Filippo Ciabatti is a dynamic and versatile conductor who enjoys a multifaceted career. He has been praised for his “sensitive and nuanced” musicianship and for delivering performances “with admirable sweep and tension.” A native of Florence, Italy, he has conducted orchestras across Europe and the Americas, including the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Irving Symphony Orchestra (TX), Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra (GA), Park ICM Orchestra (MO), Portland Symphony Orchestra (ME), San Angelo Symphony Orchestra (TX), Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Festival Orchestra (Sweden), Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad Central (Colombia), and members of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (Italy). In summer 2024, he was awarded the Joel Revzen Conducting Prize and engaged to conduct the Festival Orchestra Napa (CA).​

Ciabatti has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Gabriel Cabezas, Ray Chen, Nathan Gunn, David Kim, Tommy Mesa, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Time for Three. An advocate of contemporary music, he commissioned a cello concerto by Noah Luna, which aired on NPR’s From the Top. He has also promoted cross-genre collaborations, such as premiering a secular oratorio by jazz composer Taylor Ho Bynum and hosting MacArthur Fellow Tomeka Reid for a performance of her cello concerto.

In October 2023, Ciabatti was named Assistant Conductor of Boston Baroque, the first such appointment in the prestigious ensemble’s 50-year history. This season, he will return to guest conduct their celebrated annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. He is also the founding Artistic Director of Upper Valley Baroque, a professional orchestral and choral ensemble, which after only four seasons has already received critical acclaim and regularly performs to sold-out houses.

Equally at home in opera, Ciabatti is the Music Director of the Opera Company of Middlebury, where he made his debut with a production of Fidelio in June 2023. He has also conducted productions with Opera North (NH) and the Lyric Theatre at Illinois, including Tosca, Madama Butterfly, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Don Giovanni (starring and directed by Nathan Gunn).

Ciabatti is also an accomplished coach and collaborate pianist. He was on the faculty of Opera Viva! (Verona, Italy) for several seasons, and he joined the Seagle Festival (NY) faculty this summer. He has played for masterclasses with Renée Fleming, Isabel Leonard, and William Matteuzzi, and has served as a vocal coach at institutions such as the Cherubini Conservatory, Florence Opera Academy, and Maggio Musicale Formazione.

Ciabatti holds advanced degrees in piano, choral conducting, and orchestral conducting from both Italy and the United States. In 2018, he was a Conducting Fellow at the Aurora Music Festival (Sweden) under Jukka-Pekka Saraste. A dedicated educator, he serves as the Director of Orchestral and Choral Activities at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College. He won The American Prize in Conducting (college/university division) in 2021. He resides in Vermont with his wife Francesca, their toddler Gianluca, and their cat Sofia.