Aldo Ceccato
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Aldo Ceccato
(b Milan, 18 Feb 1934 ). Italian conductor. He studied at Milan and Berlin and made his début in 1964; his British and American débuts were in 1969. He was principal conductor of the Detroit SO, 1973-7. He is best known in the Italian repertory, and his detailed interpretations have been heard at Florence and Glyndebourne, in operas by Busoni and Strauss.
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Aldo Ceccato
Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934 in Milan) is an Italian conductor. He has worked as assistant to Sergiu Celibidache and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. Then, from 1976 until 1982, he was music director of the Hamburg Philharmonic. He was also music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1985 until 1990. He is the son-in-law of conductor Victor de Sabata and has made a recording of de Sabata's compositions for the Hyperion record label. In 1971, he recorded Donizetti's Maria Stuarda and Verdi's La traviata, both with Beverly Sills.
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- "Artist Page: Aldo Ceccato conductor". Hyperion Records. http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artist_page.asp?name=ceccato. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
| Preceded by Karsten Andersen |
Principal Conductors, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 1985–1990 |
Succeeded by Dmitri Kitajenko |
| Preceded by Jesús López-Cobos |
Principal Conductors, Orquesta Nacional de España 1991–1994 |
Succeeded by Josep Pons |
| Preceded by Leoš Svárovský |
Principal Conductors, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra c. 1995– c. 2002 |
Succeeded by Petr Altrichter |
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