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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
