Danila Grassi

Born in 1993, she graduated cum laude in conducting under the guidance of Marcello Bufalini at the "Alfredo Casella Conservatory of Music" - L'Aquila. She approached music thanks to cello's study under the guidance of Marcello Forte at the "Nino Rota Conservatory of Music" in Monopoli. After her graduation she won two bursaries, the former for a conducting traineeship with the Mannheimer Philarmoniker (GERMANY) and the latter as assistant professor for the renowned “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole”. She improves her opera skills studying with Donato Renzetti. In 2021 Fabio Luisi choose her as his own assistant for the Festival della Valle d'Itria and in the same festival Danila records the distinction of being the first woman to conduct an opera title in 2022, with La Scuola dei Gelosi