French-Italian conductor Charlotte Politi has established herself as a versatile artist, working in opera, ballet, and symphonic concerts. In recent seasons, she has worked with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de Metz, Orchestra da Camera del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and others. She conducts regularly for the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and for the Royal Ballet and Opera in London, where she is associate conductor since 2023.  

After studying piano and musicology in Florence, Charlotte studied conducting in Germany, at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and in the United States, at the University of Michigan. She has also taken part in prestigious conducting masterclasses such as the Italian Opera Academy with Riccardo Muti, and Conductors’ Academy of the Tonhalle Zürich, 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).