The Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi (Symphony Orchestra of Milan Giuseppe Verdi) is an Italian orchestra based in Milan . The orchestra refers to itself as La Verdi colloquially. The orchestra's primary residence is the Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo .
9-581: Vladimir Delman founded the orchestra in 1993 as an independent, self-governing organisation. In 1998, a choir affiliated with the orchestra was established, the Coro Sinfonico Giuseppe Verdi di Milano. In 2002, the orchestra was resident at the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi , and played in France , Spain , Portugal and Switzerland in its first European tour. In 2004, the orchestra became
18-602: The Two Worlds) is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto , Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958. It features a vast array of concerts, opera, dance, drama, visual arts and roundtable discussions on science. The "Two Worlds" in the name of the festival comes from Gian Carlo Menotti's intention to have the worlds of American and European culture facing each other in his event; this concept would then be strengthened by
27-773: The city administrations of Spoleto and Charleston started talks to re-unite the two festivals, which resulted in the Mayor of Spoleto, Massimo Brunini, attending the opening ceremony of Spoleto Festival USA in May 2008. However, at the time of the 2007 Festival, the President and Artistic Director was Menotti's adopted son, Francis "Chip" Menotti and, in the fall of 2007, the Italian Minister of Cultural Affairs, Francesco Rutelli —after unsuccessful negotiations with Menotti—removed him from his position and named Giorgio Ferrara new artistic director of
36-674: The fact that it was held in conjunction with its "twin", the Spoleto Festival USA held annually in May/June in Charleston, South Carolina . That twinning lasted some 15 years and, after growing disputes between the Menotti family and the board of Spoleto Festival USA, in the early 1990s a separation occurred. Under Menotti's direction in 1986, a third installment in the Spoleto Festival series
45-455: The festival. This has resulted in continuing controversy between representatives of the "old" and "new" managements of the Festival, as exemplified by the maintenance of a website critical of the former management, which can be seen below. Notes Sources 42°44′09″N 12°44′07″E / 42.73578°N 12.73527°E / 42.73578; 12.73527 ( Teatro Nuovo, base of
54-578: The post until 2016, and now has the title of Direttore Emerita (conductor emeritus) with the orchestra. In June 2017, the orchestra announced the appointment of Flor as its next music director, effective with the 2017-2018 season, with an initial contract of 3 years. Currently, Andrey Boreyko holds the position of Resident Conductor, alongside Lucas & Arthur Jussen as Resident Artists, and Silvia Colasanti as Composer in Residence. Festival dei Due Mondi The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of
63-626: The resident orchestra at the Festival delle Nazioni of Città di Castello . The orchestra has toured throughout Italy, such as in the autumn of 2006. On 24 April 2008, the orchestra also performed for Pope Benedict XVI and President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano for the third anniversary of Benedict XVI 's Pontificate . In 2008 the Orchestra also took part on Opera Gala "World Stars" performing operas’ arias by Verdi and Puccini. The orchestra's first music director
72-481: Was Riccardo Chailly , from 1999 to 2005. Chailly now has the title of Conductor Laureate. Rudolf Barshai was named conductor laureate in 2006. Principal guest conductors have included Helmuth Rilling and Wayne Marshall . Claus Peter Flor became principal guest conductor in 2003. In March 2009, the orchestra announced the appointment of Xian Zhang as its next music director, the first woman to be named music director of an Italian symphony orchestra. She held
81-627: Was held in Melbourne , Australia . Melbourne's Spoleto Festival changed its name to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990. Following Menotti's death in 2007, changes occurred in the administration with the result that the Italian Minister of Cultural Affairs appointed a new Artistic Administrator who continues to run the Festival. Following Menotti's death in February 2007,
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