Alessandro Crudele

Alessandro Crudele is one of the most outstanding and versatile conductors to emerge from Italy in recent years. Among the orchestras he has conducted, and will conduct during the next season, are the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Berliner Symphoniker, Bochumer Symphoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais, Sofia Philharmonic, FOK Prague Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica George Enescu, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini and Orchestra della Toscana. From 2018 to 2022 Crudele held the position of Principal Guest Conductor of the RTS Symphony Orchestra in Belgrade. He is a frequent guest in Asia where he has conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra and Hong Kong Sinfonietta with whom he has built a strong relationship since his successful debut in 2011. He made his debut in Japan with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in 2016. Crudele was born in Milan and studied violin and composition at the Conservatorio di Milano. His education as a conductor started at an early age. He studied at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena where he was awarded the most prestigious Diploma d’Onore. He received further instruction from Christoph von Dohnányi and Sir Simon Rattle. Crudele currently lives in Berlin.