Reviews and comments

Beethoven, Triple Concerto

“Since the first rehearsal, it was very clear that Paolo had a very personal, persuasive and mature vision of this work. I soon began to learn many new things about a piece that I’ve known and played for almost thirty years. Paolo is an outstanding musician, resolute and delicate, assertive and considerate, strong-minded and perceptive at the same time”.

Claus-Christian Schuster

Altenberg Trio Wien 

Berio, Sinfonia

“Rhearsing for a performance of  Luciano Berio’s ‘Sinfonia’ we immediately felt confident as we realised that we were working with a conductor incredibly precise and clear in his direction – not only for the orchestra, but for the singers too. His comfort and ease in the contemporary style were obvious as we rehearsed this difficult work in a very short space of time. His gracious and efficient work manner, his abundant experience and passion are just a few of the reasons The Swingle Singers are exploring further opportunities to work with Maestro Paroni again in the future”.

The Swingle Singers  

Bradic, Credo | Bukvic, Psalam

“Already from the very first performance, when with extraordinary skill and great enthusiasm he  conducted the premiere of four works by two talented young Croatian composers, I realized that Maestro Paroni is in possession of a marvellous conducting verve and a very  excellent technique: a real, creative artist”.

Stanko Horvat

Sibelius, Violin Concerto

“What’s unique about Paolo is that during the performance he becomes more than a conductor, he becomes a friend. This is a quality that one doesn’t see often but is one which puts any orchestra or soloist at ease.  Performing great music becomes even more pleasant if there is a personal connection with the conductor. With Paolo, this is always the case”.

Stefan Milenkovich

Opera Gala

“Paolo Paroni is a conductor of outstanding talent and authority. He has great communication skills, and the ability to covey his interpretative will while always remaining faithful to the music”.

Bonaldo Giaiotti   

Baroque

“Paolo Paroni, Principal Guest Conductor of Capella Savaria, is our best choice for conductor. Building both a personal and a professional relationship with him is very easy, as his own relationship with music is marked by humility, a quality which is nowadays becoming rarer and rarer among conductors. Paolo Paroni is an extremely well qualified musician, with strong leadership skills and a superior ability to convey the message of the music with deep feelings”.

Zsolt Kallo

Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra

Bradic, Credo | Bradic, Penetration

“I was amazed at the confidence with which he conducted my compositions. He charmed not only me, but all the players, singers, and the audience with his great knowledge and his clear and precise gesture. I can definitely say Paolo is a great conductor”.

Srecko Bradic

Bach, B minor Mass

“My work with Maestro Paolo Paroni has given me unforgettable moments of music making. With his solid technique and innate musicality he brings together a rare combination of talents as a conductor. Rarely have I worked with conductors with such stylistic sensitivity who also have that something extra that turns a performance into a deeply spiritual experience. His interpretation of Bach’s B Minor Mass, for example reached a height of excellence with absolute precision in true Baroque style while leading the orchestra, chorus, and soloists in a moving interpretation”.

Copland, Appalachian Spring

Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue

“On the stage, the brilliant baton of Paolo Paroni:  ironclad preparation, strong personality and rare musical talent.  Under his direction, always elegant […] the orchestra appears compact, in constant dynamic control […] The result couldn’t be other than excellent:  vitality, charisma and that pinch of cheerfulness necessary to infect the orchestra make Paroni a real star of the international young musicians’  world”.

Daniela Bonitatibus

Il Gazzettino, Venice 

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker

“A rich score, excitingly interpreted by the New York City Ballet Orchestra […] conducted smartly and passionately by Guest Conductor Paolo Paroni…”

Joel Benjamin

Theaterscene.net

New York   

Bradic, Credo | Bukvic, Psalam

“Precise and inspiring conducting: the splendid young maestro Paolo Paroni […] has interpreted the works in all the beauty of their dramatic strength with a very expressive conducting technique, getting an excellent response from the orchestra, which played with great accuracy”.

Nenad Turkaly

Vjesnik

Zagreb 

Dvorak, Symphony No. 8

“The total understanding between the conductor, Paolo Paroni, and the orchestra, impresses in a particular way, a peculiarity that sends forth a sensation of passionate coherency able to involve and excite […] The genius baton of maestro Paroni conducts the orchestra to achieve delicate dynamics and strong, full orchestral tuttis that cannot help but involve and impress the listener.  The music of Dvorak winds naturally through the most varied expressive intentions”.

Il Giornale di Sondrio  

Beethoven, Triple Concerto

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1

“With a very clear and precise gesture, accurate in cues as in performing details and balance of each orchestral section […] Paroni has confronted with ease a program that, in the opening contemplates the performance of a Beethovenian work among the most difficult as the Triple Concerto […] Pointing to the discreet accompaniment more than to the dialogue, Paroni manages to obtain from the orchestra the softness of sound necessary to enfold the lyric bursts of the trio […] before abandoning himself to the rolling colors of Prokifiev’s delicious “Classical Symphony”, to which Paroni gives an almost rapturous instrumental lightness […] A lively game of dynamics with moving  and evanescent reflections, which added to the performance the appeal of an involving and refined expression, fully produced by all the sections of the orchestra, and awarded by the public with prolonged applause.”

