FROM ITALY TO THE WHOLE WORLD, THE MUSIC OF is excellence made in italy NAPLES. To suceed, music and talent need a common thread called passion, an eternal glue that makes everything consistent. These are the three characteristics allowing an artist to express himself on the basis of a substantial and constantly evolving cultural background. One of the greatest artists, endowed with exceptional talent and passion for music, is the master conductor Riccardo Muti, Italian pride for decades. Imposing and charismatic, Maestro Muti was born in Naples on 28 July 1941, but he lived in Puglia, in his father’s hometown, until he was 16 years old. He passionately dedicated himself to the study of the piano and, with his mentor Vincenzo Vitale, graduated with distinction at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples. He subsequently received a diploma in composition and conducting from the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he studied under the guidance of Bruno Bettinelli and Antonino Votto. He first came to the attention of critics and the public in 1967, when he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting Competition – by unanimous vote of the jury – in Milan. The following year he became principal conductor of the famous “Maggio Musicale Fiorentino,” a position he by Maria BRUNO 20 OI magazine
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