Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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L'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Background information
Origin	Rome, Italy
Genre(s)	Classical
Occupation(s)	Symphony orchestra
Years active	1908-present
Associated acts	il Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Website	www.santacecilia.it
Members
Music Director Antonio Pappano Il Maestro del Coro Norbert Balatsch

The Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the best-known orchestras in Italy. It is based at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. At various times it has been known as the Symphony Orchestra of the Augusteo and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and the Orchestra Stabile dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. From 1908 until 1936 it performed at Teatro Augusteo. Since 2002, the orchestra has been housed at il Parco della Musica designed by architect Renzo Piano.

[edit] Music Directors

1912-1944 Bernardino Molinari 1944-1945 Franco Ferrara 1953-1973 Fernando Previtali 1973-1975 Igor Markevitch 1976 Thomas Schippers[1]

1983-1987 Giuseppe Sinopoli 1987-1992 Uto Ughi 1992-1997 Daniele Gatti 1997-2005 Myung-Whun Chung 2005-present Antonio Pappano

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia official website
• Orchestra Santa Cecilia RBMA video lecture session Pt.1
• Orchestra Santa Cecilia RBMA video lecture session Pt.2

v • d • e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Music Directors Bernardino Molinari (1912) · Franco Ferrara (1944) · Fernando Previtali (1953) · Igor Markevitch (1973) · Thomas Schippers (1976) · Giuseppe Sinopoli (1983) · Uto Ughi (1987) · Daniele Gatti (1992) · Myung-Whun Chung (1997) · Antonio Pappano (2005)