Lorenzo Viotti is one of the world’s most celebrated conductors and currently chief conductor of Dutch National Opera and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.

Lorenzo Viotti

Throughout his career, the French-Swiss conductor has received several major awards including the Nestlé Young Conductors Award 2015 and ‘best newcomer’ at the International Opera Awards 2017.

Lorenzo regularly leads many of the world’s most respected orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Wiener Symphoniker, Filarmonica della Scala, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2022 Lorenzo was named Global Brand Ambassador for Bulgari watches.

Paul Cournet is a French architect and editor based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Paul Cournet

In 2022, Paul founded CLOUD, an international architecture, research and design studio based in Rotterdam. The studio develops a wide range of projects with a particular interest in the materiality of architecture, both for its tangible as well as its intangible aspects.

Paul is also the deputy editor of Capsule, the annual design publication, co-curator of Capsule Plaza, the design festival, and lead designer of Capsule Studio, the creative studio offering a full suite of in-house capabilities.

Previously, Paul studied architecture in France and worked as an architect at OMA*AMO between 2010 and 2021. As a multihyphenate designer he works across scales spanning architecture, interiors, product design and curation.

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