Rodolfo Saglimbeni (born 8 December 1962, in

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) is a conductor. He studied music in Venezuela and then at the Royal Academy of Music of London with

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, John Carewe and

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, obtaining his degree with Honors. Saglimbeni studied under

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at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) in 1981. He has served as Associate Director of the Caracas Sinfonietta and Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, as well as in the role of founder and Artistic Director of the Great Marshal of Ayacucho Symphony orchestra, and Musical Director of the

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. In 1985, he won 2nd prize at France's

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; where he was also the youngest conductor that year. He returned to Venezuela in 1987. He has been invited to conduct symphony orchestras in

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, Colombia,

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and El Salvador. In 1990, he was hired as tutor and later as Co-director of the summer course of the ''Canford Summer School of music'' (which moved location and is now the ''Sherborne Summer School of Music'') in

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. He has been awarded the prize of Best Director of the Year and National Prize of the Artist and decorated with the Order “Jose Felix Ribas” First Class. In March 1999, he won the Director of the Americas Award in

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. In 2003, he was appointed artistic director of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas. In 2019 Saglimbeni was appointed Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile. Sherborne Summer School of Music Available at https://www.sherbornesummerschoolofmusic.org/aboutus.html Accessed: 21 August 2022

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Web site of Rodolfo SaglimbeniWebpage of Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saglimbeni, Rodolfo 1962 births Living people People from Barquisimeto Venezuelan conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Venezuelan classical musicians Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Prize-winners of the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century male musicians