Incontro con Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano has been Music Director ofAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia since 2005; since 2002 he has been Music Director of London's Covent Garden. He has held other prestigious positions in the past: in 1990 he was appointed Music Director of the Norske Opera in Oslo, and from 1991 to 2002 he held the same position at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. Born to London in 1959 from Italian parents, he studied piano, composition and conducting in the United States. Among the most prestigious milestones in his career are from recalling his debuts at the Vienna State Opera in 1993, the Metropolitan in New York in 1997 and the Bayreuth Festival in 1999. Antonio Pappano has conducted many of the world's leading orchestras, including New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Berliner Philharmo-niker, Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, he is a regular guest atopera the most prestigious theaters such as Staatsoper Vienna, Metropolitan New York, La Scala Milan and many others. Sir Antonio Pappano records exclusively for Warner Classics and with the Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia has recorded numerous CDs. Recent recordings include The Puccini Album with Jonas Kaufmann, the CD Anna Netrebko. Verismo (DGG) and Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony and The Carnival of the Animals, with Martha Argerich at the piano, a box set with Bernstein's Three Symphonies (International Classical Music Award 2019), Verdi'sOtello, with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, the latest release with the Santa Cecilia Orchestra is dedicated to Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben and Burleske. From 2023 Antonio Pappano will be Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and will serve as Conductor Emeritus of the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia.