Giuseppe Mengoli

Giuseppe Mengoli is the 1^st prize winner of The Mahler Competition 2023. Until recently Giuseppe held the position of Assistant Conductor to Lorenzo Viotti at the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam. In May 2023 he joined the artistic team for the Orchestre National de France new production of La Bohème at the Theatre de Champs-Elysees leading stage rehearsals and assisting Lorenzo Passerini. This summer he will be assisting at the Salzburg Festival and is going to work with the SWR Symphonieorchester in the upcoming season.

Mengoli’s conducting career began as a result of his work as concertmaster in youth and professional orchestras from the age of 19. Since then he has worked with Oleg Caetani, Daniel Barenboim, Christoph König and John Axelrod with orchestras like the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Oslo Opera House, LaVerdi Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Operahouse Covent Garden. In 2018 Giuseppe made his conducting debut with the Gustav Mahler Jugend Orchester in Bad Schandau. During this time he also served as the concert master of the GMJO and as a substitute in orchestras like the Konzerthaus Orchester Berlin and Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin.

Photos: ©️Marian Lenhard