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Roberto Abbado
Roberto Abbado
Italian conductor
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Carlo Colombara
Carlo Colombara
Italian opera singer
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Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado
Italian conductor (1933-2014)
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Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor
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Arthur Nikisch
Arthur Nikisch
Hungarian conductor
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Michele Mariotti
Michele Mariotti
Italian conductor
6
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Italian conductor and composer
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Paolo Restani
Paolo Restani
Italian pianist
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Stefan Anton Reck
Stefan Anton Reck
German conductor
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Andrea Carè
Andrea Carè
Italian opera singer
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
Italian bass-baritone
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Marcello Giordani
Marcello Giordani
Italian operatic tenor
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Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
German conductor
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Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado
Spanish conductor
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Rafael Kubelík
Rafael Kubelík
Czech conductor, violinist, composer and director conductor of Czech philharmony
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Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur
German conductor
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Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez
peruvian tenor
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Renata Tebaldi
Renata Tebaldi
Italian opera singer
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Éva Marton
Éva Marton
opera singer
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Martin Lattke
Martin Lattke
German tenor
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José Carreras
José Carreras
Spanish opera singer
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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
German lyric baritone and conductor
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Italian conductor
Record Labels
Awards Received
Feltrinelli Prize
Leipzig International Mendelssohn Prize
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Chailly on 13 August 1986 conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ʃʃaˈji], French: [ʃɑji]; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. 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). Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's best living conductor.

Born in Milan, Chailly first studied composition with his father, Luciano Chailly, in his youth. He continued with composition at the conservatories in Milan and Perugia, but later shifted to conducting under Piero Guarino [it] and Franco Ferrara. He made his conducting debut at La Scala in 1978 with Massenet's Werther, where he had been assistant director to Claudio Abbado since 1973. Upon becoming principal conductor at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, he embarked on performing standard symphonic works—particularly Bruckner and Mahler—but expanded the orchestra's previously minuscule 20th century and contemporary repertoire. Long associated with the Gewandhausorchester, he is credited with having significantly raised their international status. He has also been the music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since 2016, with a contract until 2026. For 30 years he has recorded exclusively with Decca, and recordings with the Gewandhausorchester have been particularly acclaimed.