Matteo Dal Maso
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Italian conductor Matteo Dal Maso is the winner of the 18th Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition awarding him the opportunity to become Assistant Conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Matteo Dal Maso is an Italian symphonic and opera conductor. He is 1st prize winner of the 5th Athens International Conducting Competition, 2nd prize and audience prize winner of the 3rd Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège International Conducting Competition, 2nd prize winner of the “Ionel Perlea” International Conducting Competition, and Audience prize winner of the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto International Conducting Competition “Peter Maag”.
Matteo gained his international reputation conducting many professional orchestras including BBC Philharmonic, Opera Australia Orchestra, The Hallé, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Orchestra, ERT Greek Radio National Orchestra, Nürnberger Symphoniker, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio of Torino, Manchester Camerata, Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Northern Ballet, Opera North, Romanian Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Winds, Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria, Athens Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and Beogradski Simfoničari. In June 2021, Matteo made his Opera debut conducting Carmen at the JK Tyl Theater in Pilsen (CZ). In July 2025, he made an impressive debut at the Sydney Opera House, conducting the iconic production of Le Nozze di Figaro made by Sir David McVicar for Opera Australia.
He studied conducting with Jorma Panula, Johannes Schlaefli, Nicolas Pasquet, Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, Kristian Järvi, Cristian Măcelaru, Daniel Oren, Sir Mark Elder, Colin Metters, Michael Sanderling, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Michalis Economou, Mark Chichon, Mark Shapiro, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Leonid Grin, Marco Angius and Marco Zuccarini.
Matteo has been assisting the BBC Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, working with conductors such as Andrea Battistoni, Domingo Hindoyan, John Storgards, Sir Andrew Davis, Elena Schwarz, Antony Hermus and Mark Wigglesworth.
His refined talent and unwavering dedication have been acknowledged by the Fondazione Cecilia Gilardi, which supported him during his studies at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he earned a Master’s degree in Conducting with Distinction.
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