Stuttgart Philharmonic with Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Recognized by critics worldwide with the ECHO Music Prize, the German Record Critics’ Award, and the KONEX Prize in Music, Mariano began his international career by winning the 1st prize at the Teatro Colón Conducting Competition. This led to collaborations with the most prominent conductors of today, such as Sir S. Rattle, P. Boulez, P. Eötvös, R. Chailly, R. Muti, and B. Haitink; and to work with the most renowned orchestras and ensembles, including the Hong Kong Phil, Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Russian State Orchestra, Philharmonique de Radio France, WDR Sinfonieorchester, German Radio Phil, Gulbenkian Orquestra and the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker.

He has been invited to major festivals and concert venues, including the Lucerne Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Young Euro Classic, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Elbphilharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna and Berlin, Tchaikovsky Hall Moscow, Teatro Colón and l’Opéra Bastille.

Mariano has served as Music Director of Trier University, as Conductor of Ensemble Garage, since 2014 began his cooperation with the National Symphony in Argentina and with the Lucerne Festival Academy.

Most recently he was selected by Barbara Hannigan’s Momentum Project, named as a member of the German Music Council, as “Outstanding Personality of the Culture” of his hometown and awarded with the Premio Nacional Clásica.

In 2025, he received the Music Critics Association Award as “Conductor of the Year” at the Parliament of Buenos Aires.

Since 2022 Mariano Chiacchiarini was chosen Musikdirektor of the University of Bremen.

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is already captivating audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation” (Fraser). She made her debut on the international scene at the BBC Proms, performing the Florence Price Concerto and was heralded by the press as “demonstrating musical insight, technical acuity, and an engaging performing persona” (Music OMH). The piece was then recorded with Chineke! and Leslie Suganandarajah, released on Decca Classics in Summer 2023. The Guardian hailed her performance, stating that ‘Price could have no more persuasive an advocate’.

Now an exclusive Sony Classical Artist, Jeneba’s debut solo album ‘Fantasie’ was released in March 2025, to wide acclaim. It was named Classic FM’s Album of the Week and Gramophone praised Jeneba as ‘a pianist of enormous technical resources in service of an uncommonly rich and versatile musical imagination’. The album was notably nominated for a prestigious Edison Award.

In 25/26, Jeneba will be making her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gemma New for the Hollywood Bowl, as well as the Philadelphia Orchestra with Marin Alsop at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. She is also working with the Florida Orchestra and North Carolina Symphony, and making her solo debut recital tour, performing for the Vancouver Recital Series, Baltimore’s Shriver Hall and Washington’s Dumbarton Concerts. An avid recitalist, she will be returning to London’s Wigmore Hall, as well as performing at the Bergen International Festival, Antwerp’s deSingel, Dublin’s Royal Academy, amongst many others.