Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi (born January 17 1959, Genoa) is an Italian conductor. He attended the Conservatorio Nicolò Paganini and was a student of Memi Schiavina. After receiving his degree in piano studies, he continued piano instruction with Aldo Ciccolini and Antonio Bacchelli.
Luisi developed an interest in conducting while working as a piano accompanist, and he studied conducting at the conservatory in Graz with Milan Horvat. He worked at the Graz Opera as an accompanist and conductor. His first conducting appearance was in Italy in 1984. From 1990 to 1995, he was principal conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra. From 1995 to 2000, he served as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tonkünstlerorchester in Vienna. From 1996 to 1999, he was one of three main conductors (Hauptdirigenten) of the MDR Symphony Orchestra (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester) in Leipzig, along with Marcello Viotti and Manfred Honeck. From 1999 to 2007, he was sole principal conductor of the MDR orchestra. He was the principal conductor of l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande from 1997 to 2002. Since 2005, he has served as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony.
In January 2004, Luisi was named the next chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden and of the Semperoper, Dresden, effective as of September 2007.
In March 2005, Luisi made his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut, with Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos.[1] Luisi has conducted several opera recordings, including Giuseppe Verdi's Aroldo, Jérusalem and Alzira[2], and Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell[3].
References
- ^ Anthony Tommasini (2005-03-05). "Can't Make Up His Mind, Just Like That Other Prince". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Tim Ashley (2001-08-17). "A brave new world". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Tim Ashley (2005-07-15). "Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Gustafson/ Kotoski/ Ungureanu/ Sabbatini/ Hampson/ Vienna Staatsoper Orchestra and Chorus/ Luisi". The Guardian. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
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External links
- Fabio Luisi official website
- Vienna Symphony, Fabio Luisi biography
- MDR Sinfonieorchester official website Template:De icon
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