A European career spanning ballet, opera, and symphony

Franco-Italian conductor, Charlotte Politi He is a musician with a versatile background, equally at home in ballet, opera and symphonic repertoire. In recent seasons he has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, L'National Orchestra of Metz and theChamber Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, among other formations. Recent highlights include the Don Giovanni to the Waterperry Opera Festival and the debut at Semperoper Dresden with Vice versa, new contemporary dance production. He also regularly directs for the Royal Ballet and Opera of London, of which she has been associate director since 2023, and for the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

The 2025–26 season sees Charlotte Politi return to Royal Ballet (The Nutcracker), to the Birmingham Royal Ballet (Don chisciotte) and to the Semperoper Dresden (Vice versa is Sleeping Beauty). He also continues his role as Emerging Conductor Fellow at the Chromatica Orchestra.

After studying piano and musicology in Florence, he completed his training in conducting in Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and in the United States, at the University of Michigan. He also took part in prestigious conducting masterclasses, including the’Italian Opera Academy with Riccardo Muti and the Conductors' Academy of the Tonhalle Zurich 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).