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Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia and the Orchestra Stabile dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The current music director is Antonio Pappano. It was founded in 1908. From its foundation until 1936 it performed at Teatro Augusteo. Since 2002, the orchestra has been housed at il Parco della Musica designed by architect Renzo Piano.

Music Directors

191244 Bernardino Molinari
194445 Franco Ferrara
195373 Fernando Previtali
197375 Igor Markevitch
1976 Thomas Schippers^[1]

198387 Giuseppe Sinopoli
198792 Uto Ughi
199297 Daniele Gatti
1997-2005 Myung-Whun Chung
2005present Antonio Pappano

Notes

Though appointed to the position in 1976, Schippers died before taking the podium.

External links

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia official website

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Music Directors
Bernardino Molinari (1912) Franco Ferrara (1944) Fernando Previtali (1953) Igor Markevitch (1973) Thomas Schippers (1976) Giuseppe Sinopoli (1983) Uto Ughi (1987) Daniele Gatti (1992) Myung-Whun Chung (1997) Antonio Pappano (2005)

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