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Paola Giubergia
Born in Turin, after studying Architecture, she created and developed her own business. After this first, important experience, she joined Ersel as External Relations Manager in charge of planning and organizing cultural events. A great lover of contemporary works, she boasts in her collection some masterpieces by important international artists, meeting and cultivating in her career sincere bonds of friendship with authors and gallery owners.
Since 2002, the year Ersel moved its offices to the historic Ceriana palace in Turin, she has personally curated more than 80 events: exhibitions, conferences and previews realized in collaboration with the most important international galleries and auction houses. From 2022, the activity she directs will extend to a new exhibition space in Milan, designed and hosted in the local Ersel headquarters.
She is President of the Renzo Giubergia Foundation, established in memory of her father, a great music lover who died in 2010, of which she operationally directs all initiatives. She is a board member of the Paideia Foundation, established in '93 by the will of her family, one of the most active nonprofit organizations in Piedmont in supporting children with disabilities and their families. Very attached to her city, she represents Ersel in the Council for the Enhancement of the Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Turin and from 2013 to 2019 she also held the position of President of Cento per cento lettori, an association that arose on the initiative of private individuals with the aim of giving new impetus to the Circolo dei Lettori in Turin.
Since 2020 he has sat on the Board of Directors of the Compagnia di San Paolo.
Andrea Malvano
Andrea is an associate professor in musicology and music history at the Department of Humanities, University of Turin, where he has been chair of the Bachelor of Arts in Cinema, Performing Arts, Music and Media (CAM) since 2019. He holds a degree in Modern Literature from Turin and a diploma in piano from the Conservatorio "N. Paganini" in Genoa. In 2004 he received a master's degree in musicology (D.E.A.) from the Université "Lumière" in Lyon, and in 2007 a Ph.D. degree in "History and criticism of musical cultures and heritage" from the Universities of Turin and Milan. Between 2008 and 2010, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Turin (Faculty of Education).
He has published numerous books and essays for international journals and publishers (Mondadori Education, Routledge, Brepols). His monograph on reception and analysis in Debussy's music has recently been translated into French (Debussy, un nouvel art de l'écoute, Paris, Van Dieren 2022). He has collaborated as a musicologist with institutions such as Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Regio, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania, Rai Radio 3, Rai 5 and the Radio della Svizzera Italiana. He has performed music publicity in "La Stampa," "Amadeus," "Sistema Musica" and the "Giornale della Musica."
Since 2019, he has been the artistic and editorial director of the De Sono Association, founded by Francesca Gentile Camerana in 1988. A member of the international scientific committee of the journals "Analitica" and "Quaderni dell'Istituto Liszt," he is a member of the board of directors of the Music Association of University Students of Piedmont, and is a member of the scientific committee of the Center for the Study of Musical Theater of the Department of Humanities.
