Alessandro MacKinnon-Botti studied Music at Oxford University under David Maw and was senior organ scholar at Oriel College, taught by Alex Flood. He is a part of New Chamber Opera as a Repetiteur, having played harpsichord continuo in the production of Acteon before assuming the role of Assistant Musical Director in the opera King Arthur and Conductor for Prospero’s Books Suite and The Draughtman’s Contract Suite. In 2022 he was Assistant Musical Director in the Oxford Playhouse production of An American in Paris where he also played the piano solo part.