Luca Ronconi

Luca Ronconi Bio

Ronconi is considered one of Europe’s most influential theatrical directors. Was born in in 1933 in Sousse, Tunisia. After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome, in 1953, be began acting in productions directed by Luigi Squarzina, Orazio Costa, Michelangelo Antonioni, and others. In 1963, he directed his first play and since then has worked almost exclusively as a director.

He has directed a large number of theatre productions as well as operas, working for many prestigious companies, theaters and festivals in Italy and abroad, such as the Burgtheater in Vienna, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Rossini Festival in Pesaro, the Salzburg Festival and the Spoleto Festival.

He served as artistic director for some of major theater Institutions in Italy: Venice Biennale from 1977 to 1999, the Teatro Stabile di Torino from 1989 to 1994, Teatro di Roma from 1994 to 1998 and finally the Piccolo Teatro of Milan, from 1998 to 2004, succeeding to the icon of Italian Theatre, Giorgio Strehler.

During over thirty years of career Ronconi received many awards, among which the European Prize for the Theatre of Taormina Arte in 1998 and several Premio UBU for best theatrical performances of the season: Dream Project in 2000, Lolita in 2001 and Infinities in 2002. In 2006, for the Winter Olympics in Torino, Ronconi conceived and directed the Olympic Games of Culture, consisting in 5 interrelated play about the future. This complex project was awarder with another special Premio UBU.