Born in Linz[1] Campestrini's international concert and opera career has taken him to orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Tchaikovsky RSO Moscow, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, RSO Frankfurt, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, RSO Vienna, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, RSO Prague, RSO Budapest, National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico, the Cairo Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan) and many others.
He is musical director of the Klosterneuburg Opera on the outskirts of Vienna and Principal Guest Conductor of the International Late Summer Mu sic Festival Dubrovnik.
[6] As an opera conductor, Campestrini was 1st Kapellmeister at the renowned Aalto Theatre in Essen in over 100 performances.
Among the international soloists with whom he has worked are Lang Lang, Maxim Vengerov, Gidon Kremer, Julian Rachlin, Sharon Kam and Julia Fischer.
Campestrini studied conducting, composition, philosophy and languages in New York at the Juilliard School and Yale University and, in addition to his conducting activities, is also active as a pianist and composer of Lieder cycles, symphonic works and chamber music.