Born in 1960, Alessandro Sangiorgi graduated from the  Conservatory "G. Verdi" in Milan in Piano Performance,   going on to study composition and conducting.  He began his international career in 1989 after his extremely successfully tour to Israel with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.  This was followed by an immediate offer from the Teatro Municipal of San Paolo in Brazil to take the position of Resident Conductor, a post which he held until  1993. During this time he conducted: Puccini’s LA BOHEME, TURANDOT and IL TRITTICO, Donizetti’s IL CAMPANELLO, Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI, Rossini’s L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI, Guarnieri’s PEDRO MALAZARTE, as well as numerous symphonic concerts and ballet performances.

While acting as Musical Director at the Teatro Municipal of San Paolo he was continually guest conductor at various Opera houses and festivals with-in Brazil and Europe: St. Gallen (UN BALLO IN MASCHERA), Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of  Porto Alegre, The National Symphony, Croatian National Theatre of Split (RIGOLETTO), Teatru Manoel in Malta (DON PASQUALE), the State Orchestra of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), the "Dinu Lipatti" Philharmonic Orchestra (Romania), Orchestra "Guido Cantelli" of Milan (Cimarosa's I DUE BARONI DI ROCCA AZZURRA , Paisiello's LE DUE CONTESSE), the Regional Orchestra of Tuscany, the Divertimento Ensemble of Milan, the NeueVocalSolisten of Stuttgart, Theatre of Padua (CARMEN and DON PASQUALE).

From 1996 to 1999 Alessandro Sangiorgi was the Music Director at the “Atelier Bottega” in Arezzo where he conducted performances of IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, LA BOHEME, GIANNI SCHICCHI, I DUE BARONI DI ROCCA AZZURRA, L’ELISIR D’AMORE, and DON PASQUALE. From 1995 to 1998 he was invited to be Principal Guest Conductor by the Teatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro, where he conducted IL TRITTICO as well as many other symphonic concerts and ballet performances.

From 2002 to 2010 he was Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Paranà State Symphony Orchestra (Curitiba, Brazil).  He then began primarily working with the Symphonic Orchestra, while still conducting many of the Operatic and Ballet productions such LA BOHEME, GIANNI SCHICCHI, LA SERVA PADRONA, LIVIETTA E TRACOLLO, DER SCHAUSPIELDIREKTOR, DON GIOVANNI, RIGOLETTO, LA TRAVIATA, CARMEN, THE NUTCRACKER and Prokofiev's ROMEO AND JULIET.

In 2006 he made his debut at the National Teatre of Beograd with LA TRAVIATA, followed by an invitation to become the Principal Guest Conductor where he conducted performances of UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, IL TROVATORE, L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI, LA BOHEME, and DON PASQUALE. He also made his debut at the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre of Ostrava (Czech Republic) in 2006 with MANON LESCAUT and was invited to be a Guest Conductor there as well, conducting Tutino's LA LUPA, PAGLICCI and the world première of Zigante's IL SOFFIO DELLE FATE.  He recently made his Slovakian debut at the National Theatre of Bratislava with CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, PAGLIACCI and LUCREZIA BORGIA.

He made his Russian debut with the Symphonic Orchestra of Krasnoyarsk- this step in particular was a huge personal success for him.

In the 2009/2010 Season he is conducting the ballet LA SYLFIDE at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. His other engagements in 2010 include a recital with Francesca Patanè and the Orchestra of  Magna Grecia in Puglia and Donizetti’s IL CAMPANELLO as well as Rimsky Korsakov’s SHEHERAZADE at the Theatre Politeama in Lecce.  

In 2011 he started a collaboration with the National Opera in Sofia, Bulgaria, as Principal Guest Conductor, performing Verdi's DON CARLO; RIGOLETTO; NABUCCO and the new productions of ATTILA, Puccini's TOSCA and Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.

In november 2012 he conducted teh Sofia National Opera Tour in Japan with TOSCA and CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, with a huge personal success, including in the sold-out performances at the Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan Hall.

In 2012 he also conducted the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo (Italy).

Alessandro Sangiorgi recently received the honor “Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Solidarietà” from the President of the Republic of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano,  for his musical contributions abroad as Principal Musical Director and Artistic Director.

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