Music Director of the Oviedo Philharmonic (OFIL) in Spain since 2011, Italian conductor Marzio Conti announced that he will leave the orchestra in June and not renew his contract. According to ‘Nueva Espana’ the 56-year-old musician will give a radical change to his life. He wants to focus on teaching and, moreover, dedicate himself to figurative art and begin to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. « I want to live without the concerts, to do other things in life … », he told the newspaper.