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Carlo Maria Giulini

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Italian conductor, and violist. Born May 9, 1914 in Barletta, Italy. Died June 14, 2005 in Brescia, Italy (aged 91). Studied violin, viola and composition at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, then went on to study conducting with in Siena and made his debut as conductor in 1944. He became director of the Rome Radio Orchestra in 1946, founded the Radio Orchestra of Milan in 1950, and conducted at the La Scala, Milan, for the first time in 1952. He became principal conductor of the Rome Opera in 1955. He made his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1958 directing Verdi's Don Carlos in the production by Luchino Visconti. Since, he toured extensively, working in Japan and the U.S.A. and establishing lasting connections to the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.