Born in Verona in 1987, Andrea Battistoni is one of the rising young talents in the international music scene.
He began, in 2006, a surprising career conducting in important theatres, with the respective orchestra, as the Bayerische Staatsoper (Munich), Deutsche Oper of Berlin, Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, Palau de les arts of Valencia, Teatro Bunka Kaikan of Tokyo, Semperoper of Dresden, Royal Opera of Stockholm, National Center of Performing Arts of Bejing, Sydney Opera House, Arena of Verona, Teatro San Carlo of Naples, Teatro Regio di Torino, De Nationale Oper di Amsterdam; he conducted also prestigious orchestra as the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Netherlands Philharmonic, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. In 2012 he becomes, only 24 years old, the youngest conductor who ever tread the stage of the Teatro alla Scala of Milan, with Le Nozze di Figaro, and after a short time he made his debut with the Filarmonica della Scala in a symphonic concert.
From 2014 to 2016 he was First Guest Conductor of the Carlo Felice Theatre of Genoa; from 2017 to 2019 he is Principal Conductor of the Genova theater.
In 2015 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra; they regularly perform together at Suntory Hall and in major concert halls and Opera theaters across Japan.
After just one year, in 2016 he was named Chief Conductor of Tokyo Philharmonic, strengthening his relationship with this renowned ensemble.
He has been First Guest Conductor at the Teatro Regio di Parma in 2011 and 2012, conducting its orchestra in many symphonic and operatic productions, on the occasion of the Festival Verdi and prestigious international tournée.
Rizzoli in 2012 published his first book: "Non è musica per vecchi".
Andrea Battistoni started his musical studies at the age of seven with Petra and Zoltan Szabò, continuing then at the Conservatory of Music ìDallíAbacoî of his city and graduating in cello in 2006, also attending master classes with the cellist Michael Flaksman in Germany. He began to study conducting and composition in 2004, training subsequently with Ennio Nicotra in Perugia and Russia, with Gabriele Ferro at Fiesole Music School in Florence, with Gianandrea Noseda at Accademia Musicale di Stresa. He was an assistant of Piercarlo Orizio. In June 2008 he made his orchestral debut at "Michelangeli" International Music Festival in Bergamo with Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto and in October 2008, thanks to Maurizio Barbacini whom he was assistant, he made his operatic debut with La bohème at Basel Theatre.
Andrea is running a composer activity parallel to his career as a conductor: he graduated cum laude in Composition at Verona Conservatory in 2012 and since then he wrote many chamber and symphonic works, always premiered with enthusiastic response from the public. Above his most recent compositions The Garden of Delights-A flute concerto after Bosch (Casa Musicale Sonzogno) premiered by Tommaso Benciolini with the Berliner Symphoniker at the Berliner Philharmonie and immediately reprised at Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul; élan vital (Sconfinarte Edizioni) and Festival Ouverture, both commissioned by Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova; Corybas-Fantastic dances for orchestra, which will be premiered in Tokyo by the Tokyo Philharmonic with the composer conducting ; Grand Guignol for bassoon and orchestra (Sconfinarte Edizioni), premiered by Paolo Carlini with Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento.
