Promenade Concert No.420
Venue: Suntory Hall Venue Info Seat
Daniele RUSTIONI, Conductor
Alexandra CONUNOVA, Violin
Daniele RUSTIONI (Principal Guest Conductor)
Daniele Rustioni is one of today’s most dynamic conductors, celebrated for his artistry across leading opera houses and major orchestras worldwide. Named “Best Conductor” at the 2022 International Opera Awards, he has served as Music Director of Opéra National de Lyon since 2015, concluding his tenure in 2025. He was the first-ever Principal Guest Conductor at the Bavarian State Opera and, and he has become Principal Guest Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in the 2025-26 season, where he debuted in 2017. He has led acclaimed productions including Carmen, Rigoletto, and Falstaff, and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the Met Orchestra in 2023. Rustioni has held major positions with the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra della Toscana, and appears regularly with top ensembles across Europe, the U.S., and Japan where he debuted with Madama Butterfly at the Nikkikai Opera in 2014. Other orchestras in Japan include the HPAC Symphony Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Philharmonic. Rustioni has been appointed Principal Guest Conductor at the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra in the 2025-2026 season. A former student of the Milan Conservatory, Accademia Chigiana, and Royal Academy of Music, he also records for major labels including Decca, Naxos, and Sony Classical.
Alexandra CONUNOVA (Violin)
First Prize at the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition in Hannover in 2012, and prizewinner at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and at the Singapore International Violin Competition, Alexandra Conunova has been hailed by her virtuosity, warm tone, impressive range of color, and flawless technique. In 2016 she also received the prestigious Fellowship by the Borletti-Buittoni Trust in London.
Recent highlights include engagements with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, NFOR, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, among others. She frequently performs under the batons of maestros Theodor Currentzis, Mikhail Pletnev, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Lawrence Foster and Gianandrea Noseda, among others.
Conunova is regularly invited to the most prestigious festivals, such as Verbier, Gstaad, Montreux, Septembre Musical, Aix-en-Provence, Folle Journée, Besançon, Martha Argerich Festival, Ferrara Musica, Accademia Santa Cecilia…and collaborates as chamber music partner with Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Gauthier Capuçon, Denis Kozhukhin, Michail Lifits, Andreas Ottensamer, Gérard Caussé, Boris Brovtsyn and Jean Rondeau, among others.
Recent highlights include engagements with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Paris Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Mariinsky Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, NFOR, Orchestra Teatro Regio Torino, among others. She frequently performs under the batons of maestros Theodor Currentzis, Mikhail Pletnev, Gabor Takacs-Nagy, Lawrence Foster and Gianandrea Noseda, among others.
Conunova is regularly invited to the most prestigious festivals, such as Verbier, Gstaad, Montreux, Septembre Musical, Aix-en-Provence, Folle Journée, Besançon, Martha Argerich Festival, Ferrara Musica, Accademia Santa Cecilia…and collaborates as chamber music partner with Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Gauthier Capuçon, Denis Kozhukhin, Michail Lifits, Andreas Ottensamer, Gérard Caussé, Boris Brovtsyn and Jean Rondeau, among others.
