Lü Jia (; born 1964 in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
) is a Chinese-born Italian conductor. In 1991, when he was only 26, he was appointed as the Music Director of the
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi. Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San P ...
and from 1991 to 1995 he was also principal conductor.
In 1999, he became the principal conductor and director of the
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra (until 2005).
In 2007 he conducted "
La gazza ladra
''La gazza ladra'' (, ''The Thieving Magpie'') is a '' melodramma'' or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with a libretto by Giovanni Gherardini based on ''La pie voleuse'' by Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Cai ...
" by
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards f ...
at
Rossini Opera Festival The Rossini Opera Festival (ROF) is an international music festival held in August of each year in Pesaro, Italy, the birthplace of the opera composer Gioachino Rossini. Its aim, in addition to studying the musical heritage of the composer, is to re ...
in Pesaro and it was released as a DVD from
Dynamic.
In 2008, he became music director of the
Macao Orchestra
The Macao Orchestra also known as the Macau Orchestra ( pt, Orquestra de Macau, ) is a professional orchestra based in the Chinese special administrative region of Macao. Consisting of approximately 60 members from Asia, Europe, North America an ...
.
He is currently the chief conductor of the
China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra.
References
Italian male conductors (music)
1964 births
Living people
Musicians from Shanghai
21st-century Italian conductors (music)
21st-century Italian male musicians
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