Nil Venditti
Young Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti has already established relationships with orchestras including Orchestra della Toscana, of which she is Principal Guest Conductor, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse and Ankara-based Ancyra Ensemble. Throughout the 2020-21 season, she made successful debuts with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (to which she returns in the coming season), Orchestre national de Metz, Lemanic Modern Ensemble, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra and Irish National Opera. Other notable debuts include Camerata Salzburg in November 2019, conducting Fazil Say in works by the pianist/composer himself, who has become a strong supporter since they first worked together in February 2018. She also served as Assistant Conductor to the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra from 2019-21 and conducted their renowned Christmas Concert at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw in December 2020. In the 2021-22 season, she makes both her operatic and symphonic debuts with the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, as well as debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento and Opera North Orchestra. With a strong affinity for the core classical repertoire of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, she is also expanding her scope into the operatic field, having conducted Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, Verdi’s Nabucco, Bizet’s Carmen and Salieri’s Prima la musica poi le parole. In April, she conducted Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore in Bordeaux.
May 2022