Italian conductor Daniela Musca is sought after as a symphonic and operatic conductor, acclaimed for the individuality and passion of her interpretations, her dedication to sound, and her attention to detail.
Last season, Musca returned to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, made her debut with the Jönköping Sinfonietta and Helsingborg Symphony, led the Malmö Symphony in their New Year's Concert, and returned to Wermland Opera in Karlstad for a new production of Tosca. She also conducted at the historic Democracy Festival in Berlin, honouring the 75th Anniversary of Germany's Constitutional Law.
Firmly committed to developing new generations of artists, she regularly works with the orchestras of the Malmö and Gothenburg music academies. Recent highlights also include her debuts at both the Copenhagen Opera Festival and Malmö Festival, a revival of Rigoletto with the Royal Opera in Stockholm and Out of the Blue, a new work for dancers and orchestra with music by Bach, Stravinsky and Björk, choreographed by Anouk Van Dijk with Malmö Opera, where she is returning this season to conduct the Scandinavian premiere of Verdi’s Giovanna d’Arco.
Daniela Musca conducted production premieres of L’elisir d’amore, The Count of Luxembourg, and Eugene Onegin, as well as revivals of Don Pasquale, The Threepenny Opera, La Traviata, Norma, and Otello at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. She made critically acclaimed debuts at the International May Festival in Wiesbaden, conducting Otello and L’elisir d’amore, and she led a new production of The Land of Smiles at the Lehar Festival in Bad Ischl. Her interpretation of Eugene Onegin at the Staatstheater Darmstadt was awarded the prize for the best Musical Interpretation at the Hessian Theater Days. As a pianist, she has accompanied Júlia Várady, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Cecilia Bartoli, and Silvana Bazzoni Bartoli.
Guest conducting appearances include concerts with the Gothenburg Symphony, Trondheim Symphony, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Turku Symphony, Würzburg Philharmonic, Recreation Großes Orchester Graz, and Oulu Sinfonia.
Musca’s first recording, with the Norrköping Symphony and harpist Delphine Constantin-Reznik, was released by BIS Records in 2021. Medici.TV broadcasted her engagement with the Odense Symphony, conducting the final rounds and winner’s concert at the Carl Nielsen International Competition. Musca also recorded the documentary Le Passage du Flambeau with Júlia Várady, directed by Bruno Monsaingeon.
Musca previously worked at the Staatsoper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Salzburg Festival, where she collaborated with Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Sir Donald Runnicles, Sir Antonio Pappano and Daniel Barenboim.