Alfonso Todisco completed his piano studies with highest honours before beginning his studies in orchestral conducting. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Orchestra Conducting with honours at the Conservatorio “G. Martucci” in Salerno under Nicola Hansalik Samale, and subsequently obtained his Master’s degree with honours at the Conservatorio “D. Cimarosa” in Avellino under Giacomo Sagripanti. He further achieved a Master’s degree in Music Theory and Analysis with highest distinction from the University of Calabria and completed a Postgraduate Programme in Orchestra Conducting at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, studying with Andreas Stoehr. He also specialised in the Italian operatic repertoire at the Accademia dei Musici di Parma under Daniele Agiman.
Alongside his conducting activity, Todisco carries out scholarly research on Domenico Scarlatti, presenting his work at international conferences in Portugal, Spain and Italy. He edited Nicola H. Samale’s Gradus ad Parnassum: Progressive Method for Conducting (Crosslink Edizioni, 2021). His discography includes Vivo (Da Vinci Classics, 2022), featuring Serenades for Strings by Antonín Dvořák and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, recorded with the KLK Symphonic Orchestra at the Lviv Philharmonic.
He has collaborated with prestigious orchestras and institutions, including the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, I Pomeriggi Musicali, Teatro Verdi di Salerno, Nuova Orchestra Scarlatti, Orchestra Metropolitana di Bari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno, KLK Symphony Orchestra, I Musici di Parma and the Joven Orquestra Leonesa.
