Claudio Scimone

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Claudio Scimone (born December 23, 1934) is an Italian conductor.

He was born in Padua, Italy and studied conducting with Dmitri Mitropoulos and Franco Ferrara. He has established an international reputation as a conductor, as well as a musicologist. He has revived many baroque and renaissance works. His discography includes over 150 titles, and he has won numerous prizes, including the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy.

He is the founder of I Solisti Veneti and honorary conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.


Preceded by
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Principal Conductors, Gulbenkian Orchestra
1979–1986
Succeeded by
Muhai Tang
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