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Virtuoso conductor Paolo Bellomia is currently editing a treatise on orchestral conducting based on Pierre Boulez' approach, which will cover works from the Post-Romantic and Twentieth-Century repertoire.

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Dr. Paolo Bellomia leads three Canadian orchestras, conducts internationally and teaches at the graduate level. He originally worked as Peter Eötvös' assistant, leading several European orchestras from 1996 to 1997. Since then, he has frequently been invited to conduct orchestras and contemporary ensembles in Brazil, Canada, the United States (Long Beach, CA, New York, Pittsburgh, Providence) and in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Netherlands) and Russia. Since 1991, Bellomia has premiered countless contemporary works written by young composers as founder, Artistic Director and conductor of the Ensemble du Jeu Présent in Ottawa. In 2003, he became Artistic Director of the Fusions Ensemble in Ottawa and, more recently, has become the Artistic Director of the Orchestre Symphonique Leonardo Da Vinci in Montréal.

Dr. Bellomia is Professor of Orchestral Conducting (master's & doctoral levels) at the Université de Montréal, Canada and head of the conducting program. His broad repertoire stretches from Mozart symphonies to Boulez's Le Marteau sans maître. His role at the Université de Montréal has led him to conduct various large and small ensembles, be they symphony orchestras, contemporary groups or opera productions. Outside of the Université de Montréal, he is regularly invited to give master classes at such institutions as Hartford University, the Cleveland Institute of Music and at Universidade Federal de Rio Grande Do Nort, Brazil.

Born in Rome, Italy, Bellomia and his family moved to Canada during his childhood. Paolo’s musical studies at the Université de Montréal resulted in his achieving two master's degrees: one in theory with Massimo Rossi and another in composition in André Prévost's class, which he completed with a doctorate in conducting under the direction of Lorraine Vaillancourt. Prior to these studies, Bellomia followed Pierre Boulez's classes at the Collège de France and observed his work with the Ensemble Intercontemporain during a six-month apprenticeship, which led to Boulez becoming a personal mentor for him.

The recipient of several grants from organizations such as the FQRSC (grants for research), FCAR (Québec excellence grants), the Canada Arts Council, The Arts Council of Ontario and Le Conseil des Arts & Lettres du Québec, Bellomia was awarded a two-year post-doctoral internship under the direction of Michael Charry (New York). He has participated in several internships and master classes throughout Europe and the US, including classes led by Harold Farberman at the Conductors Institute (CT), Jiri Belolaveck (Czech Republic), and both Carlo Maria Giulini and Kirk Trevor (USA).