Conductor Director

Larry Blank is one of the most prolific and sought after composers, conductors, and orchestrators in the entertainment business today. His work has been presented all over the world, including some of Broadway’s most successful musicals, Carnegie Hall, and top television and film projects.

He was the Music Director/Conductor and/or vocal arranger for many shows on Broadway and in Los Angeles including They’re Playing Our Song, Evita, Sugar Babies, La Cage Aux Folles, Phantom Of The Opera, Onward Victoria, Copperfield, Colette, A Chorus Line, and A Little Night Music. He has been nominated three times for both the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations in The Drowsy Chaperone, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and with Marc Shaiman for Catch Me If You Can. Larry received a Drama Desk Nomination for orchestrations for A Christmas Story and Honeymoon In Las Vegas.

Ignazio Terrasi, after completing his musical studies in composition and music conducting at the Conservatory of Music “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan, embarked on a prolific concert career in Milan as the conductor of the “Pierluigi da Palestrina” orchestra and the Symphonic Orchestra “Milano Classica.” He acquired an extensive repertoire spanning from the Baroque period to the historical and contemporary works of the 20th century.

His conducting education continued under the guidance of Maestro Julius Kalmar and Maestro Sandro Gorli with the “Divertimento Ensemble,” an orchestra specializing in contemporary music, with whom he participated in numerous concerts as a guest conductor. Additionally, he began his collaboration as a musical assistant to Maestro James Conlon at the Opéra National de Paris, marking the start of many experiences as an assistant conductor.

Over the years, he worked with various orchestras and opera houses, including the Communal Theatre of Florence with the Orchestra of the Musical May of Florence, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Cincinnati May Festival. He also collaborated as an associate conductor with Maestro David Golub during the 25th and 26th Festivals of the Itria Valley in Martina Franca.

In September 2000, he settled in Paris, where he secured a position as a permanent musical assistant at the Opéra National de Paris. During this time, he had the privilege of working with renowned artists such as Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Angela Gheorghiu, Carol Vaness, Joseph Van Dam, and Natalie Dessay. Concurrently, he conducted chamber orchestra concerts in Paris.

In 2004, he became the principal conductor for various contemporary opera productions, including the interactive opera “Alma Sola” produced in Paris in collaboration with IRCAM – Centre Pompidou, which had several performances in Paris and Ile-de-France. Since 2005, he has served as the principal conductor of the Paris Classique Orchestra.

Since August 2006, he has been a permanent resident in the US, serving as the principal music assistant to Maestro James Conlon at the Los Angeles Opera. In 2008, he contributed to the LA Opera production of “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny,” which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Album and Great Performances. He also contributed to another Grammy Award-winning production, “Ghosts of Versailles,” in 2017.

Ignazio Terrasi is the Music Director of “LA Grand Ensemble,” comprised of musicians from prestigious orchestras and music institutions in Los Angeles, including the LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, and the Colburn School. In January 2019, he conducted the world premiere of a new opera by Composer Juan Colomer, “Dulcinea XL.”