Widely admired for his charismatic presence, emotional depth, and remarkable versatility across both symphonic and operatic repertoire, Viotti appears on major podiums in the 2025/26 season, pursuing his fruitful collaboration with the Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, as well as making his highly anticipated debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In the 2026/27 season, Viotti will become Music Director of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, 12 years after his sensational debut in 2014. Furthermore, the Zurich Opera House, where he has been a recurring conductor, designated him as the next General Music Director from 2028, succeeding Gianandrea Noseda.

Viotti has enthralled audiences in Zurich with his Die Csárdásfürstin (2020), Werther (2018), Die tote Stadt, and Die Fledermaus (2025). Continuously deepening his knowledge of operatic repertoire, he has conducted in major houses across Europe and beyond, such as the Dutch National Opera, where he made his debut in 2019 with Cavalleria rusticana; La Scala in Milan (Simon Boccanegra); New National Theatre Tokyo (Tosca); Opéra de Paris (Faust); Staatsoper Stuttgart (Rigoletto); and Wiener Staatsoper (Von der Liebe Tod). As a highly esteemed symphonic guest conductor, Viotti has also worked with numerous distinguished orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, The Cleveland Orchestra, and Münchner Philharmoniker.

Raised in a Franco-Italian musical family, Viotti studied piano, singing, and percussion in Lyon before studying conducting with Georg Mark in Vienna and Nicolás Pasquet in Weimar. While in Vienna, Viotti continued to perform as a percussionist in renowned ensembles and orchestras, including the Wiener Philharmoniker. After winning a series of conducting competitions, including receiving the 2015 Salzburg Festival Young Conductors Award, he emerged on the international scene at the age of just 25. Since then, Viotti has gained rapid global recognition in both orchestral and operatic music worlds. In 2017, he was named Newcomer of the Year by the International Opera Awards and in 2018 held his first fixed position as Music Director of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.