Institutional bodies

Pursuant to art. 4 of Presidential Decree no. 132/03 and art. 11 of the current Statute, the following are Bodies of the Conservatoire

PresidentDirectorBoard of DirectorsAcademic CouncilAuditorsEvaluation BoardCollege of ProfessorsStudent Council
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Prof. Giovanni Fosti, President of the Conservatory

Massimiliano Baggio, Director
direttore@consmilano.it

Stefania Mormone, Deputy Director
vicedirettore@consmilano.it

Director's Appointments:

Prof. Manuela Bisceglie, Co-ordination and organisation of teaching and teaching arrangements
Prof. Stefania Mormone, Co-ordination and organisation of the production and for the co-ordination of piano accompanists
Prof. Livio Aragona, Co-ordination and organisation of research
Prof. Riccardo Ceni, Erasmus office co-ordination and assignment for the organisation of Erasmus+ international mobility activities
Prof. Massimo Marchi, coordination and organisation of the SAV (Audio Video Services) centre
Prof. Emilio Piffaretti, Coordination and organisation of quality and inclusion policies
Prof. Fabrizio Dorsi, Coordination of the drafting/revision of regulations and for procedures relating to the recognition of equivalences
Prof. Giovanni Salvemini, Co-ordination of relations with schools and high schools

Academic Council appointments:

Prof. Vittorio Parisi, Coordinator of m2c (Institute of Contemporary Music)
Prof. Massimo Marchi, Councillor of m2c (Institute of Contemporary Music)
Prof. Andrea Rebaudengo, Councillor of m2c (Institute of Contemporary Music)
Prof. Nicoletta Mainardi, Coordinator of the Conservatory Prize and the “Day of Remembrance” project”
Prof. Mariabeatrice Campodonico, Coordinator of the “Ariadne's Thread” project”
Prof. Fabio Sartorelli, Coordinator of the “Ready for work” review”
Prof. Paolo Biagini, Co-worker of the Education Co-ordinator
Prof. Mariacristina Curti, Co-worker of the Education Co-ordinator
Prof. Nicola Pisani, Co-worker of the Education Co-ordinator
Prof. Marcello Bonanno, Collaborator for the drafting of regulations and procedures for the recognition of equivalences
Prof. Roberto Perata, Collaborator for the drafting of regulations and procedures for the recognition of equivalences
Prof. Domenica Giannone, Co-worker of the Erasmus Co-ordinator
Prof. Luisa Prayer, Co-worker of the Erasmus Co-ordinator
Prof. Chiara Tiboni, Co-worker of the Erasmus Co-ordinator
Prof. Alfonso Chielli, Coordinator of the “Making Music and Feeling Good” project”
Prof. Mariateresa Dellaborra, Member of the Board of Iremus (Institute for Music Research)
Prof. Candida Felici, Member of the Board of Iremus (Institute for Music Research)
Prof. Luisa Prayer, Member of the Board of Iremus (Institute for Music Research)
Prof. Alfredo Raglio, Member of the Board of Iremus (Institute for Music Research)
Prof. Luigi Magistrelli, Updating the inventory of instruments
Prof. Laura Magistrelli, Photographic documentation

The documents relating to the elections of the Director of the Milan Conservatory of Music, for the three-year period 2025/2028, are available at the Institutional Register

Elections are called for the Director of the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Music in Milan for the three-year period 2022/2025.

Notice of 7 June 2019Minutes No. 9 of the Election Commission containing the results of the voting and the proclamation of the winning candidate are available below.

Notice of 7 June 2019: Minute No. 8 of the Election Commission is available below.

Notice of 6 June 2019Minutes No. 7 of the Electoral Commission concerning the second day of voting are available below.

Notice of 5 June 2019Minutes No. 6 of the Election Commission for the first day of voting are available here.

Notice of 3 June 2019Minutes No. 5 of the Election Commission concerning the voting procedures are available below. Attached to the minutes are: a) the facsimile of the ballot paper; b) examples of valid and invalid faces.

Notice of 23 May 2019A communication from the Electoral Commission concerning the public meeting on 27 May 2019 is available below.

Notice of 21 May 2019: Please find below the minutes of the Election Commission No. 4 of 21 May 2019, which met to deliberate on the following topic: “Drawing of names for order of public assembly interventions”.

Notice: As stated in the Election Commission's Minute No. 2, please note that the public meeting with the candidates will be held on Monday 27 May 2019, from 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., in the Puccini Hall. The programmes of each candidate are available at the end of this page.

Attention: It should be noted that Minute No. 3 of 10 May 2019 was corrected solely due to an error in the timetable. The list of voters, indicated in the minutes, has not changed.

Notice of 10 May 2019: Notice is hereby given that with Minute No. 2 of 10 May 2019 the active electorate was defined, while with Minute No. 3 of 10 May 2019 it was decided that the passive electorate for the elections of the Director of the Milan Conservatory of Music for the three-year period 2019/2022 consists of the following candidates:

  1. Emanuele Beschi
  2. Luca Burini
  3. Demetrio Colaci
  4. Diego Dini Ciacci
  5. Fabrizio Dorsi
  6. Cristina Frosini
  7. Silvia Rumi

Notice of 30 April 2019Due to material errors, by decree prot. 2622 of 30 April 2019, the previous decree (prot. 2562 of 23 April 2019) calling for the elections of the Director for the three-year period 2019/2022 was cancelled and replaced by the new decree prot. 2625 of 30 April 2019.
The deadline for submitting nominations is 10 May 2019. Voting will be held on 5 to 7 June 2019, with a possible runoff scheduled for 17 to 19 June 2019.

