Charlotte Politi is a French-Italian conductor based in London. In the 24/25 Season she makes her debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Chromatica, and at the Semperoper Dresden. Politi also returns to the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and to the Birmingham Royal Ballet. ​In recent seasons, she has worked with London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Metz, Northern Ballet Sinfonia, Orchestra da Camera del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

 

Named by the BBC Music Magazine as a “Rising Star”, she thrives in both the concert hall and the theatre. She has conducted several ballet productions with the Birmingham Royal Ballet (where she was the Conducting Fellow from 2021-2023) and with the Royal Ballet, where she is the Constant Lambert Associate conductor since 2023.

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After studying piano and musicology in Florence, Charlotte studied conducting in Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and in the United States, at the University of Michigan. She has also taken part in prestigious conducting masterclasses such as the Italian Opera Academy with Riccardo Muti, and Conductors’ Academy of the Tonhalle Zürich, under the guidance of Paavo Järvi. She was appointed Assistant conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (2022-23) and Fellow Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (2023-24).