Davide Trolton (b. 2001) is a conductor, winner of the first prize in the Erich Bergel International Conducting Competition (2024) and the Italian “Premio delle Arti” (2023).

He has conducted in concert many professional orchestras, including BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, FORM Filarmonica Marchigiana, Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, ORT Orchestra della Toscana, Istituzione Sinfonica Abruzzese, Filarmonica de Stat Târgu Mureș, Roma Tre Orchestra, OPV Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, I Solisti Aquilani, and others. He has collaborated with soloists such as Anna Tifu, Ivan Shemchuk, Alberto Bocini, Silvia Dalla Benetta, Leonardo Pierdomenico, as well as actresses such as Angela Finocchiaro and Sonia Bergamasco.

In 2025, he was assistant conductor to Vasily Petrenko for Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad” with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, in 2026 he assisted John Storgårds with BBC Philharmonic performing Mahler second symphony.  

He further refined his artistic development at the Accademia Chigiana with Daniele Gatti, Michel Tabachnik, and Luciano Acocella, concluding the programme with a Diploma of Merit. He has also attended masterclasses with, among others, Ludovic Morlot, Alpesh Chauhan, Giampaolo Bisanti, Nicolas Pasquet, and Mark Heron.

He has been selected for a Master of Music at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK), where he is regularly involved in projects with the BBC Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, The Hallé, and Manchester Camerata. He previously completed his Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting with full marks (110/110 cum laude with special distinction) at the G. B. Martini Conservatory in Bologna, studying with Luciano Acocella.

His commitment to music and conducting emerged at an early age. At thirteen, he began his musical path under the guidance of Spanish conductor and composer Ferrer Ferran. In 2019, at the age of eighteen, he was admitted to the Italian Conducting Academy directed by Gilberto Serembe. Alongside this formative work, he pursued studies in piano and composition, earning an additional degree in Percussion with top marks (110/110 cum laude).

Since 2025, he has been a supported artist with the Associazione De Sono (IT) and the Ann Gerrard Bursaries (UK).