Paolo Bortolameolli
conductor
‘every moment of the action was alive...a crisp, dynamic performance…’
– Los Angeles Times
Currently Associate Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli has a bustling concert schedule across the Americas, Asia and Europe. In addition to his post in Los Angeles, he is also Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Esperanza Azteca (México) and Principal Guest Conductor of Filarmónica de Santiago (Chile).
Having conducted every significant orchestra in his Chilean homeland and been awarded prizes four times by the Arts Critics Association as Symphonic and Opera Conductor of the Year, Paolo has regular conducting relationships across Latin and North America, Europe and Asia, including with the Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Orchestra della Toscana (Italy), Gulbenkian Orchestra (Portugal), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar (Venezuela), Orquesta de las Américas, Orquesta Clásica Santa Cecilia (Spain), Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Orquesta Sinfónica del SODRE (Uruguay), Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (México) and Orquesta Filarmónica Joven de Colombia in addition to the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil).
Paolo’s relationship with the LA Phil will continue through the 2021/22 season, when he will conduct subscription concerts and increase his engagement with the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center designed by architect Frank Gehry. Paolo has conducted concerts at both the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall every season since his arrival in LA, including a landmark new production of Meredith Monk’s inventive opera ATLAS, performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2019. Also in 2021/22, Paolo will work with other top orchestras in North America: Kansas City Symphony, San Antonio Symphony and Charlotte Symphony, as well as orchestras and opera houses at the highest level across Europe.
Paolo is passionately committed to new music and audiences. He is currently Artistic Director of the Esperanza Azteca National Symphony Orchestra as part of an educational residency run by the Fundación Azteca de Grupo Salinas in Mexico. Paolo has also developed innovative projects such as “Ponle Pausa,” a project that seeks to rethink the concept of music education through the implementation of short videos and concerts targeting social network users.
In 2018, he was a guest lecturer for a TED Talk in New York, and in 2020, he released his first book: RUBATO Procesos musicales y una playlist personal.
Paolo holds a Master of Music degree (Yale School of Music, 2013), a Graduate Performance Diploma (Peabody Institute, 2015), a Piano Performance Diploma (Universidad Católica de Chile, 2006) and a Conducting Diploma (Universidad de Chile, 2011).
