Elia Andrea Corazza is a conductor, composer, pianist, electronic musician and musicologist. He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Bologna (Italy), and master’s degrees in conducting, composition and pianoforte. He studied conducting with Gabriele Ferro in Fiesole, with Donato Renzetti in Pescara, with Gianluigi Gelmetti at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena; Elia has been a Guest Student in Conducting at the Tanglewood Music Center (U.S.A.) Elia discovered Respighi’s orchestration of La Serva padrona by Giovanni Paisiello, considered lost. In 2014 he edited and published the score with Schott Music, conducting the world premiere of the opera with the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. Since then, Elia authors critical editions and realizes first performances of some Respighi’s chamber and symphonic music. As a pianist, Elia is specialized in Italian twentieth-century music, and, in duo with the violinist Emy Bernecoli, he performed in several concert tours in USA, Africa, Middle East and Europe. Elia is a tenured professor of Score reading at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan.