Riccardo Muti
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Riccardo Muti is an Italian conductor born in Naples in 1941. He studied piano and composition at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella before winning the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition in 1967. Muti served as music director of the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and La Scala, and has been music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2010. He is renowned for his interpretations of Verdi, Mozart, and the Italian operatic repertoire, and has recorded extensively for EMI and Warner Classics. Muti founded the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy and the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini to nurture young musicians. He has received numerous honors including the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and multiple Grammy Awards.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Location
- Napoli · Italy · Italy
- Active
- From Jul 28, 1941
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