CONDUCTOR

Riccardo Chailly

1953 - Today

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Riccardo Chailly (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ʃʃaˈ(j)i], French: [ʃɑji]; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and of La Scala. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions at the Gewandhausorchester (2005–2016); the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1988–2004); the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1982–1988); and the Teatro Comunale of Bologna (1986–1993). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Riccardo Chailly has received more than 226,987 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Riccardo Chailly is the 42nd most popular conductor (up from 44th in 2019), the 2,152nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,159th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Conductor.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Riccardo Chailly ranks 42 out of 128. Before him are Eliahu Inbal, Simon Rattle, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, Pierre Monteux, and Charles Munch. After him are John Barbirolli, Lovro von Matačić, Antal Doráti, Thomas Beecham, Colin Davis, and Semyon Bychkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Riccardo Chailly ranks 112. Before him are David Hurley, Laurentino Cortizo, Periko Alonso, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Robert Davi, and David Berkowitz. After him are Tito Jackson, Howard Schultz, Stephen Paddock, Michael J. Sandel, Halid Bešlić, and Massimo Troisi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Chailly ranks 2,152 out of 5,161. Before him are Luigi Orione (1872), Francesco Baracca (1888), Massimo Girotti (1918), Vincenzo Catena (1470), Antoninus of Florence (1389), and Arduin of Ivrea (955). After him are Corrado Gini (1884), Felix of Nola (300), Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma (1635), Loris Francesco Capovilla (1915), Daniele Comboni (1831), and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-98).

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Among CONDUCTORS In Italy

Among conductors born in Italy, Riccardo Chailly ranks 6. Before him are Claudio Abbado (1933), Arturo Toscanini (1867), Riccardo Muti (1941), Carlo Maria Giulini (1914), and Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946). After him are Victor de Sabata (1892), Claudio Scimone (1934), Daniele Gatti (1961), and Fabio Luisi (1959).

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