1953 - Today
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 213,729 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Riccardo Chailly is the 44th most popular conductor (up from 52nd in 2019), the 2,164th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,390th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Conductor.
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Among conductors, Riccardo Chailly ranks 44 out of 97. Before him are John Barbirolli, Eliahu Inbal, Charles Munch, Colin Davis, José Antonio Abreu, and Václav Neumann. After him are Semyon Bychkov, Lovro von Matačić, Felix Mottl, Yuri Temirkanov, Pierre Monteux, and Kurt Sanderling.
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 38
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 39
1891 - 1968
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 40
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 41
1939 - 2018
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 42
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 43
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 44
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 45
1899 - 1985
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 46
1856 - 1911
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 47
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 48
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 49
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1953, Riccardo Chailly ranks 107. Before him are Ulrich Mühe, James Remar, Jeb Bush, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Michael Bolton, and William E. Moerner. After him are Robert Davi, Christoph Daum, Tico Torres, Michael J. Sandel, Massimo Troisi, and Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
1953 - 2007
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 101
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 102
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 103
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 104
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 105
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 106
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 107
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 108
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 109
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 110
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 111
1953 - 1994
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 112
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 113
Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Chailly ranks 2,164 out of 4,668. Before him are Clare of Montefalco (1268), Silvana Pampanini (1925), Mondino de Luzzi (1275), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), Adalbert I of Ivrea (880), and Paul-Émile Botta (1802). After him are Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (1447), Catherine of Ricci (1522), Titus Lartius (-600), Ostilio Ricci (1540), Dionigi Tettamanzi (1934), and Umberto Lenzi (1931).
1268 - 1308
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,158
1925 - 2016
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,159
1275 - 1326
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 2,160
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,161
880 - 929
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,162
1802 - 1870
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,163
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,164
1447 - 1522
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,165
1522 - 1590
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,166
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 2,167
1540 - 1603
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 2,168
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,169
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 2,170
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), and Daniele Gatti (1961).
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 1
1867 - 1957
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 3
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 4
1946 - 2001
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 6
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 7
1934 - 2018
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 9