![]() He also studied Alexander Technique in Padua with Giorgio Ravazzolo and was awarded the Diploma of Merit.
As a specialist in chamber music, Destro has given concerts and masterclasses in Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, China, France, Hungary, Italy, India, Kazakhistan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Rumania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. He has partecipated as soloist or orchestra conductor to festivals in Brussesl (Belgium), Minsk (Belarus), Padua, Rome and Vigonza (Italy), Paris and Strasbourg (France), Salzburg (Austria), Astana 2011 (Kazakhistan). In 1998 he oversaw the reconstruction and revision of the score of Beethoven's symphony n° 7 in the version for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassons and double basson, originally published in 1816 by Steiner – Wien. This new version was published in 1998 by Ut Orpheus (Bologna) and presented wordwide for the first time in March 1998 at the fairs of Frankfurt and Paris, where it was reviewed by Radio France as “the best work of the year”. Destro studied orchestral conducting with M° Ludmil Descev (principal conductor of the Sofia State Symphony and Ballet orchestras for 25 years in Bulgaria). In 1994 he graduated in Orchestra Conducting with full marks. In 1996 he completed his postgraduate studies in Opera Conducting with great honours.
Since his debut, Destro has conducted: Yerevan Chamber Orchestra (Armenia), J. Haydn Wind Ensemble (Austria), Classic Avantgarde Chamber Orchestra and State Academy Philarmonic Orchestra (Belarus) (appointed Permanent Guest Conductor in 2005), Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra, Schoumen State Symphony, Sofia Chamber Orchestra and Sofia Soloists (Bulgaria). In his native Italy, he has conducted the C. Pollini Chamber Symphony, Euphonia Chamber Symphony, Padua Wind Ensemble (Principal Conductor from 1990 to 1997), Pordenone Symphony, T. Schipa Wind Ensemble and Vicenza Jazz Orchestra.
Since 1983 Destro has been teaching Chamber Music for Woodwind Ensemble, working in Castelfranco Veneto, Udine, Vicenza (where he has also acted as Quality Assurance Coordinator, International Relations Manager, Vice Director and Director) and, last but not least, in Padua where he is currently Permanent Professor, Erasmus Coordinator, A.E.C. Coordinator and International Relations Mananger. |