Carlo Montanaro - conductor

Principal Guest Conductor of the Hungarian National Philharmonic

IT IS A GREAT PLEASURE FOR US at the Hungarian National Philharmonic to welcome Carlo Montanaro, an artist of outstanding talent and skill with whom our ensembles have enjoyed a fruitful relationship for many years, as our new principal guest conductor. Born in Cecina, the violinist and conductor kicked off his career in the early ’90s at the events of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino festival.
He was soon discovered and mentored by Zubin Mehta, one of the great maestros of our time. He has since delighted opera fans with his conducting in Warsaw, Milan, Venice, Dresden, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, San Francisco, Tokyo and many other cities, including in Australia and South Korea. He has also taken up the baton as a guest with ensembles in Cincinnati, Atlanta, Seattle, Boston, Dallas and Fort Worth, as well as with WDR Cologne and the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia.
In addition to his dedication to conducting opera, he is also completely at home in the world of symphonic music. At the concerts we performed together, we admired his precision and energy, his dramatic sense, the richness of his emotionallanguage, and his evocativeness. Our collaboration in this form will run until the end of the 2028/2029 season – and we are excitedly awaiting what Maestro Montanaro's further guest appearances have in store!

Carlo Montanaro