Pablo Varela

He studied orchestra conducting at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan and composition with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Perosi in Biella and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy where he obtained the Diploma of Merit in composition. He began his conducting career as assistant to Mark Wigglesworth in Gustav Mahler’s Symphony n. 2 with the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and was assistant to Guido Maria Guida in the acclaimed production of Wagner’s Ring with the Mexico National Opera. In 2003 he founded the International Philharmonic of the Californias becoming its artistic and musical director from 2003 to 2005. Don Pasquale, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Il viaggio a Reims, La bohème, Mese mariano, Cavalleria Rusticana, Don Giovanni, L’eli