List of Italians - Conductors

Conductors

• Claudio Abbado (born 1933), conductor. Principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (1979–88); director of the Vienna State Opera (1986–91), and the Berlin Philharmonic (1989–2001)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), pianist and composer who attained fame as a pianist of brilliance and intellectual power
• Riccardo Chailly (born 1953), conductor known for his devotion to contemporary music, and for his attempts to modernize approaches to the traditional symphonic repertory
• Victor de Sabata (1892–1967), conductor and composer. He is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished operatic conductors of the 20th century
• Daniele Gatti (born 1961), conductor. He is considered the foremost conductor of his generation"
• Carlo Maria Giulini (1914–2005), conductor esteemed for his skills in directing both grand opera and symphony orchestras
• Fabio Luisi (born 1959), conductor of the Vienna Symphony and the Staatskapelle Dresden
• Riccardo Muti (born 1941), conductor of both opera and the symphonic repertory. He became one of the most respected and charismatic conductors of his generation
• Claudio Scimone (born 1934), conductor. He founded I Solisti Veneti in 1959, specializing in 18th-century and 20th-century Italian music
• Tullio Serafin (1878–1968), conductor. An outstanding conductor of Italian opera, he did much to foster the revival of interest in Bellini and Donizetti
• Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946–2001), performed with an intensity and daring that made him one of Europe's most controversial orchestra leaders
• Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957), conductor, considered one of the great virtuoso conductors of the first half of the 20th century