Mariano Chiacchiarini

Recognized worldwide with the ECHO Music Prize, the German Record Critics’ Award, and the KONEX Prize in Music, Mariano Chiacchiarini began his international career by winning 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 working with the most renowned orchestras, including the Hong Kong Phil, Filarmonica della Scala, Russian State Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Gulbenkian Orchestra and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.

He has been invited to major festivals, such as the Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Young Euro Classic and the Donaueschinger Musiktage, and to prestigious concert venues including the Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna and Berlin, KKL Luzern, Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Teatro Colón, Deutsche Oper am Rhein and l’Opéra Bastille.

He served for over twelve years as Music Director of Trier University and Conductor of Ensemble Garage. Since 2014, he has been one of the principal guest conductors of the National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina and has also been engaged with the Lucerne Festival Academy since 2013. Recent distinctions include his participation in Barbara Hannigan’s Momentum Project, his appointment to the German Music Council, recognition as an “Outstanding Personality of Culture” of his hometown, and the Premio Nacional Clásica. In 2025, he was named “Conductor of the Year” by the Music Critics Association at the Parliament of Buenos Aires.

Since 2022, Mariano Chiacchiarini has been named Universitätsmusikdirektor of the city of Bremen.