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Michele Campanella
Michele Campanella
Italian musician
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Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
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Otto Klemperer
Otto Klemperer
German conductor and composer
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Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi
Italian conductor
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Joly Braga Santos
Joly Braga Santos
Portuguese composer
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Nicholas McGegan
Nicholas McGegan
English conductor
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John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner
English conductor
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
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David Porcelijn
David Porcelijn
Dutch composer and conductor
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Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Icelandic pianist and conductor from Russia
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Carlo Maria Giulini
Carlo Maria Giulini
Italian conductor
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James Loughran
James Loughran
British conductor
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Roberto Abbado
Roberto Abbado
Italian conductor
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Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado
Spanish conductor
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Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
German conductor
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Herbert Blomstedt
Herbert Blomstedt
Swedish conductor
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra based in London
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John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
British conductor and cellist
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Herbert von Karajan
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
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Walter Susskind
Walter Susskind
Czech conductor, composer and pianist
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Carlos Kleiber
Carlos Kleiber
German-born Austrian conductor
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William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
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Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor (1867-1957)
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Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin
Russian classical pianist
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Charles Dutoit
Charles Dutoit
Swiss conductor
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Charles Mackerras
Charles Mackerras
Australian conductor
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Leif Segerstam
Leif Segerstam
Finnish conductor and composer
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Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Finnish conductor and percussionist
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Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
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Roger Norrington
Roger Norrington
British conductor
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
British orchestra based in London
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Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
German conductor
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Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent
English conductor, organist and composer
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José Carreras
José Carreras
Spanish opera singer
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Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano
British born, Italian naturalized conductor and pianist
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Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
British conductor
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Carlos Païta
Carlos Païta
Argentine conductor
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Italian conductor
Awards Received
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
honorary doctor of the University of Padua
Claudio Scimone

Claudio Scimone (23 December 1934 – 6 September 2018) was an Italian conductor.

He was born in Padua, Italy and studied conducting with Dmitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara. He established an international reputation as a conductor, as well as a composer. He revived many baroque and renaissance works. His discography includes over 150 titles, and he won numerous prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque of the Académie Charles Cros.

Claudio Scimone was the founder of I Solisti Veneti (the ensemble with which most of his recordings were made) and at the time of his death was the honorary conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal.

With the Philharmonia of London, he conducted the first recording of Muzio Clementi’s Symphonies.

Scimone led the world to discover the importance of Vivaldi's theatrical works, beginning with the first modern performance of Orlando furioso, featuring Marilyn Horne and Victoria de Los Angeles.

In the reborn Fenice Claudio Scimone directed the first modern revival of the Venetian version of Maometto secondo by Rossini.

He also gave the modern premieres of Moses in Egypt and Oedipus at Colonus by Rossini, and The Last Judgement by Salieri.

Claudio Scimone was awarded the title of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (the highest ranking honour of the Republic). He was also awarded an honorary law degree from the University of Padua.