Assistant Conductor: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Aged only 24, Italian-Turkish conductor Nil Venditti has already established relationships with orchestras including Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and Orchestra della Toscana. In 2019/20 she makes her debuts with the Camerata Salzburg and Ulster Orchestra, while continuing her conducting studies in Zurich.
Throughout the season, Venditti serves as Assistant Conductor to Marc Albrecht and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, making her Amsterdam Concertgebouw debut with the NPO at the end of January 2020. In the same month, she also assists Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.
For her Camerata Salzburg debut in November 2019, she conducts Fazil Say in works by the pianist/composer himself, who has become a strong supporter since they first worked together in February 2017.
With a strong affinity for the core classical repertoire of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Venditti is also expanding her scope into the operatic field, having conducted Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and Die Zauberflöte, as well as Salieri’s Prima la musica poi le parole, and assisted in Verdi’s Ernani.
Venditti is an advocate for finding inclusive relationships with new audiences. She has championed Nicola Campogrande’s Concerto for Public and Orchestra, originally commissioned for the Paris Philarmonie, for which the audience is given plastic-wrapped sweets with which to create noise while the orchestra plays, being conducted as part of the performance. She first conducted the work for an open-air audience of 2,000 people in Matera, Italy, in 2016, and conducts it again with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in September 2019 and the Ulster Orchestra in April 2020.
