Biography



Bianca Maretti was born in the United-States but first studied conducting in Brazil, where she lived most of her life. She obtained a laureate bachelor’s degree in orchestra and choir conducting at the São Paulo State University (Unesp), one of the country’s most respected universities. In 2015, she moved to Paris and obtained a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in musicology at Sorbonne University, where she completed with honor a research about women conductors. She then decided to pursue her research by producing a PhD thesis on the feminization of orchestral conducting while also teaching at the musicology department of the Sorbonne.

Bianca continued studying conducting throughout her academic years. She obtained a superior diploma in orchestra conducting at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, in Dominique Rouits’ and Julien Masmondet’s class, and a choir conducting diploma at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, in Marc Korovitch’s class. Her deep desire to learn has led her to participate in masterclasses around the world with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kensho Watanabe, Michalis Economou, Claire Gibault, Aurélien Azan Zielinski and Roberto Tibiriçá, in which she had the opportunity to lead the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Athens Philharmonia Orchestra and more.

As an assistant, Bianca worked with Julien Masmondet, Jean-Philippe Sarcos and Benjamin Garzia, amongst others. She made her debut in the Hague in 2021 with the concert New Music for Software Synths and conducted in 2022 the project Je rêve de rêver at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. In 2023, she worked with the flutist Seohyeon Kim in the recording of the album Dali (Passerelle), under the label INITIALE.

She regularly works with Parisian orchestras like Désinence, Les Clés d’Euphonia, Note et Bien and the COGE Symphony Orchestra and Choir, with whom she interpreted masterpieces such as Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, Bruckner’s Third Symphony and the French premiere of Mignone’s Maracatu do Chico Rei. Bianca is currently the artistic director of the Orchestre Symphonique Alfred Loewenguth, the vocal ensemble Les Goûts Réunis and the Grand-Orly Seine-Bièvre Démos Orchestra. Since September 2024 she is also the conductor of the Orchestra cycle and the Amateur Orchestra of the Philharmonie de Paris.

Selected Projects

Kaprálová - Documentary

Oct 26, 2025

The documentary by Petr Záruba follows in the footsteps of the Czech composer Vítězslava Kaprálová. Her legacy is brought to life in parallel thanks to a new generation of conductors, such as Bianca Maretti, who rehearses some of her predecessor's compositions with an orchestra. Kaprálová's portrait thus becomes a tribute to all women who, despite language barriers, prejudices, and their origins, have managed to make their mark in the world of classical music.


Démos-Guri international exchange

Oct 4, 2025

A week long international exchange mission between Démos (Philharmonie de Paris) and Guri (Santa Marcelina Cultura). The mission took place in São Paulo - Brazil and Bianca was invited to conduct at two separate occasions: at the São José dos Campos center and at the Brooklin center. The week ended with a heartwarming open rehearsal including two orchestras and a choir.


Docu-reality Compondo Futuros

Sep 13, 2025

In the second season of the docu-reality series about the Campos de Jordão Winter Festival, past and present intersect. By following young scholarship recipients, the series reveals how the festival transforms lives. Teachers who were once students, musicians from different generations, and the challenges of training show that the event's legacy lives on, inspiring the future.


Album Dali (Passerelle)

Oct 17, 2024

The Dali (Passerelle in Korean) program is centered around works all originating from the encounter between different musical cultures, while reflecting the artistic personality of Seohyeon Kim, who unites Korean and French cultures. The first part of the program is dedicated to French composers, and the other part presents three pieces commissioned for this recording.


Je rêve de rêver

Jul 1, 2000

Aged 12 to 21, 40 students from two vocational high schools and a UPE2A class invested themselves in an artistic education project proposed by the Théâtre de l'Athénée and the Ensemble Les Apaches. Throughout the 2021-2022 season, they participated in writing, dance, and music workshops and committed to creating a work. After these workshops and a week-long residency at the Athénée, they presented "I dream of dreaming".


Repertoire

C.P.E. Bach – Flute concerto in D minor

Backer Grøndahl – Scherzo for Orchestra

Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra

Beethoven – Egmont Overture

Beethoven – Coriolan Overture

Beethoven – Symphony no. 1

Beethoven – Symphony no. 2

Beethoven – Symphony no. 3

Beethoven – Symphony no. 4

Beethoven – Symphony no. 5

Beethoven – Symphony no. 7

Beethoven – Piano Concerto no. 3

Beethoven – The Creatures of Prometheus

Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique

Berlioz – Le Carnaval Romain Overture

Bizet – Suite no. 1 of L’Arlésienne

Bizet – Carmen Suite no. 1

Bonis – Suite en forme de valses

Borodin – Symphony no. 2

Brahms – Academic Overture

Brahms – Symphony no. 1

Brahms – Symphony no. 4

Brahms – Violin Concerto

Brahms – Variations on a theme from Haydn

Brahms – Hungarian Danses (extracts)

Bruckner – Symphony no. 3 (1889 version)

Chopin – Piano Concerto no. 1

Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Debussy – La Mer (two pianos version)

Debussy – Petite suite

Debussy – Huit préludes (arr.)

