Maestro
22ndApril2005, 23:23
Riccardo Muti has frequently been invited to conduct the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Wiener Philharmoniker, and has developed an especially significant and intense rapport with the Viennese orchestra. A frequent guest in the Austrian capital, Riccardo Muti has been awarded the Golden Ring, an honour traditionally accorded to the great orchestral conductors.
Muti has an on-going recording project with the prestigious Vienna ensemble, centred principally on the masterpieces of the classical and romantic symphonic tradition (Mozart, Schubert and Schumann), and has also led the Wiener Philharmoniker on a number of European tours, including to the Teatro alla Scala in 1994 and 1997, and more recently to the Carnegie Hall in New York.
In January 1991, Muti conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker in Salzburg in the inaugural concert of the Bicentennial celebrations of Mozart's death; in 1992 he conducted the concert to celebrate the Orchestra's own 150th anniversary, and on 1st January 1993, 1997, 2000 and this year he conducted the New Years' Day Concert. In 1996 he conducted the solemn concert for Austria 's Millennium commemoration. The following year, as part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth, he conducted an important series of concerts which culminated in the performance of Schubert's E flat major Mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Of particular significance has been the interest shown by Muti in performing Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries: again with the Wiener Philharmoniker, he chose to inaugurate the 1998 Vienna Festival with Luigi Cherubini's D major Mass, and to present a rare and fascinating selection of Italian baroque sacred music at the Pentecost Festival in Salzburg, with works by Niccolò Porpora and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
In June 2000 Muti led the Wiener Philharmoniker in a memorable performance in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope John Paul II. In June 2002 he conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker in Le nozze di Figaro at the Theater an der Wien, concluding the entire Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy. In July 2002 he performed Verdi's Requiem with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg. In 2003 he toured with the Wiener in Salzburg, Paris, Barcelona, Naples and Palermo.
AwardsIn the course of his career, Riccardo Muti has received a number of academic honours: from the University of Philadelphia and Mount Holyhoke College in Massachussets, from the Warwick University, from the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, from the Weizmann Institute of Sciences of Tel Aviv, from the University of Barcelona and from the Italian Universities of Bologna, Urbino, Cremona, Lecce and the Catholic University of Milan.
Riccardo Muti is a member of the Royal Academy of Music, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Accademia Luigi Cherubini of Florence and the Accademia dei Filarmonici of Bologna . He is a Grand Officer and Knight of the Grand Cross of the Republic of Italy . He has also been awarded the Service Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Cross of Honour of the Republic of Austria and the Cross of Knight Commander of the Knights of Malta. In December 1992 he was admitted to the Legion of Honour of the Republic of France.
Following a charity concert in aid of funds for the restoration of Mozart's house, the Mozarteum in Salzburg awarded him the silver medal, its highest honour conferred on an interpreter of Mozart. In May 2000 he was personally awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize for the Arts by the President of Israel. On the occasion of her visit to Milan in October 2000, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II conferred upon Riccardo Muti the title of Knight of the British Empire .
In 2001 Muti has been nominated honorary member of the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle and has received from President Klestil the Grand Silver Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria . In October 2001, on the occasion of the concert in Moscow, he was granted by Russian President Vladimir Putin the Friendship Order. In June 2002 he has become Honorary Member of the Wiener Staatsoper.
Muti is an honorary citizen of Philadelphia , Sydney , Milan , Ravenna , Busseto, Bologna , Florence , Maiolati Spontini, Molfetta . From Milan , he received the Ambrogino d'oro as well as the city's highest honour, the Grande Medaglia d'oro.
In April 2003 Radio France dedicated to Maestro Muti a full day - "Journée Riccardo Muti" - broadcasting through France Musique a lot of his opera and symphonic performances with all the Orchestras he played with.
Lastly, an important testimony to the civic commitment of Riccardo Muti was provided by his conducting of the Filarmonica della Scala Orchestra and Chorus in three concerts, promoted and organized by the Ravenna Festival and held in cities which have become symbolic of some of the most problematic episodes in recent history: Sarajevo ('97), Beirut ('98), Jerusalem ('99), Moscow (2000), Erevan and Istanbul (July 2001), New York (July, 2002), Cairo (2003).
