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Biography Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti (b. July 28, 1941) is an Italian conductor known for his work
as music director of La Scala opera house in Milan, and with the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Biography Muti, born in Naples, Italy, where he studied piano at the
Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale, and went on to
win the Cantelli Prize for young conductors in 1967. From 1968 to 1980,
Muti served as principal director and music director of the Maggio Musicale
Fiorentino.
Since 1971 he has been a regular participant at the Salzburg Festival,
conducting operas and concerts, where he is particularly known for his
Mozart opera performances. From 1972, Muti regularly conducted the
Philharmonia Orchestra in London. In 1974, he was appointed the orchestra's
principal conductor to succeed Otto Klemperer.
From 1980 to 1992, Muti was music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra,
which he led on numerous international tours. In 1
Discography
A Tenor Weekend
Handel: Water Music Suites
Heavy Classix
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4
Sibelius: Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 2
Plácido Domingo - Verdi ~ The Tenor Arias
