Renato Palumbo devoted himself early to the study of singing, orchestral and chorus conducting, piano and composition, together with a passionate interest in all the aspects of opera theatre till his debut on the podium with Il trovatore when he was only nineteen. He is an interpreter of a huge repertoire, guest of the most important international theatres, such as Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Opéra Bastille in Paris, Covent Garden in London, Liceu de Barcelona, Washington National Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Berlin Deutsche Oper, Tokio, Bilbao, Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Lirico in Cagliari, Teatro Regio in Turin and in Parma, Maggio Musicale in Florence, La Fenice in Venice, San Carlo in Naples, Martina Franca Festival, Rossini Opera Festival and the Arena in Verona. In 2009, he inaugurated, conducting Turandot, the new Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. Besides the opera he devotes himself to the symphonic music, from Viennese classicism to Mahler and Hindemith, passing through the big romantic and pre-romantic German repertoire, Dvoràk, Grieg, Tchaikovsky. He has been decorated Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana for his artistic merits.