Riccardo Chailly
Date of birth: 1953-02-20
Place of birth: Milan, Italy
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Riccardo Chailly, who was born in 1953 in Milan, studied at the Conservatories of Perugia, Rome, and Milan and at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, beginning his career as an assistant to Claudio Abbado at La Scala in Milan. Chailly was appointed Music Director of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1980, and in 1988 he moved to the same position with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, which he helmed for sixteen years. From 2005 to 2016, Riccardo Chailly served as head of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; starting in 2015, he became Music Director of La Scala in Milan, and since the summer of 2016 he has held the position of Music Director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Chailly regularly conducts such leading European orchestras as the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre de Paris. In the United States, he has worked with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. As an opera conductor – in addition to his performances at La Scala – he has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House in London, Zurich Opera, the Bavarian and Vienna Staatsoper companies, Chicago Lyric Opera, and San Francisco Opera. Riccardo Chailly has received many prizes for his more than 150 CDs, including two Echo Klassik Awards (in 2012 and 2015); Gramophone magazine chose his account of the Brahms symphonies as Recording of the Year in 2014. Riccardo Chailly is a Grand’Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana, Cavaliere di Gran Croce, and a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion. In 1996 he was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London, and in France he has been an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres since 2011.
Movie Credits
Berliner Philharmoniker - Waldbühne 2011 - Fellini Jazz e Co
2011-07-02
Gustav Mahler: I Have Lost Touch with the World
2004-01-01
A documentary based on Gustav Mahler's 9th Symphony. Riccardo Chailly is conducting and analyzing th
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly)
2013-02-21
As Riccardo Chailly points out, "The Fifth begins with a dark, gloomy, and tragic tone, but then is
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 6 (Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly)
2012-09-06
The audience knows that the performance of a Mahler symphony is not only a musical experience but is
Attrazione D'Amore/Voyage to Cythera
1998-11-01
Attrazione d'Amore is a touching illustration of the unique relation that has developed between the
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Riccardo Chailly - Mahler [Symphony No. 8] (Lucerne Festival 2016)
2017-05-19
Riccardo Chailly - Mahler [Symphony No. 8] (Lucerne Festival 2016)
Un Ballo in Maschera
2005-11-26
Live performance from Oper Leipzig, 26 November 2005.
Die Macht der Musik - 200 Jahre Beethovens Neunte
2024-05-07
Composed in 1824, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" will celebrate its bicentennial in 2024. With its fam
Violin Concertos Beethoven - Mendelssohn . Nikolaj Znaider - Riccardo Chailly
2016-02-16
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 (Riccardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
2011-09-27
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and their Music Director Riccardo Chailly have already acquired leg
In Search of Beethoven
2009-04-17
In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great comp
Conducting Mahler
2002-06-06
Documents the interpretations of Gustav Mahler's compositions by conductors Bernard Haitink, Riccard
Verdi Macbeth Chailly
1987-01-01
Claude D'Anna's film of Verdi's Macbeth is a gloomy affair, stressing the descent into madness of th
I Am La Scala
2016-09-21
The 200-year-old story of Milan’s illustrious opera house, La Scala, home to the great tenor Placido
Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
2018-06-15
"Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and thr
Verdi: Aida
2006-12-14
Early recordings of Franco Zeffirelli's 2006 production of Verdi's opera which saw Roberto Alagna's
Turandot
2015-05-01
Visually this is a gripping production which captures the drama of this opera perfectly. It's downri
I Vespri Siciliani
1986-07-17
I Vespri Siciliani must me Verdi's most underrated masterpiece. Most people are put off by the fact
Waldbühne 2011: Fellini, Jazz & Co
2011-07-02
The Waldbühne in Berlin, one of the most appealing outdoor amphitheatres on the European continent,
A riveder le stelle
2020-12-07
"Lucia de Lammermoor" should actually have opened this year's season. But Corona prevents the title
Schumann - Symphony No. 4 – Piano Concerto
2006-06-01
Riccardo Chailly conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and pianist Martha Argerich in this 2006 c
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Riccardo Chailly)
2014-09-29
A passionate conductor and composer, Gustav Mahler never received the recognition he deserved during
Ludwig van Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos, Nikolaj Znaider
2016-02-15
Felix Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64 Ludwig van Beethoven Conce
Concerto per Milano
2024-06-09
Riccardo Chailly & Alexander Malofeev Lucerne Festival 2024
2024-09-24
On the shores of Lake Lucerne, Riccardo Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra continue their Ra
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 - Leipzig | Paris | Milan | Vienna
2024-04-26
Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movement
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony - Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra
2018-06-01
Beatrice Rana @ Lucerne Festival 2025
2025-01-01
The Lucerne Festival Orchestra and its music director Riccardo Chailly dedicate an evening to Sergei
Il Trittico
2008-01-01
Juan Pons, Barbara Frittoli, Mariana Lipovsek, and Leo Nucci star in this 2008 La Scala production o
Gustav Mahler Symphony No.4 (Ricardo Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra)
"The greatest mix of colors that ever existed" was Gustav Mahler's description of the third movement
La forza del destino
2025-10-16
A Lady Macbeth of the District of Mcensk at the 2025 “Prima della Scala” in Milan, Italy
2025-12-07
On the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death, La Scala opens the Season with his masterpiece Lady