Riccardo Chailly

conductor Riccardo Chailly in Leipzig

Riccardo Chailly (* 20. February 1953 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian conductor and since 2005 Gewandhauskapellmeister to Leipzig.

Biografie

its father was a composer Luciano Chailly and the boy in natural way into the world of the music was in such a way introduced. He got the sound-formative basic training in the parental house, before he occurred at the local resident conservatoire the class of Franco Caracciolo. Master courses with Piero Guarino in Perugia and Franco Ferrara to the Accademia musicals Chigiana in Siena provided until 1972 for the necessary stylistic fine cross section, so that Chailly could place itself into the early Siebzigern of the competition. Its debut gave it 1970 in Milan , importantly already became however above all meeting with Claudio Abbado, which got the 21jährigen as its assistant and second conductor to the citizens of Milan Scala.

From then on it constantly preceded. Opera houses from all world invited the newcomer from 1974 on. It directed regularly in Chicago (” Madama Butterfly”, Giacomo Puccini; “Rigoletto”, Giuseppe Verdi; “Pagliacci”, Ruggero Leoncavallo; “Cavalleria Rusticana”, Pietro Mascagni) and 1977 San Francisco. Its official debut as a conductor to the Scala gave Chailly 1978 with this „IL to Masnadieri “and stepped soon thereafter at the Viennese state opera - and. A. Andrea Chénier of Umberto Giordano 1983 - likewise up as at the New Yorker metropolitan Opera, in the Londoner Covent guards as at the Bavarian state opera in Munich to the desk. From 1982 to 1988 Ricardo Chailly worked London of the Philharmonic Orchestra as a principal conductor at the radio symphony orchestra Berlin (today German symphony orchestra Berlin) and from 1982 to 1985 as a first guest conductor. Anno 1986 one appointed it in addition for three years as the musical director/conductor of the opera of Bologna.

But for the following years its appointment became most important 1988 the principal conductor of the Concertgebouw orchestra in Amsterdam. With outstanding concerts and aufwändigen projects he strengthened its call as an international point ensemble and extended beyond that its repertoire by many works 20. Century. For example its performances excited special attention with meals - the festival 1995 on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the first concert of the composer in at that time the Concertgebouw already existing. He could look back it on 15 Amsterdamer years, which brought many exciting and fascinating certifications out on CD like the meal he cycle, which it 2004 with „the 9. Symphony had locked “- apart from „the song of the earth “the largest work of the composer - impressively, and Bruckner - Dirigate as for instance „the 8.Symphonie “, which originated in to 2002 with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Since September 2005 it is in Leipzig, in order to manage both the there opera house as well as the garb house orchestra.

Riccardo Chailly is more dynamically, simultaneous in addition, detail-possessed conductor. More than two decades co-operation with the Decca thereby approximately ninety photographs out brought. The Rossini „Gugliemo Tell “for example with Luciano Pavarotti (1978), Giordanos „Andrea Chénier “with Pavarotti and Caballé (1982), beautiful mountain „Gurrelieder “(1990), Strawinskys „lives of a Wüstlings “with London Sinfonietta, Puccinis „Manon Lescaut “with José Carreras and Kiri of width unit Kanawa (1988) and Rossini „Cenerentola “with Cecilia Bartoli are only some high-praised examples of this successful co-operation. „Jazz “and „thanks “the album of Schostakowitsch with the Concertgebouw sold themselves over 250.000 times. And for its remarkable orchestra and instrument valley photographs Messiaens belong „to Turangalîla Symphonie “(1993), Hindemiths chamber music, Rossini - Ouvertüren with the Philharmonics of the Scala like evenly the outstanding bringing in of the Symphonien Mahlers and Bruckners.

In view of the artistic devotion and energy, with which Riccardo Chailly dedicates itself to all its commitments, it does not surprise that it got the “Cavaliere di Gran' Croce” in October 1998 presented by the president of the Republic of Italy. Before he had been already appointed of the Londoner Royal Academy OF music the honour member. On the occasion of the concert to its ten-year Dienstjubiläum in November 1998 in Amsterdam Riccardo Chaillys Portrait was incorporated into the gallery of its outstanding Concertgebouw predecessors. To the numerous prices, which it received over the years, among other things also twice the price of the German record criticism belongs first for „songs “together with Barbara Bonney (2000), in addition for the air album with Juan Diego Flórez (2002).

In the year 2006 Chailly becomes, then planned, for the first time for some years again an opera performance at the citizens of Milan Scala is to lead.

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before its obligation to Leipzig was chailly principal conductor orchestra sinfonica of the e coro sinfonico giuseppe verdi in Milan.