Riccardo Minasi is principal guest conductor of Ensemble Resonanz in Hamburg and artistic director of Orchestra La Scintilla at the Zurich Opera House. The Italian conductor and violinist co-founded the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro in 2012, serving as its artistic leader until 2016.
He was chief conductor of the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra and (2017-22) and music director of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (2022-25).
In the 2025/26 season, Minasi was artist in residence at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, undertook a European tour with pianist Beatrice Rana and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, and made his first appearance with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Recent engagements include a successful debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker as well as concerts with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. In April 2025, Minasi made his first appearance with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducting Bach’s St Matthew Passion.
Past opera performances included Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte and Handel’s Rodelinda at the Dutch National Opera, Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Madrid), Così fan tutte (Glyndebourne Festival Opera) and Idomeneo (Genua) as well as productions at Opernhaus Zürich, Hamburg State Opera and the Opéra National de Lyon.
Riccardo Minasi has a wealth of recording experience, appearing on four Echo Klassik Award-winning albums in 2016 alone and most recently his Haydn, C.P.E. Bach and Kraft recordings with Ensemble Resonanz were awarded the Diapason d’Or de l’Année.
His performances are steeped in musicological integrity, and he has acted as historical advisor for the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, as well as co-editor of the 2016 Bärenreiter critical edition of Bellini’s Norma.