Carlo Maria Giulini

Carlo Maria Giulini ( born May 9, 1914 in Barletta, Bari, southern Italy, † 14 June 2005 in Brescia, Lombardy ) was an Italian conductor.

Life

Giulini was raised in Bolzano and therefore spoke only Italian but also fluent in German. He studied from 1930 to violin, composition and conducting at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, followed by a violist and moved in 1944 into a conducting career.

From 1946 to 1951 he conducted the RAI Radio Orchestra in Rome and in 1950 the newly founded RAI Orchestra of Milan. His operatic debut was in 1948 in Bergamo with Verdi's La Traviata, made his debut at La Scala was in 1952 with La vida breve ( The Short Life ) by de Falla. From 1953 to 1956 he worked at La Scala successor de Sabatas, here he was, inter alia, in 1954 participated in the famous La Traviata with Maria Callas staging, directed by Luchino Visconti. In 1955 he made ​​his U.S. debut in Chicago. Since 1956 he worked without a firm commitment to an orchestra, often with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London. He concentrated from 1967 to symphony concerts, especially in the works of Bruckner, Brahms and Mahler. Until 1982 he conducted another opera, Falstaff by Verdi, in Los Angeles.

From 1969 to 1978 he was a guest conductor ( "principal guest director" ) of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 1976 as the successor of Josef Krips chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, from 1978 to 1984 the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1998 he finished his conducting activities. To his life's work includes numerous LP recordings, including the Vienna Philharmonic, was one of the most important conductors Giulini over many years. Giulini was the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna since 1976 Honorary Member. In 1988 he was awarded an Antonio Feltrinelli Prize.

After a prolonged illness Giulini died on 14 June 2005 in Brescia and was buried on June 16 in the family chapel in Bolzano.

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