Danilo Pastore
Born in Turin, Danilo Pastore is one of the most appreciated young Italian countertenors. He graduated with honours from the Conservatory “Guido Cantelli” of Novara, with Roberto Balconi, the Conservatory “Giuseppe Verdi” of Ravenna, with Alda Caiello, and the Post-graduate Academy of Higher Artistic and Musical Education “Lorenzo Perosi” of Biella, with Manuela Custer.
He takes part in several courses in musical performance and has collaborated with important musical realities, performing for renowned festivals and theatres, in Italy and abroad, and singing for conductors of international importance.
Finalist and winner of several international competitions and protagonist of numerous solo recitals, his repertoire ranges from the Middle Ages to the contemporary, of which he is an established interpreter. He has recorded for many different labels and has played main roles in operas from the Baroque and Classical repertoire and contemporary.
He graduated, summa cum laude, in Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa and in Linguistics at the University of Turin.