Diego Ceretta
Debut with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra: May 30, 2026
The Italian conductor Diego Ceretta has been Chief Conductor of the Orchestra della Toscana since 2023 and has quickly established himself as one of the most fascinating young talents on the international conducting scene.
He graduated from the Conservatory of Milan, where he studied composition, violin, and orchestral conducting under Maestro Daniele Agiman, completing his studies with distinction. He further refined his training at the Italian Conducting Academy with Gilberto Serembe and at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, where he studied with Luciano Acocella and Daniele Gatti, earning the Diploma di Merito in 2019.
Ceretta served as assistant to Daniele Gatti for the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s “Julius Caesar” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and collaborated with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi in performances of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2.
He has conducted many of Italy’s leading orchestras, including the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (at the 85th Festival), the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, the Filarmonica Toscanini, the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, the Orchestra dell’Arena di Verona, the Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, the Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, and the Orchestra Sinfonica Rossini in Pesaro.
International engagements have taken him to the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Orchestre National de Montpellier (with Alexandre Tharaud), and the Krakow Philharmonic.
Ceretta is also active in the operatic field. He has conducted productions including La Sonnambula (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari), Donizetti’s Zoraida di Granata (Wexford Opera Festival), a new production of La Battaglia di Legnano (Festival Verdi), Il Matrimonio Segreto (Ancona), a new production of Macbeth (Rete Lirica delle Marche, directed by Pierluigi Pizzi), Don Quixote (Teatro San Carlo di Napoli at the Louvre Museum), L’Elisir d’Amore (Teatro Comunale di Bologna), and Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro Regio di Parma).
His festival appearances include debuts at the Rossini Opera Festival, Turku Music Festival, Festival Verdi, MiTo Festival, Festival della Valle d’Itria, and the Ravello Festival. Recent and upcoming highlights include Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Opéra de Lille, the War Requiem and La Bohème with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and a symphonic concert with the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
