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D’Alessio Media, Inc.
Clemente D’Alessio, President
Clemente D’Alessio is the Founder and President of D’Alessio Media, Inc., a company committed to the international broadcast of the performing arts for the past thirty-five years. A five-time Emmy award winner, D’Alessio began his career at the Metropolitan Opera, where he was television Producer of fifty full-length operas for the premier PBS series, Live from the Met.
He recently Produced and Directed a Hi-Definition television program of a newly composed classical ballet, Mowgli, written by prodigy, Alexander Prior and hosted by Angela Lansbury. The performance by the Moscow Classical Ballet Company took place at the theater at the Kremlin. The program will be distributed internationally.
He produced a documentary film in Southern Louisiana, The Spirit of Zydeco, featuring Elisa Monte Dance. D’Alessio also directed seven short films about Diva Marilyn Horne, which were shown at her 75th birthday gala concert at Carnegie Hall. Last year Mr. D’Alessio continued his illustrious career as the Executive Producer and Director for The Bessies, the NY Dance Award Ceremony, shown on the PBS Platform, ALL ARTS.
Other high profile projects include: A Memorial for Audrey Hepburn at unicef, Placido Domingo Sings Zarzuela, The Hundredth Anniversary of the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Concert for Peace from Oslo with the Elie Wiesel Foundation, Georg Solti at 75, five telecasts with Luciano Pavarotti and the Opera Company of Philadelphia, and eighteen annual Richard Tucker Opera Galas. His television work has taken him to Norway, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Austria, Russia, and a Jazz Festival in Monaco. Another special project was an international ecology special, Our Common Future, which was seen in over two hundred countries, and was the first live transmission of Hi-Definition Television to screens in public spaces in major cities.
As Producer/Director, he created a television music series for NHK-TV, Japan. The series consisted of fifty televised recitals at Steinway Hall on 57th Street in New York City, recorded in concert in front of an audience for broadcast throughout Asia. These programs were aired in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, and in other Asian markets to an audience of hundreds of millions of viewers. Mr. D’Alessio also Produced and Directed a film celebrating the 150th anniversary of Steinway & Sons, featuring famous Steinway pianists and Henry Steinway, the patriarch of the company.
D’Alessio Media’s programs have included such luminaries as Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, Plácido Domingo, Lionel Hampton, President Vaclav Havel, Marilyn Horne, Audrey Hepburn, Elton John, James Earl Jones, Herbie Mann, Luciano Pavarotti, Gregory Peck, Sting, André Watts and Elie Wiesel. He has received five Emmy’s, two Peabody Awards, two Radio Festival Awards, a Golden Cine Eagle Award, a Governor’s Award, and an Excellence in Journalism prize all for a wide spectrum of music programs for broadcast.
Mr. D’Alessio has produced two nationally syndicated radio series – An Evening at the Pops with Skitch Henderson and Traditions featuring Lloyd Moss. Both programs aired nationally on approximately three hundred stations over the Concert Music Network for a total of ten years.
Other credentials include serving on the Board of Governors of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for five years. Mr. D’Alessio is currently on the Board of Directors of the prestigious Oratorio Society of New York.
Mr. D’Alessio has created a print column entitled, The Philanthropist and the Arts, which appears regularly on the blog, SUMMITAS, which is directed at high net worth readers.
Programming for Television & Radio
Television Programs
A Celebration for Handel and Bach
Placido Domingo Sings Zarzuela
Solti at 75
Viva Victoria
Stradivarius on Stage
Our Common Future
Remembering Leonard Bernstein
America’s Musical Salute to the People of Israel
The Concert for Peace from Oslo
Johnnie and Jazz, Masters in Monaco
Master Vocal Classes with Phyllis Curtin
To Luciano with Love
Bergonzi Celebrates Gigli
The Audrey Hepburn Memorial Tribute hosted by unicef
The Metropolitan Opera Guild presents Gianni Schicchi
The Richard Tucker Opera Gala – 18 annual PBS National Prime Time telecasts.
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 100th Birthday Gala
Philadanco: The Xmas Philes
The 75th Anniversary of the Curtis Institute of Music
L’Italiana In Algeri – The Opera Company of Philadelphia
The Classical Hour at Steinway Hall 50 programs NHK distribution throughout Asia.
Mowgli by Alex Prior – a children’s ballet of The Jungle Book.
Productions with the Opera Company of Philadelphia
Luciano Pavarotti featured in the following productions:
LA BOHÈME
A Storybook LA BOHÈME
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Verdi REQUIEM
LUISA MILLER
Other Telecasts with the Opera Company of Philadelphia:
FAUST
THE DAMNATION OF FAUST
PIQUE DAME
Richard Tucker Music Documentaries
The Legacy of Richard Tucker (documentary)
Opera Stamps
Short and Series Formats for Television
Musicians on Music – Interviews with André Watts, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim,
Vladimir Feltsman, Birgit Nilsson, Robert Merrill, Marilyn Horne, Peter Schickele and
Victor Borge
Requisite Organization
Tango Argentino – :30 and :60 second commercials.
Radio
PaineWebber’s Traditions
Merrill Lynch presents An Evening at the Pops
SummerSounds USA
Musical Notes
Lincoln’s Music in America
Summergarden at MoMA
The Classical Music Grammy Awards, hosted by Beverly Sills
Itzhak Perlman Live in Concert
Short Documentaries
Beit Tzipora
About Elie… – for Elie Wiesel’s 75th birthday
Professional Awards
Clemente D’Alessio, Producer-Director
National Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Performing Arts
Centennial Gala, Live from the Met
National Prime Time Emmy Award
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
Pavarotti in Philadelphia
National Daytime Emmy Award
Outstanding Program Achievement in the Performing Arts
HANSEL & GRETEL, Live from the Met
National Prime Time Emmy Award
Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts
LA BOHEME
Regional Emmy
Outstanding Entertainment Program
Viva Victoria Opera Gala
George Foster Peabody Broadcast Award
Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts
George Foster Peabody Broadcast Award
Live from the Met
International Radio Festival – Gold Award
Musical Notes
International Radio Festival – Finalist
An Evening at the POPS
Cine Golden Eagle Award
Young Wonders, Inc., Live from the Met
Excellence in Journalism & The Governor’s Award
Philadelphia Performs – a four part performance series
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