Giordano Bellincampi is the Music Director of the Auckland Philharmonia and teaches at the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. Born in Italy and moving to Copenhagen at a young age, Bellincampi began his career as a trombonist with the Royal Danish Orchestra before making his professional conducting debut in 1994.
Previously, he was the Principal Conductor of I Pomeriggi Musicali, Milan, Chief Conductor of the Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra from 2013–2018, General Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic from 2012–2017, General Music Director of the Danish National Opera, Aarhus from 2005–2013, Music Director of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra from 2000–2006 and, between 1997–2000, he was also Chief Conductor of the Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, the leading contemporary ensemble in Denmark.
With an enormous repertoire embracing classical, romantic and contemporary music, Bellincampi is particularly celebrated for his prowess in the Central European, Italian and Scandinavian symphonic traditions, and for his interpretations of significant choral and vocal works. At Gothenburg Opera he has previously conducted the orchestra, choir and soloists in a concert program with Wagner, Elgar and Mendelssohn.