Source taken from http://www.teatroallascala.org/public/LaScala/EN/Fondazione/riccardo_muti/biografia/pagina4.html
Muti has an on-going recording project with the prestigious Vienna ensemble, centred principally on the masterpieces of the classical and romantic symphonic tradition (Mozart, Schubert and Schumann), and has also led the Wiener Philharmoniker on a number of European tours, including to the Teatro alla Scala in 1994 and 1997, and more recently to the Carnegie Hall in New York.
In January 1991, Muti conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker in Salzburg in the inaugural concert of the Bicentennial celebrations of Mozart's death; in 1992 he conducted the concert to celebrate the Orchestra's own 150th anniversary, and on 1st January 1993, 1997, 2000 and this year he conducted the New Years' Day Concert. In 1996 he conducted the solemn concert for Austria 's Millennium commemoration. The following year, as part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth, he conducted an important series of concerts which culminated in the performance of Schubert's E flat major Mass in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Of particular significance has been the interest shown by Muti in performing Italian music of the 17th and 18th centuries: again with the Wiener Philharmoniker, he chose to inaugurate the 1998 Vienna Festival with Luigi Cherubini's D major Mass, and to present a rare and fascinating selection of Italian baroque sacred music at the Pentecost Festival in Salzburg, with works by Niccolò Porpora and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
In June 2000 Muti led the Wiener Philharmoniker in a memorable performance in the Vatican, in the presence of Pope John Paul II. In June 2002 he conducted the Wiener Philharmoniker in Le nozze di Figaro at the Theater an der Wien, concluding the entire Mozart-Da Ponte Trilogy. In July 2002 he performed Verdi's Requiem with the Wiener Philharmoniker and the Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg. In 2003 he toured with the Wiener in Salzburg, Paris, Barcelona, Naples and Palermo.
AwardsIn the course of his career, Riccardo Muti has received a number of academic honours: from the University of Philadelphia and Mount Holyhoke College in Massachussets, from the Warwick University, from the Westminster Choir College in Princeton, from the Weizmann Institute of Sciences of Tel Aviv, from the University of Barcelona and from the Italian Universities of Bologna, Urbino, Cremona, Lecce and the Catholic University of Milan.
Riccardo Muti is a member of the Royal Academy of Music, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Accademia Luigi Cherubini of Florence and the Accademia dei Filarmonici of Bologna . He is a Grand Officer and Knight of the Grand Cross of the Republic of Italy . He has also been awarded the Service Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Cross of Honour of the Republic of Austria and the Cross of Knight Commander of the Knights of Malta. In December 1992 he was admitted to the Legion of Honour of the Republic of France.
Following a charity concert in aid of funds for the restoration of Mozart's house, the Mozarteum in Salzburg awarded him the silver medal, its highest honour conferred on an interpreter of Mozart. In May 2000 he was personally awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize for the Arts by the President of Israel. On the occasion of her visit to Milan in October 2000, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II conferred upon Riccardo Muti the title of Knight of the British Empire .
In 2001 Muti has been nominated honorary member of the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle and has received from President Klestil the Grand Silver Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria . In October 2001, on the occasion of the concert in Moscow, he was granted by Russian President Vladimir Putin the Friendship Order. In June 2002 he has become Honorary Member of the Wiener Staatsoper.
Muti is an honorary citizen of Philadelphia , Sydney , Milan , Ravenna , Busseto, Bologna , Florence , Maiolati Spontini, Molfetta . From Milan , he received the Ambrogino d'oro as well as the city's highest honour, the Grande Medaglia d'oro.
In April 2003 Radio France dedicated to Maestro Muti a full day - "Journée Riccardo Muti" - broadcasting through France Musique a lot of his opera and symphonic performances with all the Orchestras he played with.
Lastly, an important testimony to the civic commitment of Riccardo Muti was provided by his conducting of the Filarmonica della Scala Orchestra and Chorus in three concerts, promoted and organized by the Ravenna Festival and held in cities which have become symbolic of some of the most problematic episodes in recent history: Sarajevo ('97), Beirut ('98), Jerusalem ('99), Moscow (2000), Erevan and Istanbul (July 2001), New York (July, 2002), Cairo (2003).
Source taken from http://www.teatroallascala.org/public/LaScala/EN/Fondazione/riccardo_muti/biografia/pagina4.html