The Board of Directors is a “necessary” Body of the Conservatory, whose powers are regulated by Article 7 of Presidential Decree no. 132 of 28 February 2003 (published in the Official Gazette no. 135 of 13 June 2003) and by Article 15 of the current Statute of the Conservatory.

For the three-year period 2025/2028, Pursuant to the Decree of the Minister of the University and Research, Protocol No. 9694 of 1 August 2025, the Board of Directors of the Conservatory is composed as follows:

  • John Fosti, President;
  • Massimiliano Baggio, Director;
  • Massimo Marchi, Councillor representing the Teachers;
  • Carlo Mazzini, Councillor representing the Students;
  • Raffaello Vignali, Advisor representing the Ministry of University and Research.

The functions of Secretary of the Board of Directors, pursuant to c. 4 of Art. 15 of the Statute, are performed by the Administrative Director Gian Marco Colombo

Pursuant to Presidential Decree 132/2003 and the current Articles of Association, and following the elections held on 10, 11 and 12 June 2025, the Academic Council for the three-year period 2025/2028 is composed as follows

President

  • Massimiliano Baggio, Director

Teachers' representatives

  • Marcello Bonanno, Director
  • Riccardo Ceni, Director
  • Candida Felici, Councillor
  • Cristina Frosini, Councillor
  • Luca Lombardo, Director
  • Raffaele Mascolo, Director
  • Stefania Mormone, Councillor
  • Emilio Piffaretti, Director
  • Renato Principe, Director
  • Chiara Tiboni, Councillor

Student representatives

  • Giulia Di Iorio, Councillor
  • Andrea Potenza, Director

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Voting is called for the by-elections of 2 councillors who will integrate the current composition of the Academic Council, elected on 30 October 2019, whose term of office will end on 31 October 2022.

Voting will take place on 2, 3 and 4 February 2022, from 1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m., in the Management Meeting Room.

The application and voting procedures are set out in the Director's decree.

Elections are called for the Academic Council of the Milan Conservatory, three-year period 2019/2022. Voting will be held on 28, 29 and 30 October 2019, from 1.30 p.m. to 4 p.m., in the Management Meeting Room.

The Conservatoire's auditors are:

Representation of the Ministry of Universities and Research: Dr. Sara Lorenzon

Representation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance: Ms Francesca Scanzani

The Nucleus has the task of evaluating the results of activities and the overall functioning of the Conservatoire by verifying the optimal use of resources.

The Core draws part of its working materials from the indications/suggestions of students and teachers. For this reason, the Board considers any suggestions, considerations or criticisms you may wish to send to its e-mail address as valuable.

The Evaluation Board, as a necessary body of the institutions of higher artistic and musical education - and therefore of the conservatories in particular - was established by Presidential Decree 132 of 2003, which states:

Art.10
Evaluation Board

  1. The Evaluation Board, established by resolution of the Administrative Council, after consulting the Academic Council, consists of three members with differentiated competences, two of whom are chosen from among external experts, including foreign ones, with proven qualifications in the field of evaluation.
  2. The Evaluation Team verifies the correspondence of results to objectives. In particular
    a) It is responsible for evaluating the results of teaching and scientific activities and the overall functioning of the institution, verifying, also by means of comparative cost and performance analyses, the optimal use of resources;
    b) draw up an annual report on the institution's activities and operations on the basis of general criteria determined by the Committee for the Evaluation of the University System, having consulted the CNAM; the report is sent to the Ministry by 31 March each year and constitutes the reference framework for the Ministry's allocation of financial contributions;
    c) periodically acquires, while preserving their anonymity, the students' opinions on teaching activities, giving an account of them in the annual report referred to in point b);
  3. The institutions guarantee the evaluation teams operational autonomy, the right of access to the necessary data and information, as well as the publicity and dissemination of the acts in compliance with the legislation protecting confidentiality.
Internal component:
  • Maestro Alessandro de Curtis (President) - Professor of Piano at the Milan Conservatory and ANVUR Expert in AFAM Internal Quality Assurance
External components:
  • Maestro Antonio Ligios - ANVUR Expert in AFAM System Evaluation
  • Maestro Paolo Rotili - Professor of Composition at the Conservatory of Rome and AFAM-ANVUR evaluator

The College of Professors is established pursuant to Article 11 of Presidential Decree No. 132/2003 and Article 13 of the current Statute. It is composed of Director, which presides over it, and by all the teachers in service at the Institution. It supports the activities of the Academic Council, helping to determine the general objectives and guidelines. It also formulates opinions and makes requests regarding the annual reports submitted by the Director, as well as the revision of the Statute and regulations.

The Student Council of the Milan Conservatory is composed as follows:

  • President: Joanna Carvelli
  • Vice-President: Alessandro Chiddemi
  • Representatives in the Academic Council: Andrea Potenza, Giulia Di Iorio
  • Representative on the Board of Directors: Carlo Mazzini
  • Representative on the Library Board: Carlo Mazzini
  • Secretary: Davide Bardi
  • Other components: Mauro Dellacqua, Luigi Di Masi, Fabrizio Mennella

The email address of the Student Council is: consultastudenti@consmilano.it