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Riccardo Chailly

1953 - Today

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Riccardo Chailly (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ʃʃaˈ(j)i], French: [ʃɑji]; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and of La Scala. 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Chailly is the 36th most popular conductor (up from 42nd in 2019), the 2,017th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,152nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Riccardo Chailly ranks 36 out of 128. Before him are Simon Rattle, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Václav Neumann, James Levine, Pierre Monteux, and John Philip Sousa. After him are Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, George Szell, John Barbirolli, Fritz Reiner, and Thomas Beecham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Riccardo Chailly ranks 117. Before him are Đorđe Balašević, David Chipperfield, Jeb Bush, Tito Jackson, Eleonora Giorgi, and Lloyd Austin. After him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Ulrich Mühe, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Laurentino Cortizo, and Sophie Calle.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Chailly ranks 2,017 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Battista Donati (1826), Alberto Tomba (1966), Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus (100), Luca Toni (1977), Antonio Cabrini (1957), and Ira von Fürstenberg (1940). After him are Francesco Maurolico (1494), Valerio Zurlini (1926), Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (null), Titus Flavius Sabinus (8), Giambattista Bodoni (1740), and Domenico Fetti (1589).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Italy

Among conductors born in Italy, Riccardo Chailly ranks 6. Before him are Riccardo Muti (1941), Claudio Abbado (1933), Arturo Toscanini (1867), Carlo Maria Giulini (1914), and Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946). After him are Victor de Sabata (1892), Claudio Scimone (1934), Daniele Gatti (1961), and Fabio Luisi (1959).

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