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Guido Cantelli
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Guido Cantelli was an Italian conductor born in Novara on April 27, 1920. He was a student of Antonino Votto and received his education at the Milan Conservatory. Cantelli held citizenship in both Italy and the Kingdom of Italy. He spoke Italian and was associated with the classical music genre.
Cantelli died in Paris, Orly, on November 24, 1956, as a result of accidental death. He was male and is categorized as a person in music databases. His professional profile includes tags identifying him as a conductor and an Italian artist.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 1956
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 922
- Total plays
- 5,703
Tags
Guido Cantelli (27 April 1920 – 24 November 1956) was an Italian orchestral conductor. He was named Musical Director of La Scala, Milan in November 1956 but his promising career was cut short only one week later by his death at the age of 36 in an airplane crash in Paris, France. Biography Born in Novara, Italy, in 1920, Cantelli studied at the Milan Conservatory and began a promising conducting career, which was interrupted by World War II, during which he was forced to serve in the Italian ar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Novara
- Place of death
- Orly
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Antonino Votto
- Image
- Guido Cantelli, 1950 - collezione Tino Barindelli (detail).tif
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- date of birth
- 1920-04-27
- date of death
- 1956-11-24
- manner of death
- accidental death
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- Guido Cantelli
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Encyclopedic overview
Guido Cantelli, c. 1953
Guido Cantelli ( Italian: [ˈɡwi.do kanˈtɛl.li]; 27 April 1920 – 24 November 1956) was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" after witnessing him conduct at La Scala, Milan in May 1948. He was named music director of La Scala in November 1956, but his promising career was cut short only one week later by his death at the age of 36 in the 1956 Paris DC-6 crash in France en route to the United States.
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