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Conductor Roberto Abbado, awarded the prestigious “Premio Abbiati” by the Ital- ian Music Critics Association for his “accomplished interpretative matu- Particularly significant are his symphonic tours with the Israel Philhar- rity, the extent and the peculiarity of a repertoire where he has offered monic Orchestra (Spain 2005), the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Eu- remarkable results through an intense season”, is Musical Director of rope 2006), the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Europe 2007), the Mag- Parma’s Festival Verdi. He studied orchestra conducting under Franco gio Musicale Fiorentino (Bucarest Enescu Festival 2009), the Orchestra Ferrara at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and at the Accademia Nazion- Verdi di Milano (Switzerland 2009), the Orchestre Philharmonique de ale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he was invited – the only student in Monte-Carlo (Russia 2011), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (USA, the history of the Academy – to lead the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia. He East Coast 2011). made his debut in the United States in 1991 in New York conducting the St. Luke’s Orchestra. Since then he has returned regularly to the US Particularly significant are his symphonic tours with the Israel Philhar- to lead the Symphonic Orchestras of the cities of Boston, Philadelphia, monic Orchestra (Spain 2005), the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Eu- Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, San Francisco, as well as the Los Angeles rope 2006), the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (Europe 2007), the Mag- Philharmonic, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra – of which he is one of gio Musicale Fiorentino (Bucarest Enescu Festival 2009), the Orchestra the “Artistic Partners” – working with soloists like Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, Ni- Verdi di Milano (Switzerland 2009), the Orchestre Philharmonique de gel Kennedy, Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Vadim Repin, Sarah Monte-Carlo (Russia 2011), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra (USA, Chang, Yefim Bronfman, Mitsuko Uchida, Alfred Brendel, Radu Lupu, East Coast 2011).
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