Nicolò Balducci
Born in 1999, Italian countertenor Nicolò Balducci is quickly establishing himself on the international concert and opera stages, garnering praise for ‘singing with a sense of enjoyment and freedom’ (Opera Wire, USA) and his ‘crystalline timbre… the athleticism of his coloratura is enviable’ (Gramophone Magazine). He is winner of the 1stPrize and Young Artist Prize at the 2022 Renata Tebaldi Competition, 3rd Prize and Young Artist Award at the 2022 Cesti Competition Innsbruck and 1st Prize at the 2021 Concorso Niccolò Piccinni. He is semifinalist at Operalia Competition 2023.
In the 2023/24 season, Nicolò Balducci gave role and house debuts as Nerone/L’incoronazione di Poppea at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, conducted by Leonardo Garcia Alarcón, and at the Innsbrucker Festwochen as Osmino/La fida ninfa by Vivaldi, sang Cherubino/Le nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Comunale di Ferrara and a series of concerts throughout Sweden, together with Dan Laurin and Anna Paradiso, including the Stockholm Early Music Festival.
Nicolò Balducci is an exclusive artist with Swedish record label BIS Records (Apple Music).
Nicolò Balducci holds a bachelor’s degree from the Conservatory of Matera and a Master’s degree with honours in Baroque singing from the Conservatory of Vicenza, where he studied with Professor Gemma Bertagnolli.