CONDUCTOR
Massimo Raccanelli conducted Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart at Teatro Comunale in Ferrara, where he was reinvited for Die ZauberflÖte, conducted also recently at Teatro Municipale in Piacenza. He conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Teatro Ristori in Verona with the Orchestra Frau Musika. He was invited to conduct the Christmas Concert 2025 at Milan Cathedral with the Cameristi della Scala. He conducted the orchestras of Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova , Georgisches Kammerorchester in Ingolstadt, the Junges Musikpodium Dresden–Venedig Orchestra and Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker, becoming their principal guest conductor during the years 2013 \ 2015.
With the Orchestra of the City of Granada he conducted Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Elgar’s Cello Concerto , Thomas Demenga soloist. With Oktopus Ensemble he conducted the world premiere of Das Große Lächeln by Wilfried Hiller at Gasteig München.
For Baroque Experience a production of Pergolesi’s La Serva Padrona. Since 2022 he has held the position of music director of the European project Junges Musikpodium Dresden–Venedig.
Born in Treviso, Massimo Racccanelli graduated in cello from the Conservatory of Castelfranco Veneto and furthered his studies with Mario Brunello, Enrico Bronzi, Antonio Meneses. He collaborated as solo cellist with the Venice Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Andrea Marcon. For orchestral conducting he earned a master’s degree under Bruno Weil at the Hochschule in München where he served as his assistant in the production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. He was invited to conduct Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Le Nozze di Figaro at the Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland Festival. He conducted the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival , Vieanna and at the “Stiftkonzerte” in Sankt Florian, Linz.
In 2018 he was invited to replace Stefano Montanari at the helm of the Junges Musikpodium Dresden–Venedig at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona . With “I Solisti di Radio Veneto Uno” he conducted Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 and Brahms’s Violin Concerto at the Teatro Comunale in Treviso. For the 2019/2020 symphonic season of the Teatro Comunale di Treviso he conducted Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 3.
