organizes. Collaboration that in many cases has lasted a decade. Among the career artists who have been selected in our competitions and auditions we remember the tenor Federico Lepre, the soprano Monica Tarone, the tenor Leonardo Caimi, the baritone Andrea Zese, the tenor Paolo Lardizzone, the bass Francesco Milanese, the mezzo soprano Elena Serra, the bass Andrea Patucelli, the baritone Ivan Inverardi, bass Tiziano Bracci, soprano Olga Zhuravel, tenor Pall Gissurarson, soprano Diana Mian, bass Mirko Quarello, tenor Ji Myung Hoon, bass Andrea Mastroni, soprano Marina Rebeka, mezzo soprano Anna Maria di Micco, soprano Stefanna Kibalova, soprano Sandra Foschiatto, mezzo soprano Giuseppina Bridelli.