Ruben Jais
Born in Milano, Ruben Jais studied at the University and the Conservatorio “Giuseppe Verdi” of his own town where he graduated in ‘Choral Music and Choir Conducting' and ‘Vocal Polyphonic Composition' with highest degrees . At the same Conservatorio he also graduated in Composition and studied Orchestra Conducting, continuing then with Master classes abroad.
He is the Resident Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano.
He holds several cycles of concerts with a vast repertoire expanding from baroque to contemporary music. He also conducts Discovery Concerts where, together with performing the repertoire, he gives speeches to explain to the audience the story and the compositional aspects of the different pieces with music examples.
He has started to perform the whole cycle of J.S.Bach's Secular Cantatas.
He conducts baroque operas such as H. Purcell's The Fairy Queen together with the soloists of Yale University.
He is Chorus Master of the Coro Sinfonico Giuseppe Verdi di Milano since 1998. In such a role he worked with musicians as Romano Gandolfi, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, Luciano Berio, Oleg Caetani, Claus Peter Flor, Christopher Hogwood, Vladimir Jurowski, Helmut Rilling, among the others.
He is the Music Director of the Mailänder Kantorei, the German music ensemble of Milan, with which he performs the German repertoire from baroque to romantic, including the performance of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantatas and Passions. He is also Music Director of the Camerata Polifonica RJ, with which he performs mainly the contemporary repertoire.
He conducted instrumental, choral and symphonic music for several Italian and international institutions such as Biennale di Venezia, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Milano Musica, Teatro alla Scala, RTSI Lugano, Hungarian Radio Budapest, Saint Moritz Festival, Teatro Real de Madrid, Orquesta National de Cile, international organ festivals.