Delage – Quatre poèmes hindous

Delibes – Le Roi s’amuse Suite

Delibes – Coppelia (extracts)

Delius – Two Pieces for Small Orchestra

Dvorák – Symphony no. 8

Dvorák – Symphony no. 9

Dvorák – Violin Concerto in A minor

Dvorák – Slavonic Danse no. 2 op. 72

Dvorák – Serenade for String Orchestra

Farrenc – Symphony no. 3

Franck – Symphony in D minor

Ginastera – Dances from Estancia

Guarnieri – Brazilian Danse

Haydn – Symphony no. 49 ‘La Passione’

Haydn – Symphony no. 102

Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major

F. Hensel – Overture in C

Hérold – Zampa Overture

Holst – Saint Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra

Honegger – Symphony no. 2

V. Kaprálová – Miniature Suite

V. Kaprálová – Partita for Piano and Strings Op.20

Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole

Lalo – Cello Concerto

Liszt – Les Préludes

Liszt – Piano concerto no. 1

Mahler – Adagietto from Symphony no. 5

Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

Mendelssohn – Hebriades Ouverture

Mendelssohn – Symphony no. 3 ‘Scottish’

Mendelssohn – Violin concerto

Milhaud – Le bœuf sur le toit

Milhaud – La création du monde

Mozart – The Magic Flute Overture

Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito Overture

Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro Overture

Mozart – Symphony no. 25

Mozart – Symphony no. 36

Mozart – Symphony 38

Mozart – Symphony 40

Mozart – Symphony 41

Mozart – Haffner Serenade no. 7 K.250

Mozart – Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor

Mozart – Flute and Harp Concerto

Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel arr.)

F. Price – Ethiopia’s Shadow on America

Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet Suite no. 2 (extracts)

Rachmaninov – Symphony no. 2

Rachmaninov – Symphonic Danses (two pianos)

Rautavaara – Divertimento for String Orchestra

Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel – Ma mère l’oye (Suite and complete Ballet)

Ravel – Chansons Madécasses - Nahandove (arr.)

Ravel – Histoires naturelles (arr.)

Ravel – Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Saint-Saëns – Symphony no. 3

Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto no. 2

Sibelius – Symphony no. 2

Schmitt – La Tragédie de Salomé

Schubert – Symphony no. 4 ‘Tragic’

Schubert – Unfinished Symphony

Schubert – Symphony no. 9, ‘The Great’

Schubert – Der Tod und das Mädchen (Mahler arr.)

Schumann – Symphony no. 1 ‘Spring’

Stravinsky –The Rite of Spring (extracts)

Stravinsky – Firebird (extracts)

Stravinsky – Petroushka (extracts)

Stravinsky – Pulcinella

Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale

Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms

Stravinsky – Octet for wind instruments

Stravinsky – Trois Poésies de la Lyrique Japonaise

Tansman – Triptyque for String Orchestra

H. Tavares – Piano concerto no. 2

Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 1

Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 5

Tchaikovsky – Symphony no. 6

Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky – Serenade for String Orchestra

Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker (extracts)

Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty (extracts)

Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite (extracts)

Varèse – Octandre

Villa-Lobos – Sinfonietta no. 1

Villa-Lobos – Bacchianas Brasileiras no. 4

Wagner – Siegfried Idyll

Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod (Farrington arr.)

Webern – Concerto for nine instruments Op. 24

Ópera

Bizet – Carmen

Massenet – Werther

Mozart – Don Giovanni (extracts)

Mozart – The Impresario

Poulenc – Le Dialogue des Carmélites \[03/2026]

Verdi – Traviata

Saint-Saëns – Samson and Delilah (extracts)

With choir

J. S. Bach – Saint John Passion

J. S. Bach – Mass in B minor

Brahms – A German Requiem

Brahms – Nänie

Brahms – Schiksalslied

Duruflé – Requiem

Fauré – Requiem

Mendelssohn – Die erste Walpurgisnacht

Mendelssohn – Elijah (extracts)

Mignone – Maracatu do Chico Rei

Mozart – Requiem

Mozart – Great Mass in C minor

Orff – Carmina Burana

Saint-Saëns – Le Déluge

Verdi – Requiem

V. Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem

Living composers/Premieres

Guilherme De Almeida – Horses Will Dance in Defrosted Rivers One Day

Fabien Cali – Matière de la steppe

Régis Campo – Street Art

Pierre Chépelov – Je rêve de rêver original music

Anna Clyne – This Midnight Hour

Daniel Ehrlich – Very Slow

Leo Lehtinen – Touched and Adorned

Alexandre Lunsqui – Blimunda

Julian Maple-Oliveira – 8

Volker Preuss/Bach – Chaconne from Partita no. 2 (violin and choir)

Fabien Touchard – Yasilun

Movies soundtrack

Forrest Gump Suite (Custer arr.)

John Williams Highlights (Ricketts arr.)

Jurrassik Park – Williams

Mission: Impossible Theme (Custer arr.)

Morricone in Concert (Cardoso arr.)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Ricketts arr.)

The Legend of Ashitaka (Ciacco arr.)

Brass Band

Dukas – The Sorcerer's Apprentice (arr.)

Ugarte/Sala – De mi Tierra... for Piano and Brass Band

Choir a cappella (main pieces)

Bach – Jesu meine Freude

Martin – Mass for Double Choir

Poulenc – Un soir de neige

Purcell – Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

Shchedrin – The Sealed Angel

Rachmaninov – Vespers

Berio – Cries of London

Guérinel – La morte meditata