Giovanni Guzzo
Alongside his role as concertmaster/director of the Camerata Salzburg, Giovanni continues gathering praise for his work conducting some of today's leading ensembles and soloists such as the English Chamber orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Manchester Camerata, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Magdeburgisches Philharmonie and Camerata Nordica.
Giovanni began his conducting studies alongside the violin at the Royal Academy of music in London with Denise Ham, then furthering such studies with Rodolfo Saglimbeni and John Carewe. In 2021, he completed a Masters degree in Advance conducting in the University of Arts in Berlin (U.D.K.) with Maestro Steven Sloane and Harry Curtis. Through his experience leading and directing some of the world’s leading orchestras such as the Budapest festival orchestra, London Symphony orchestra, Pittsburgh symphony and Bamberg Symphoniker; Giovanni has worked closely with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Ivan Fischer, Sir Colin Davis, Juanjo Mena, Herbert Bloomstedt, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Semyon Bishkov and Marin Alsop.
Giovanni was assistant conductor to Sir Simon Rattle at the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra (BRSO) in Munich in 2023, for productions of Mozart’s Idomeneo and Zender’s Schubert Winterreise.