The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi) is an Italian orchestra based in

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. The orchestra refers to itself as ''La Verdi'' colloquially. The orchestra's primary residence is the ''Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo''.

History

Vladimir Delman founded the orchestra in 1993 as an independent, self-governing organisation. In 1998, a choir affiliated with the orchestra was established, the Coro Sinfonico Giuseppe Verdi di Milano. In 2002, the orchestra was resident at the Spoleto

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, and played in

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in its first European tour. In 2004, the orchestra became the resident orchestra at the Festival delle Nazioni of

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. The orchestra has toured throughout Italy, such as in the autumn of 2006. On 24 April 2008, the orchestra also performed for

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for the third anniversary of

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. In 2008 the Orchestra also took part on Opera Gala "World Stars" performing operas’ arias by Verdi and Puccini.

Conductors

The orchestra's first music director was

Riccardo Chailly Riccardo Chailly (, ; 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 positio ...

, from 1999 to 2005. Chailly now has the title of Conductor Laureate.

Rudolf Barshai Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (russian: Рудольф Борисович Баршай, link=no, September 28, 1924November 2, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and violist. Life Barshai was born on September 28, 1924, in Stanitsa Labinskay ...

was named conductor laureate in 2006. Principal guest conductors have included

Helmuth Rilling Helmuth Rilling (born 29 May 1933) is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), the Internationale Bachakademie ...

and Wayne Marshall.

Claus Peter Flor Claus Peter Flor (born 16 March 1953, Leipzig) is a German conductor. Flor studied violin and clarinet at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Zwickau. He continued his music studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar and the HMT Felix ...

became principal guest conductor in 2003. In March 2009, the orchestra announced the appointment of Xian Zhang as its next music director, the first woman to be named music director of an Italian symphony orchestra. She held the post until 2016, and now has the title of ''Direttore Emerita'' (conductor emeritus) with the orchestra. In June 2017, the orchestra announced the appointment of Flor as its next music director, effective with the 2017-2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years.

Recordings

* 2000 -

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: Heroines, Conductor

, (Decca, DDD) * 2000 -

: Messa Solenne, Conductor Riccardo Chailly, (Decca, DDD 00289 467 2802) * 2001 - ''Cinema Italiano'' (with

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, Deborah Harry,

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and

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), Conductor

Luis Bacalov Luis Enríquez Bacalov (30 August 1933 – 15 November 2017) was an Argentine-born film composer. He learned music from Enrique Barenboim, father of Daniel Barenboim the conductor of the Berlin, and Chicago orchestras, and also Berta Sujovolsky ...

, (Decca, 467 050-2) * 2002 - Sacred Song, with

Plácido Domingo José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French ...

, Conductor

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, (

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, DDD) * 2003 -

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...

: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6, Conductor

Oleg Caetani Oleg Caetani (born 1956) is an Italian conductor. Life and career Born in Lausanne, Caetani studied with Nadia Boulanger. At the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome, he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara and composition with Irma Ravinale ...

, (ARTS music) * 2003 -

Bruno Maderna Bruno Maderna (21 April 1920 – 13 November 1973) was an Italian conductor and composer. Life Maderna was born Bruno Grossato in Venice but later decided to take the name of his mother, Caterina Carolina Maderna.Interview with Maderna‘s th ...

: Grande Aulodia, Conductor Sandro Gorli, (Stradivarius, DDD) * 2003 - Bruno Maderna: Liriche su Verlaine, Conductor Sandro Gorli (Stradivarius, DDD) * 2003 - Theater Brass at Cinecittà, David Short, Ensemble di ottoni e di percussioni dell'Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, (Beat Records) * 2003 -

Nino Rota Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (; 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota (), was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visco ...

: ''Lo scoiattolo'', Erna Collaku, Francesco Palmieri, Luciano Miotto, Conductor Giuseppe Grazioli (La bottega discantica, DDD) * 2003 - Puccini: Integrale per quartetto d'archi (

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, DDD) * 2003 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Conductor Oleg Caetani, (ARTS music) * 2003 - Una furtiva lagrima,

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, Conductor

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(Decca, DDD 00289 473 4402) * 2003 - Rossini Arias,

, Conductor

(Decca, DDD 00289 470 0242 ) * 2003 - Verdi Discoveries, Conductor

(

, DDD 00289 473 7672) * 2003 - Rossini Discoveries, Laura Giordano, Ildar Abdrazakov, Michele Pertusi, Conductor Riccardo Chailly (Decca, DDD) * 2003 - Puccini Discoveries, Taigi, Calleja, Mastromarino, Urbanova, Volonté, Conductor Riccardo Chailly (Decca, DDD 00289 475 3202) * 2004 - Ramón Vargas, Between Friends, conductor Vjekoslav Sutej, (

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) * 2004 -

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, Tenor Arias, conductor

(Decca, DDD 00289 470 6482) * 2004 - Sempre libera,

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, conductor

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(DG) * 2004 - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 10, Conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2004 - Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2004 - Great Tenor Arias,

, conductor Carlo Rizzi (Decca, DDD 00289 475 5502) * 2004 – Puccini, Arie, Conductor Anton Coppola (

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) * 2004 –

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, Orchestral transcriptions, Conductor Riccardo Chailly (Decca, DDD 00289 476 2830) * 2005 – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2005 – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2006 – Shostakovich, Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1-5, conductor

(Brilliant Classics, EAN Code 5029365821223) * 2006 – ''Forbidden Love'', conductor Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (

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) * 2006 – Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 12, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2006 – Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 ("Babi Yar"), Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2006 - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1, 10 & 15, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2006 - Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 14, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2006 - Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies, conductor Oleg Caetani (ARTS music) * 2008 - Umberto Giordano: ''Andrea Chénier'', conductor Vjekoslav Sutej. (

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DDD) * 2008 - "Cielo e mar", Conductor Daniele Callegari, (

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, ''La Storia di Tuttifäntchen'' (Christmas fable), Conductor Fabrizio Dorsi ( La Bottega Discantica) * 2008 - Verdissimo Arias by

, conductor

(

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) * 2008 -

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, ''

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'', conductor Steven Mercurio (

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)

Record awards

* 2000:

- Heroines (conductor,

; Decca),

Gramophone Award The Gramophone Classical Music Awards, launched in 1977, are one of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry. They are often viewed as equivalent to or surpassing the American Grammy award, and refe ...

, Classic FM People's Choice, Le Choc de l'Année * 2006: Shostakovich, Complete Symphonies (conductor,

; Arts), 10/10 Highest Rating - Classics Today, il ffff – Télérama awards

Music directors

* Riccardo Chailly (1999-2005) * Xian Zhang (2009-2016) * Claus Peter Flor (2017–present)

References

External links

Official website of the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
{{Authority control Italian orchestras Musical groups established in 1993 Music in Milan Giuseppe Verdi 1993 establishments in Italy Musical groups from Milan