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Riccardo Muti (born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was named Music Director…
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- New Year's Concert 2025 — Self - Conductor2025
- Concerto per Agrigento - Capitale italiana della Cultura 2025 — Self - Conductor2025
- Concert in honor of and in the presence of Pope Leo XIV2025
- New Year's Concert 2021 — Self - Conductor2021
- I Wiener Philharmoniker e Riccardo Muti: una lunga amicizia in musica — Self - Conductor2021
- Resurrection2019
- Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti — Self - Conductor2019
- New Year's Concert 2018 — Self - Conductor2018
- Wonders - The Peninsula of Treasures — Self - Guest2018
- Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival — Self - Conductor2017
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Riccardo Muti, (born July 28, 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will officially start his contract in 2010. Muti was born in Naples, Italy, where his father was a doctor and an amateur singer; his mother was a professional singer. Muti studied piano in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale. He was subsequently awarded a diploma in Composition and Conducting by the Conservatory "Giuseppe Verdi
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-07-28 ) 28 July 1941 (age 84) , Naples , Kingdom of Italy
- Alma mater
- Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella , Naples, Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory , Milan
- Occupation
- Conductor
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Spouse
- Cristina Mazzavillani ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 )
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Official website
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Riccardo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Naples
- Occupation
- music director
- Educated at
- San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music
- Employer
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Award
- Ratzinger Prize
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.riccardomuti.com
- Image
- Embajador Wayne asiste a la clase magistral impartida por el Maestro Riccardo Muti (cropped).jpg
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- Riccardo Muti
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- 1965-00-00
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- Riccardo Muti
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Encyclopedic overview
Riccardo Muti ( Italian: [rikˈkardo ˈmuːti]; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was named music director emeritus in Chicago in 2023.
A prolific recording artist, Muti has received numerous honours and awards, including two Grammy Awards. He is especially associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll he was ranked by music critics as the world's fifth best living conductor.
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