Music at Lugano Arte e Cultura under new management
Andrea Amarante has been appointed Artistic Director of Music at Lugano Arte e Cultura (LAC). He succeeds Etienne Reymond in this position.
Amarante will take up his post on April 15 and succeed Etienne Reymond at the end of the current season. Amarante's appointment was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the autonomous institution LAC following a selection process involving more than 70 applicants. Reymond will be responsible for the 2024/25 music season, while Amarante will already be preparing the 2025/26 schedule.
The appointment coincides with the creation of an area dedicated to music at the LAC. This is provided for in the LAC's new performance mandate with the integration of the Lugano Musica Foundation. This will complete the project of a multidisciplinary cultural center under a single directorate.
Born in Trieste in 1974, Amarante studied piano, composition and conducting as well as cultural management in Bologna. He was coordinator of artistic direction at the Teatro San Carlo di Napoli Foundation and head of musical services and annual programming at the Teatro alla Scala Foundation. From 2016, he was artistic coordinator and tour manager of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and assistant to General Music Director Numa Bischof Ullmann.
