BIOGRAPHY

Lautaro Mura Fuentealba is a versatile conductor and a prominent representative of the new generation of Chilean orchestral conductors. He has worked with orchestras and ensembles such as Theater Bonn, Ensemble Modern, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Bergische Symphoniker, the International Ensemble Modern Academy, Ensemble Ascolta, Ensemble New Babylon, Kollektiv 3:6 Köln and Ensemble Consord (Germany), Vertixe Sonora (Spain), Ensemble Vortex (Switzerland), United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg), among others.

He has conducted at major festivals including Beethovenfest, Acht Brücken, Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, NOW! Festival and the Bielefeld Festival (Germany), Klangspuren Schwaz (Austria) and Gaudeamus Muziekweek (The Netherlands), and has appeared in venues such as the Philharmonie Köln, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Philharmonie Essen and Philharmonie Luxembourg.

In South America, Lautaro has conducted the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, Orquesta Clásica de la Universidad de Santiago, Orquesta de Cámara de Chile and Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de La Serena (Chile); the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Cuyo, Orquesta Filarmónica de Mendoza, Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial de Rosario and Orquesta de Cámara de Rosario (Argentina); the Orquesta Sinfónica del Cusco (Peru); and the Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas (Venezuela).

A strong advocate for contemporary music, he has made a significant contribution to the diffusion of Latin American repertoire in Europe as founder and musical director of Kommas Ensemble (Cologne, Germany). He is also the artistic director of the Frankfurt-based Broken Frames Syndicate, recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Ensemble Prize 2024, an ensemble dedicated to innovation and the revitalization of today’s musical scene.

Lautaro studied composition and orchestral conducting at the University of Chile with Cirilo Vila and David del Pino Klinge. After moving to Germany in 2014, he continued his conducting studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf with Rüdiger Bohn and later became a scholarship holder at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt.

He is the first prize winner of the Graz International Conducting Competition & Masterclass 2014 (Austria), a finalist at the Atlantic Coast Orchestral Conducting Competition (Portugal), and a semifinalist at the Città di Brescia “Giancarlo Facchinetti” Conducting Competition (Italy). He has participated in masterclasses and academies such as the Bartók Seminar & Festival (Hungary), the Järvi Academy (Estonia) and the Kritisches Orchester, working with distinguished teachers including Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Lothar Zagrosek, Lucas Vis, Helmuth Rilling and Colin Metters.