Mariano Chiacchiarini

Recognized by critics worldwide with the ECHO Music Prize, the German Record Critics' Award, and the KONEX Prize in Music, Mariano began his international career by winning the 1st prize at the Teatro Colón Conducting Competition. This led to collaborations with the most prominent conductors, such as Sir S. Rattle, P. Boulez, P. Eötvös, R. Chailly, R. Muti, and B. Haitink; and to work with the most renowned orchestras and ensembles, including the Hong Kong Phil, Lucerne Festival Orchestras, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Filarmonica della Scala, Russian State Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, WDR Sinfonieorchester, German Radio Phil, Gürzenich Orchester Köln and Ensemble Modern. He has been invited to major festivals and concert venues, including the Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Young Euro Classic, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna and Berlin, Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Teatro Colón and l’Opéra Bastille. Mariano has served as Music Director of Trier University, as Conductor of Ensemble Garage and since 2014 began his cooperation with the National Symphony in Argentina. Most recently, he was selected for Barbara Hannigan’s Momentum Project, named a member of the German Music Council, recognized as an “Outstanding Cultural Personality” in his hometown, and awarded "Conductor of the Year" by the Critics’ Association. Since 2022, Mariano Chiacchiarini has been chosen as Universitätsmusikdirektor of the city of Bremen.