Riccardo Chailly

Italian conductor · Italy · On the map · Musicians · Born 1953 · age 73

Riccardo Chailly is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and of La Scala.

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2012Echo Klassik - Conductor of the YearAward2009Leipzig International Mendelssohn PrizeAward1998Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAwardKnight of the Order of the Netherlands LionAward1994Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1953Born20 February 1953

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Echo Klassik - Conductor of the Year2012

Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize2009

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1998

Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion1998

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1994

Feltrinelli Prize

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Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions at the Gewandhausorchester (2005-2016); the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1988-2004); the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1982-1988); and the Teatro Comunale of Bologna (1986-1993). He was also the first musical director of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (1999-2005) and principal guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1983-1986).

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Italy