The Direction
Edda
Silvestri
Formerly Director of the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome, on 28 April 2018 she received the Silver Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the “Gran Premio Internazionale di Venezia”. On 20 September 2018 she was appointed honorary director della Faculty of Music e della Faculty of Art, Design and Media della Xin Hua College Of Sun Yat – Sen University.
I graduated in flute under Maestro Ferdinando Staiano.
Naples Conservatoire, 1973
Training
After graduating she took advanced studies con Jean Claude Masi e Conrad Klemm.
At the same time she studied Composition with Maestro Bruno Mazzotta and Percussion with Maestro Antonio Bonomo. In 1973 she won First Prize at the “Concorso Nazionale Musicisti” in Rome.
From 1974 she taught flute at the Campobasso and Frosinone Conservatoires. From 1990 she held the chair at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome.
Nel 1973 graduates in flute at the Naples Conservatoire.
Nel 1973 wins First Prize at the “Concorso Nazionale Musicisti” in Rome.
Dal 1974 becomes professor of flute at the Campobasso and Frosinone Conservatoires.
Dal 1990 holds the chair at the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome.
Dal 2005 is appointed Deputy Director of the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome.
Dal 2006 al 2007 is appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome.
Dal 2007 al 2013 is appointed Director of the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire in Rome.
Nel 2016 founds the International Academy of Music and Arts.
Dal 2018 joins the China Conservatory of Music project.
Her Directorship
At the Rome Conservatoire she served as Deputy Director from October 2005. She was Deputy Commissioner of the Conservatoire from 28 September 2006 to 9 October 2007, acting as director under article 6 of Presidential Decree 132/2003. She was subsequently elected Director for the 2007/2010 term, at the end of which she was reappointed for a further term until 2013.
Over her two terms, Edda Silvestri focused on one overriding aim: to restore to the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire its standing, its central position and its proper functions, so that it would once again be the largest institution of musical education in Italy. That aim was fully achieved, with significant results on several fronts: a stronger teaching body; the Conservatoire repositioned within the national and international performance scene; renewed high-level relations with other institutions in the field; and the refurbishment of the premises and of the Conservatoire’s instrument collection.
Si è proceduto ad un sistematico programme of works che ha portato alla sonorizzazione della “Sala Accademica” e alla costruzione di un laboratorio di ricerca per lo studio sulla spazializzazione del suono (€ 130.000 di investimenti in conto capitale). È stato portato a compimento un piano pluriennale di acquisti con investimenti pari a € 230.000 per il renewal of the instrument collection. Sono compiuti interventi di consolidamento statico della sede e riqualificazione della “Sala Accademica” con investimenti di € 500.000.
Thanks to Maestro Edda Silvestri, who firmly pursued, on her own initiative and given the need for more space, a second site for the Conservatoire, and through three years of sustained lobbying of political and military institutions (2010–2013), the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire obtained from the Ministry of Defence the transfer of the Sant’Andrea delle Fratte complex — a former convent, later the Reali Equipaggi barracks and then the seat of the General Staff’s Fifth Department. Its 1,400 square metres were converted into classrooms and rehearsal rooms just 700 metres away from the historic premises in via dei Greci.
Agreements and partnerships
Maestro Silvestri has established many agreements and partnerships with national and international bodies and institutions, first for the Santa Cecilia Conservatoire: Toho – Tokyo Conservatoire (Japan); the Central Conservatory of Beijing and the Guangdong Association of Conservatoires (China); Conservatorio del Kazakhstan; Seowon University (Korea); the Milan Conservatoire; then for Pianeta Arte: Xin Hua College of Sun Yat-Sen University (China); Lu Opera Group of Dongying City People’s Republic of China; Temple University; Korea Lifemusic Association (Korea); Universidad EAFIT (Colombia); Chengdu Shangkun (International) Art School inbternational Center (China); Beijing Zhong Yikun Tecnology Training.
Since 2018, Pianeta Arte has taken part in the China Conservatory of Music. Edda Silvestri has also pursued anintense concert career and has been a guest artist of institutions, festivals e events of international standing.