Press
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"The elegance itself, the mastery of the presentation including the movement of the facial expressions and limbs in harmony with the sounds of the Philharmonic Orchestra, said a lot about this figure who has performed in the most prestigious halls in the world."
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"Although the concert was very serious and solemn, the conductor Salvi was very close and communicative with the audience, as is rarely the case in classical music concerts."
— Besarte Elshani, KOHA, November 2023
Concert marking the Day of the Force, with the Kosovo Security Force Wind Orchestra and the Kosovo Philharmonic
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"Conductor Dario Salvi leads the orchestra in a flawless performance."
— Steve Callahan, BROADWAY WORLD, March 2023
Romberg: The Desert Song [Winter Opera St Louis]
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"Dario Salvi conducts with unreserved energy that makes the music catch fire."
— Gerald Fenech, CLASSICAL MUSIC DAILY, June 2022
Suppé: Mozart [Incidental Music] recording with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
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"Veteran Stage Director John Stephens handles the large cast gracefully, and Maestro Dario Salvi draws real beauty from his orchestra."
— Steve Callahan, Broadway World, January 2022
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers with Winter Opera St. Louis @ Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, St Louis
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"Once again, Dario Salvi, this time conducting the Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra of Ostrava, recreates this deliciously nineteenth-century music, giving it his peculiar touch of liveliness and elegance."
— Salustio Alvarado, RITMO
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 5 recording with the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
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"Dario Salvi conducts with lively rhythmic directness. The momentum never sags and the woodwind-playing, in particular, has a real sparkle in its eye."
— Richard Bratby, GRAMOPHONE
J. Strauss II: Waldmeister recording with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
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"Maestro Dario Salvi['s] attentive, refined, alternately restrained and fiery conducting marvellously serves the composer’s intentions and does justice to his beautiful music [...] with such precision and nuance that one would think he had been 'briefed' by Johann Strauss himself!"
— Yonel Buldrini, OPERETTA RESEARCH CENTER, August 2021
J. Strauss II: Waldmeister recording with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
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"The orchestra plays with drama and sensitivity throughout, while Salvi’s attention to detail, particularly in following Auber’s tempo markings absolutely to the letter, render this a recording of historical value in addition to being a highly satisfying listen."
— Daniel Adams, THE LIGHT MUSIC SOCIETY, January 2021
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 3 recording with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
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"Dario Salvi conducts smoothly and shows a great deal of flair for Humperdinck's world of sound."
— Julian Führer, IOCO
Humperdinck: Music for the Stage recording with the Malmö Opera Orchestra and Chorus
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"As soon as the beautiful overture begins softly and gravely like a national anthem, one feels the perfect mastery by conductor Dario Salvi of the homogeneous orchestra of the Malmö Opera House. Maestro Dario Salvi turns this symphonic piece into a veritable musical tableau, which he colours with his beautifully nuanced baton: romantic anxiety-torment, dramatic urgency, warm poetry, right up to the joyous triumphal motif with Beethovenian accents that crowns the overture."
— Yonel Buldrini, OPERETTA RESEARCH CENTER, October 2020
Bronsart: Jery und Bätely recording with the Malmö Opera Orchestra
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"Dario Salvi conducts the overtures and interludes with great verve. The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice performs Auber’s music in a very lively, playful, occasionally even frivolous manner."
— Guy Engels, PIZZICATO, August 2020
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 2 recording with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
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"Dario Salvi proves his understanding of music that requires a mix of colors, nuances that are both delicate, tender and removed rhythms."
— Jean Lacroix, CRESCENDO MAGAZINE, April 2020
J. Strauss II: Blindekuh with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
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"[Salvi] is a dedicated engine on the podium [...] this operetta could once again become one of the most melodically seductive works by Strauss."
J. Strauss II: Blindekuh with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
— Dr. Helmut Christian Mayer, OPERA ONLINE, April 2020
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"Dario Salvi has a good instinct for this music, which blossoms brilliantly and richly under his hands."
— Remy Franck, PIZZICATO, January 2020
Auber: Overtures, Vol. 1 recording with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
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"Dario Salvi conducts a powerful rendition of Puccini's unusually colorful score, with some first-rate playing from the musicians."
— Chuck Lavazzi, GDHX, March 2020
Puccini’s La fanciulla del West with Winter Opera St. Louis at Skip Viragh Center for the Arts, St Louis
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"Dario Salvi maybe doesn't belong to the declared conducting champions, but his conductor's ear is sharp, gestures ample but correct, the taste properly variegated, collaboration with the orchestra fun, and the result excellent."
— Jagoda Martinčević, JUTARNJI LIST, June 2019
Concert with the Zagreb Philharmonic @ Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb