Bruto Diodato "Uto" Ughi (; born 21 January 1944) is an

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ist and conductor. He was the music director of the

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between 1987 and 1992. He is considered one of Italy's greatest living violinists and is also active in the promotion of

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in today's culture.

Career

When he was young he started to play the violin, at only «5 or 6 years» he said, and he made his debut at 7 years old, at the Teatro Lirico di

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o. At 12 years he was considered a mature artist. He involves himself in many activities to promote music culture. He is the founder of several music festivals, namely "Omaggio a

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", "Omaggio a Roma" (1999–2002) and "Uto Ughi per Roma." In tandem with Bruno Tosi, Uto Ughi instituted the musical prize "Una vita per la Musica" ("A life for Music"). On September 4, 1997, he was commissioned ''Cavaliere della Gran Croce'' by the Italian President and in 2002 he received a degree honoris causa in

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. He has won various awards, the most prestigious "Una vita per la musica - Leonard Bernstein" (23/6/1997), "Galileo 2000" prize (5/7/2003) and the international prize "Ostia Mare" (8/8/2003). Ughi has possessed the following fine instruments: the ''Van Houten-Kreutzer'' (1701) and ''Sinsheimer-General Kyd-Perlman'' (1714) by

Antonio Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, ''Stradivarius'', as well as the colloq ...

; and the ''Kortschak-Wurlitzer'' (1739), ''Ole Bull'' (1744) and ''Cariplo-Hennel-Rosé'' (1744) by

Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù Bartolomeo Giuseppe "del Gesù" Guarneri (, , ; 21 August 1698 – 17 October 1744) was an Italian luthier from the Guarneri family of Cremona. He rivals Antonio Stradivari (1644–1737) with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his in ...

. He received the ''America Award'' of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015.

Discography

Studio albums

Other albums

Bibliography

* '' Quel diavolo di un trillo. Note della mia vita'' (''That devil trill. Notes from my life'') (2013)

References

External links

Uto Ughi official website
1944 births Living people People from Busto Arsizio Italian classical violinists Male classical violinists Italian male conductors (music) 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians 21st-century classical violinists {{violinist-stub