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Born July 28, 1941 (age 83) • Naples • Italy
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2018) • Birgit Nilsson Prize (2011)

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Italian music director
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
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Alan Gilbert.
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American conductor
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Eve Queler
American conductor
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink
Dutch conductor
Reiner, Fritz
Fritz Reiner
Hungarian-American conductor
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor and musician
Giuseppe Sarti
Italian conductor
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Alfredo Casella
Italian composer
Eugen Jochum
German conductor
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Richard Wagner
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Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
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Igor Stravinsky
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