Patrizia Ferialdi

Il Piccolo, Trieste  

Bach, St. Matthew Passion

“…Maestro Paolo Paroni, cultured and always expressive; a thorough and accurate interpreter in the complex leading of the articulated parts and poetic in the work’s great dramaturgical rise. Paroni is able to create a continuous and mutual understanding between himself and the diversified orchestral settings. In a Passion soaked with symbols, musical descriptions and numeric enigmas, Paroni’s strong personality, in empathy with the choirs, the soloists and the orchestra, gives a fully convincing interpretation of the work […] Supported by the skill of the choirs, soloists and orchestra, Paroni’s direction is both luminous and reflective; creating a concert which will remain in our memories for a long time…”

Alessio Screm

Messaggero Veneto

Udine  

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker

“…this is music we take for granted, through over-exposure, but it really is so melodically rich and so thoughtfully orchestrated […] guest conductor Paolo Paroni brought a sense of drama to the hyper-familiar score…”

Oberon’s Grove

New York

Ellington, Sacred Concerts

“…the audience and the performers were overwhelmed with joy, a sense of community, a feeling of liberation. The atmosphere in the Bulgaria Hall was one of expectation, of spirituality, of humility and – why not – of worship: it was an intense experience […] The performers were so united […]even the look on their faces showed how much they enjoyed performing this music […] Paolo Paroni was the first among equals, able to express very precisely the different emotions through his gestures…”

Ekaterina Docheva

Kultura

Sofia   

Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 3

“Paolo Paroni […] brought out the sumptuous rapture inherent in the four, divergent movements…”

Roberta E. Zlokower

Robertaonthearts.com

New York   

Copland, Appalachian Spring

Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1

“…[Paroni]…has allowed the public to listen to a lively interpretation with real musical brio…”

Milena Nograšek

Slovenec

Ljubljana    

Bach, Mass in B Minor

“A triumph for the young Maestro:  the Capella Savaria played stupendously and the young maestro Paolo Paroni conducted with masterful technique and outstanding style…”

Eddi De Nadai

Il Gazzettino

Venice  

Mozart, Great Mass in C Minor

“[…] Paolo Paroni has very well understood these peculiarities […], he delivered an interpretation that was fully respectful to the score and showed his total knowledge of the Mozartian writing; he confidently emphasized the lyrical and poetical passages, while at the same time obtaining the sound clarity that is a necessary component of Mozart’s dramaturgy. The good relationship between the  conductor and the performers is soon evident: the orchestra is motivated and attentive, and connects with Paroni’s baton…”

R.C.

Messaggero Veneto

Tchaikovsky, Suite No. 3

“…a grand performance of Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3, with conductor Paolo Paroni and the NYC Ballet musicians playing the melodious score for all its worth…”

Oberons’ Grove

New York   

Rossini, The Thieving Magpie Overture

“…the Overture “La Gazza Ladra” opened the concert during which the Sofia Festival Orchestra has shown its flexibility and harmony.  Certainly, a great part of the merit goes to Maestro Paroni, whose attentive conducting style makes the subtle details of the score stand out. A convincing performance also in the last part of the evening when the orchestra interprets the Symphony No. 8 of the Bohemian composer Antonin Dvorak…”

La Provincia di Sondrio   

Stravinsky, Ebony Concerto

Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

“[…] Paolo Paroni, an extremely dynamic and motivating conductor – the “turbo engine” of the whole performance”.

H.C.

Kleine Zeitung, Klagenfurt

Haydn, The Creation

“…a vivid performance, audacious tempos […] aimed  to  highlight all the gems of Haydn’s orchestration […] a cultured and rigorous look at the antique style of the fugues, a histrionic gestural  burst in the operatic sections […] The chorus, in top shape,  […], hand-led, incited and phrased by the expressive hand of the conductor […] Paolo Paroni has sustained over two hours of music with great personality (…)”.

Clara Miconi

Il Gazzettino

Venice   

Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings

“[Paolo Paroni], cultured and extremely musical […] great talent and optimal education […] attentive to gesture and expression, refined conductor […] conducted with a sense of phrasing, excellent precision and clear and captivating gestures”.

Renato Della Torre

Messaggero Veneto

Udine   

Beethoven, Symphony No. 2

“What stood out in the interpretation by the Maestro was the admiral capacity to maintain the instrumentalists at a constant high level of tension and continually stimulate them, allowing the public to appreciate the notable concord and balance between the sections: all this with a gestural language of clear, communicative force and with pertinent textual analysis: a sharp, intuitive interpretation.”

Silvio Montaguti

Il Gazzettino

Venice   

Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice

“…Paolo Paroni’s wrists didn’t tremble, even if it was only one month after Bach’s Johannes-Passion […] he has measured himself against this musical “sixth level”. He did it with authority, confident choice of tempos and distinguished semantics, with a stimulating style and a tension that was conveyed to all the interpreters”.

Battista Sburlino

Il Gazzettino

Venice