Marc Minkowski has been appointed music director of Boston Baroque. He succeeds founder and Music Director Martin Pearlman, who served the organization for more than five decades. Minkowski will begin with the 2026-2027 season. Filippo Ciabatti also joins the Boston Baroque artistic team in the newly created role of principal guest conductor. Minkowski, at age 18, founded the Les Musiciens du Louvre in Paris. He is also the founder of the Festival Ré Majeure in France, the former artistic director of the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, and, from 2016 to 2021, the general manager of Opéra national de Bordeaux. He regularly conducts orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, the Kanazawa Ensemble Orchestra in Japan, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Berlin Philharmonic. Minkowski balances his schedule between operatic and symphonic repertoire, conducting at opera houses including London’s Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, the Zurich Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Wiener Staatsoper, and the Salzburg Festival. He is an authority in the French Baroque repertoire and has built an extensive discography of Baroque opera. Born and raised in Paris by an American mother and French/Polish father, Minkowski began his studies at the Monteux School in Maine. In the 2026-27 season, Minkowski will lead three of Boston Baroque’s five concerts.
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