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Swiss star conductor Lorenzo Viotti has doubts about the classical music business

Swiss star conductor Lorenzo Viotti has doubts about the classical music business: “What are we doing all this for?”

The 31-year-old Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti climbs the career ladder with ease, conducting in Milan and Berlin. On Instagram he shows his bare chest, in an interview his unconditionality and his vulnerable side.

The Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti in the Zurich Opera House.

Image: Karin Hofer / NZZ

Meeting point at 2 p.m. at the artists’ entrance to Milan’s Scala in the elegant Via Filodrammatici: Lorenzo Viotti arrives on time, a shopping bag on his arm and a long, fashionable coat. Soon you are sitting in the Sala Rossa and all the splendor of Milan and of life is forgotten. Viotti likes to stage himself on Instagram, in conversation it becomes clear: he is an obsessive seeker of sound and quality.

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