R.I.P 〓 Elio Boncompagni, Italian Conductor

2019/11/15

Italian conductor Elio Boncompagni died on November 9 in Florence at the age of 86. After studying the violin and composition at the Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, he studied conducting with Franco Ferrara at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Later, he studied as an assistant to Tullio Serafin.

He served as the principal conductor of the La Monnaie in Brussels and the artistic director of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. Music director of Aachen City Theater from 1996 to 2002. Although he has a strong image of an opera conductor, he has worked on numerous orchestra concerts and has performed 120 orchestras.

Photo：Paolo Dalprato

How about this ?

  1. VENICE 〓 The management committee of the Teatro La Fenice has approved Beatrice Venezi’s appointment as music director

  2. HANNOVER 〓 The 10th “Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition” is Canadian Timothy Chooi

  3. ST. PETERSBURG 〓 Charles Dutoit will be the Principal Guest Conductor for the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

  4. NEW YORK 〓 Composer John Williams donates all his own scores etc. to the alma mater Juilliard School of Music

  5. LEIPZIG 〓 Deutsche Grammophon will release a complete box set of J.S.Bach

  6. NEW YORK 〓 Tan Dun will be appointed head of Bard College Conservatory of Music

  7. SEATTLE 〓 Thomas Dausgaard suddenly resigns as music director of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra

  8. SWR Schwetzingen Music Festival 〓 Postponed May to October

  9. VENICE 〓 The rehearsal for the opening performance of the Teatro La Fenice was canceled due to the storm surge

  10. TSINANDARI 〓 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s “Europe Concert” in Tsinandari, Georgia in 2024

  11. OSLO 〓 Queen Sonja International Music Competition was Finished

  12. AMSTERDAM 〓 Orchestra members voted for the next principal conductor at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

  13. TOKYO 〓 New National Theater Tokyo announced a performance lineup for 2019/2020 season

  14. INNSBRUCK 〓 Winners of the International Singing Competition for Baroque Opera Pietro Antonio Cesti

  15. PRAGUE 〓 Semyon Bychkov canceled his conducting of the Czech Philharmonic due to recuperation after surgery, and 97-year-old Herbert Blomstedt took his place

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