Paolo Petrocelli

Paolo Petrocelli, PhD, EMBA, (born 15 October 1984) is an Italian cultural manager and university professor.
He is the Founder and President of EMMA for Peace and the founding Director General of the Stauffer Center for Strings.
== Education ==
Paolo Petrocelli earned a B.A. in Literature and Musicology from the Sapienza University of Rome, where he studied under the guidance of American musicologist Philip Gossett, a B.A. Hons in Music at the Middlesex University, an Executive MBA from the SDA Bocconi School of Management, a PhD in cultural economics at the IULM University of Milan. He also got an MA in violin performance at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome.
== Academic Career ==
His research interests extend from musicology, in particular British music of 20th-century, to cultural and performing arts management.
Petrocelli is the author of essays and books on composers such as William Walton, Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten and on topics such as the development of opera in the Middle East and North Africa.
He has been a visiting fellow at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library of the Yale University and a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab.
Currently he is a researcher affiliate at the metaLAB at Harvard University, where he coordinates along with Jeffrey Schnapp a global research project titled "Future Stage", dedicated to investigate the future of the performing arts.
Petrocelli lectures and teaches in Italy and abroad, including at Bocconi University, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, LUISS Business School, John Cabot University, La Scala Academy,
Institute for International Political Studies, European School of Economics, SAE Institute, Global Leaders Program, Accademia di Costume e di Moda.
== Cultural and Music Diplomacy ==
As a cultural and music diplomacy expert, Petrocelli launched and developed a series of international initiatives, including the creation of new nonprofit organizations.
===EMMA for Peace===
In 2013, he founded EMMA for Peace, or the Euro Mediterranean Music Academy, an international nonprofit organization for the promotion of peace through music diplomacy and education in Europe, Middle East and the Mediterranean region.
Italian conductor Riccardo Muti serves as Honorary President of the organization.
Petrocelli launched the organization on occasion of the 13th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Warsaw, Poland, with a series of inaugural concerts and workshops.
As President of EMMA for Peace, Petrocelli has collaborated with artists like Hiba Al Kawas, Kinan Azmeh, Ezio Bosso, Michele Campanella,
Ihab Darwish, Ayyub Guliyev, Marcel Khalife, Andrea Morricone, Nayer Nagui, Carly Paoli, Oliver Poole, Ksenija Sidorova, Markus Stockhausen, partnering with international organizations like United Nations, UNESCO,UNICEF,UNHCR, UNWRA, organizing concerts in Europe, Middle East, USA and Asia, including Carnegie Hall in New York on occasion of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO, Jordan Hall in Boston, Royal Opera House Muscat,Cairo Opera House,Hanoi Opera House, the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, Expo 2020 in Dubai.
In 2020, Petrocelli curated the artistic and production direction of a project collaboration with UNWRA for the making of an anthem song of the young Palestinian refugees and founded the first world blog community entirely dedicated to music diplomacy.
===Italian Youth Association for UNESCO===
In 2014, he founded the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO, initially named Youth Committee of the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, which he chaired as Presidentwhich he chaired as Presidentuntil 2019. Today he serves as Honorary President of the organization.
Under his leadership, the organization launched in Italy the international campaign Unite4Heritage promoted by UNESCO and developed strategic partnerships with major corporations like Google and Fiat. 
===World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates===
Since 2016, Petrocelli is the Cultural and Music Diplomacy Officer for the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, contributing to the making of 16th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2017, hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, and of the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in 2019, hosted in Mérida, México.
===Opera for Peace===
In 2019, Petrocelli founded along with Julia Lagahuzère, Deputy Casting Director at the Paris Opera and Dmitry Vdovin, founder and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artist Program, an international cultural nonprofit organization named Opera for Peace.
In 2021, Petrocelli contributed to the launch of Opera for Peace Academy Middle East & North Africa (MENA), a cultural and educational platform for institutions and artists coming from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and the UAE.
===Coldplay===
In 2019, Petrocelli was appointed as cultural advisor of Coldplay, to support the making of special projects for the release of their eighth studio album Everyday Life (Coldplay album).
===Sound Diplomacy===
As a coordinator for Italy of the global strategic consultancy Sound Diplomacy, he curated the launch of the Italian version of the Music Cities Resilience Handbook, a guide to support cities in setting up resilient music policy during COVID-19 pandemic.
===Music Diplomacy - Stories from the World===
Petrocelli is the founder and editor-in-chief of the first blog community entirely dedicated to the promotion of music diplomacy.
== Arts, culture and performing arts ==
As a cultural manager,Paolo Petrocelli developed his professional expertise in the area of performing arts management, music management and arts administration.
===IMG Artists===
Petrocelli served as founding associate director for the Rome office of the international performing arts agency IMG Artists, managing international artists like Alexander Romanovsky (pianist), Elisso Bolkvadze, Anna Tifu.
===Rome Opera House (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma)===
In 2014, at the age of 30, Petrocelli has been nominated a member of the Board of Directors of the Rome Opera House (Teatro dell'Opera di Roma).
Since 2015 he served as Assistant to the Superintendent of the Opera House, Carlo Fuortes.
Petrocelli has been at the center of a major international fundraising operation that lead Malaysian billionaire Francis Yeoh making an unprecedented donation to the Rome Opera House.
Under Petrocelli's leadership, the Rome Opera House performed in 2018 for the first time in Oman, presenting a production of Pagliacci by Franco Zeffirelli at the Royal Opera House Muscat,and in Kuwait, with a concert performance of the Youth Orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre. 
===Stauffer Center for Strings===
Since 2020, Petrocelli is the founding director general of the Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona, the first international center dedicated entirely to strings instruments, home to Stauffer Academy and Stauffer Labs.
As Director General of the Stauffer Academy, he designed and launched the Concertmaster Artist Diploma, the first advanced training program in the world dedicated entirely to concertmasters.
==Trustee, board, council memberships==
*Member Youth Committee, European Music Council (2008-2010) 
*Member Youth Committee, International Music Council (2013-2016)
*Member Board of Directors, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2014-2015)
*Member Board of Directors, Italy-UAE Business Council (2014) 
*Member Board of Directors, Accademia Musicale Chigiana (2015-2016)
*Member Board of Directors, Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia (2016-2019)
*Member Board of Trustees, Oregon Music Festival (2018-2021)
*Member Board of Directors, Italian Association of Cultural Economics (2020) 
*Member, Forbes Nonprofit Council (2020) 
*Member, Rolling Stone Culture Council (2020) 
*Member Editorial Advisory Board, Cambridge Scholars Publishing(2020) 
*Founding Board Member, International Centre for Contemporary Music (2020)
*Advisory Board Member, European Union Youth Orchestra (2021)
*Advisory Board Member, Intersos (2021)
==Honours==
*European Young Leader (EYL40), Friends of Europe
*Honorary President, Italian Youth Association for UNESCO 
*Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce 
*Fellow, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations 
*Fellow, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
*Fellow, Disruptor Foundation 
*Junior Fellow, Aspen Institute
*MED Young Leader, ISPI 
*Honorary Board Member, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra
*Vice President Italy 2016, Junior Chamber International 
*Global Shaper, World Economic Forum
*Member Scientific Committee, Foundation Lars Magnus Ericsson
== Performance ==
Petrocelli has co-founded and performed as a violinist with the indie-folk band Vinegar Socks.
==Discography==
* Vinegar Socks, "Vinegar Socks" (Grinding Tapes,2009)
* Vinegar Socks, "Ten Winters" Soundtrack (RAI Trade,2009)
* Vinegar Socks, "Hand to Mouth Movements" (BBR,2019)
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