Diego Matheuz is one of the most prominent figures to emerge from Venezuela’s El Sistema and has established himself as a key presence on the international stage, both in the symphonic and operatic repertoire. Former Principal Conductor of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, he has built a vibrant career across Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Australia. He has held major leadership roles including Principal Conductor at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Principal Guest Conductor of the Orchestra Mozart in Bologna—at the invitation of Claudio Abbado—and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Since 2022, he has served as Principal Conductor of the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra in Tokyo, a role that stems from his close collaboration with the legendary Japanese maestro. He has also toured Asia and appeared at the Matsumoto Festival with the Saito Kinen Orchestra.

In the 2023–2024 season, Matheuz made highly acclaimed debuts at the Wiener Staatsoper with Il barbiere di Siviglia and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with a new production of Bizet’s Carmen. He also conducted at the National Opera of Chile and returned to Vienna in January 2025 to further acclaim. The 2024–2025 season marks his full establishment as an opera conductor, with return engagements at Teatro La Fenice (La traviata), the Vienna State Opera, and the Paris Opera (Il barbiere di Siviglia), as well as a new production of L’elisir d’amore at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu. In Italy, he appears at Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari with Don Carlo and at the Rome Opera with Carmina Burana, and will return to Japan with La traviata.

In the symphonic field, he will make his debut with the New York Philharmonic in three subscription concerts in October 2025. His operatic career has brought him to stages such as the Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper in Berlin, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Theater an der Wien, Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro Regio di Torino, Arena di Verona, and the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro. Among his most notable recent productions are Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Barber’s A Hand of Bridge (La Fenice), Aida (Arena di Verona), Bernstein’s Mass (Rome, directed by Damiano Michieletto), Le Comte Ory with Juan Diego Flórez (Pesaro Festival, broadcast by RAI), and La Cenerentola at the Paris Opera.

In the symphonic repertoire, he has led major international concerts including two globally broadcast New Year’s Concerts from La Fenice, the ECHO Klassik Gala with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and soloists such as Anna Netrebko, Olga Peretyatko, and Philippe Jaroussky, as well as the Deutsche Grammophon 120th Anniversary Gala at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall, which was released as an official album. He has conducted leading orchestras such as the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, La Scala Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Spanish National Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, among many others.

Deeply committed to education and faithful to his roots in El Sistema, Matheuz has worked extensively with youth orchestras in Venezuela, including the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, with which he has toured internationally. Since 2019, together with violinist Francesco Senese, he co-leads MACH, an educational initiative that is part of the “Musica sull’Acqua” festival in Colico, Italy. This program offers free training to young musicians from around the world, combining masterclasses and orchestral experience with tutors from orchestras such as the Mozart Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Simón Bolívar, and the London Symphony Orchestra.