Riccardo Chailly

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Personal Info

Known for

Sound

From

Milan, Italy

Born

2/20/1953

Age

72

Credit(s)

27

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 ...Show More