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Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Charles Édouard Dutoit (born 7 October 1936) is a Swiss conductor. He is currently the principal guest conductor for the Saint Petersburg Philharmonia and co-director of the MISA Festival in Shanghai. In 2017, he became the 103rd recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal Award. Dutoit held previous positions with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra,…
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- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1936) is a Swiss conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of French and Russian 20th century music. He has made influential modern recordings of Hector Berlioz's Roméo et Juliette and Maurice Ravel's ballets Daphnis et Chloe and Ma Mere l'Oye. Dutoit was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, studied there and graduated from the Geneva Conservatory where he won first prize in conducting, then he went to the Music Academy in Siena by the invitation of
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- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Lausanne
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Conservatory of Lausanne
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- viola
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
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- Charles Dutoit 1987 Bamberg-19870114-RM-104242.jpg
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- Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)
- date of birth
- 1936-10-07
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- Charles Dutoit
- name in native language
- Charles Dutoit
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
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