Gabriel Venzago

Gabriel Venzago will be Chief Conductor of the Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra of Constance. At the same time, he will retain his position as Principal Conductor at the Salzburg position as Principal Kapellmeister at the Salzburg Landestheater, where he will lead new productions of of Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, Bizet's Carmen, experimental theater productions productions and the world premiere of the opera Cinderella by the celebrated British composer composer Alma Deutscher. Highlights of his highly intense 2022/23 season include guest engagements with such orchestras such as the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock, the Munich Philharmonic, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic, the Nuremberg Symphony, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Musikkollegium Winterthur. At the Salzburg Landestheater, he conducts new productions of Mozart's La finta giardiniera and a new semi-staged new semi-staged interpretation of Haydn's Creation, as well as performances of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta. In 2021, Gabriel Venzago caused a sensation when he appeared in a new production of Idomeneo at the Bavarian State Opera, and his musical direction of the opera direction of the opera Zaide. An Escape, which involves an integrative process with young refugees involved great attention and media resonance. As a guest conductor, he has worked with the Brandenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Staatsorchester Darmstadt, the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie and the Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra of Reutlingen. Gabriel Venzago began his career initially as a répétiteur, conductor and assistant to assistant to General Music Director Florian Ziemen at the Theater für Niedersachsen in Hildesheim and then moved to the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin as Kapellmeister. Here he was was responsible for the new productions of Neues vom Tage by Paul Hindemith. In addition, he conducted symphony concerts and took on various post-conducting duties for for all current productions. Born in Heidelberg, the conductor studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich and at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart. While still a student, he worked as a répétiteur and musical assistant at the the Baden-Baden Easter Festival, received a scholarship from the Deutsche Bank Stiftung "Akademie Musiktheater heute" and conducted his first opera performances at the Wilhelma Theater in Stuttgart. Since 2017, he has been supported by the Dirigentenforum des Deutschen Musikrats in the Maestros of Tomorrow" program. https://www.gabrielvenzago.com