Bio
Danisa Alesandroni is a distinguished Argentine conductor, recognized for her expressive approach, precise conducting technique, and interpretive sensitivity. Born in Rosario and currently based in Buenos Aires, she began her musical studies at an early age, specializing in violin and piano. In 2010, she entered the Bachelor's Degree program in Orchestral Conducting at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, where she studied under Reinaldo Zemba and Manuel Marina, graduating in 2015 with the distinction of highest academic honors.
In 2025, she was admitted to the Master's Degree program in Orchestral Conducting at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA), an academic program affiliated with the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, following a competitive selection process involving international applicants. Throughout her career, she has served as Music Director of several established ensembles, including the Rosario Municipal Academic Orchestra, the San Lorenzo Municipal Symphonic Band, the Kaparilo Contemporary Music Ensemble, and Camerata Rosario. She has also conducted the Chamber Orchestra of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral and served as Assistant Conductor to Pablo Dell'Oca Sala at the San Lorenzo Municipal Symphonic Band and to Santiago Ruiz at the Nuevas Partituras International Competition. Her artistic work has received awards and support from Argentina's National Arts Fund (Fondo Nacional de las Artes), the National Institute of Music (INAMU), and the Municipality of Rosario, contributing to the development of recording projects and specialized professional training initiatives.
Her career includes collaborations with renowned Argentine and international soloists such as John McGrosso (United States), Leonam Reis (Brazil), Jeremías Sergiani Velázquez, Claudio Devigili, Emiliano Zamora, Pablo Griggio, Lilia Salsano, Elías Gurevich, and Ariel Aguilar, among others. In 2022, she was a finalist in the First Young Conductors Competition, organized by Fundación Cultural Patagonia, where she conducted the institution's orchestra. In 2023, she participated in a postgraduate conducting seminar led by Ligia Amadio with the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra. That same year, she was selected and awarded a scholarship by Fanjul & Ward to participate in the Women Conductors HUB in Chile, under the mentorship of conductor Alejandra Urrutia.
In 2024, she was selected from more than 80 international applicants to participate as a conductor in the Santa Catarina Music Festival in Brazil, where she worked with the festival's symphony orchestras on major orchestral repertoire, including Paul Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphosis, Gustav Holst's The Planets, and Igor Stravinsky's The Firebird. In 2025, she continued her advanced conducting studies with Ligia Amadio, further refining her artistic and technical expertise.
In May 2026, she was selected to participate in the New York Session Symphony's Emerging Conductors program, during which she conducted the orchestra at Lincoln Center in New York City, performing music by Gustav Mahler alongside soprano Laura Soto-Bayomi, under the mentorship of conductor Benjamin Niemczyk.
In academia, she has taught at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, holding teaching positions in Music Aesthetics and Music Theory and Criticism. She has also led specialized training programs in orchestral conducting, including the workshop Conducting Techniques for the Interpretation of Contemporary Music at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario (2019), the course Beyond the Baton: Challenges of Orchestral Management at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (2022), and Da Capo: Rehearsal Techniques for Orchestral Conducting, delivered within the university's Orchestral Conducting program (2024).
She is currently completing her Doctorate in Music at the Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Her commitment to musical and aesthetic research complements her artistic career, shaping a professional trajectory that brings together orchestral conducting, academic scholarship, and the development of musical projects in Argentina and abroad.
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"You are no longer a promise, but rather one of the young names in orchestral conducting in Argentina, and a representative of female conductors."
- Ignacio Amarillo - El Litoral
Press
"...a symphony orchestra under the direction of Maestra Danisa Alesandroni, a young director of classical music, which combines the orchestral palette with the voices and the quartet of drums, bass, guitar, and piano."
- Newspaper "El Ciudadano"
