Alessandro Bonato

At the age of 30, Alessandro Bonato is one of the most looked after Italian conductors of the younger generation : well at ease in the symphonic as in the operatic repertoire, he is already recognized for the meticulousness of his preparation and his passionate care for details. Starting with the season 2025/26 he will be the Principal Conductor of the Haydn Orchestra in Bolzano, after holding the same position for two seasons with the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana.

Maestro Bonato gained the attention of the music world by winning the third prize at the Malko International Competition in Copenhagen at the age of 23. Born in Verona, he studied violin and composition; from 2013 he took conducting lessons and graduated at the Conducting Academy of Donato Renzetti in Saluzzo. In March 2016 Bonato made his debut as professional conductor at the Royal Opera House of Muscat with The Magic Flute. In March 2019 he conducted a production of La cambiale di matrimonio in Pesaro celebrating the 150th anniversary of the death of Gioachino Rossini. In August 2022 he made a successful debut at the Macerata Opera Festival conducting a new production of The Barber of Seville, followed by his debut at the summer season of Arena di Verona in 2023. 

Alessandro Bonato’s symphonic activity includes concerts with Filarmonica della Scala, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, the Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano, the Toscanini Orchestra and the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Italy, as well as the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra abroad. In January 2023 he made his symphonic debuts in Japan conducting the Ensemble Kanazawa and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra. Alessandro Bonato regularly conducts the Orchestra of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Italy and abroad: their latest appearance together in Yerevan in September 2024 in an all-Verdi program has been highly acclaimed. Conducing a Russian program, in September 2024 he made a successful symphonic debut with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra.

Most recent engagements include the Messa di Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus and well as a new production of Otello – again Verdi, one of his favorite composers – at the Armenian National Opera.

During the season 2024/25 Alessandro Bonato will make his debuts with the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari conducting the rare opera La monacella della fontana by Giuseppe Mulé, a neglected Italian composer of the XX century together with returns to I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan, to the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana (for a rare Requiem by Cimarosa) and to the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, in  addition to his operatic debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino for a new production of L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti.

During the pandemic, Alessandro Bonato realized a number of highly appreciated digital projects dedicated to the music education of the young generations and keeps developing his skills to attract younger audiences.