Italian conductor and violinist Riccardo Minasi is celebrated as one of the most exhilarating talents in the European classical music scene. Since 2022, he has been the Principal Guest Conductor of the Ensemble Resonanz at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Artistic Director of the Orchestra La Scintilla at the Zurich Opera House and Music Director of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. From 2012 to 2015, he co-founded and conducted the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro, and from 2017 to 2022, he was Chief Conductor of the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra.

In the 2024/25 season, Minasi makes several symphonic debuts: with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Bach’s St Matthew Passion, with Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra featuring Michael Spyres in Berlioz Nuits d’été, and with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse with Antonín Kraft Cello concerto in C major with Jean-Guihen Queyras. He returns to Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra featuring Martin Fröst in the Copland clarinet concerto.