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printarticle. Gianluigi Gelmetti is of medium height and stocky build, with white hair and beard, and a pair of pince-nez strung round his neck on a fl silken cord. Gelmetti started his formal studies at age four and, at eight, received government dispensation to study at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, in Rome, where he learnt piano, conducting and composition. Gelmetti was born in Rome and is the chief conductor of that city's opera. www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/03/17/18msconduct-fl.htm   (975 words)

Network News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Gelmetti’s own relationship with the Orchestra started in the same year when he first came as a guest conductor. Gelmetti became Celibidache’s assistant and succeeded him in Stuttgart as director of the radio orchestra. Gelmetti is currently Chief Conductor of Rome Opera where he has won the unqualified respect of critics and music lovers with one acclaimed premiere after another. www.symphony.net.au /newsletter/nw_0202/nw0202_01.html   (498 words)

[No title] Gianluigi Gelmetti, became chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney (Australia) Symphony Orchestra on February 25. The SSO was been quick to promote Gelmetti using the whole "la dolce vita" theme, highlighting his connections with food, wine, music and culture as an effective way to introduce their new man to the city, as well as help the orchestra itself engage more intensely with the wider community. The SSO has been quick to promote Gelmetti using the whole "la dolce vita" theme, highlighting his connections with food, wine, music and culture as an effective way to introduce their new man to the city, as well as help the orchestra itself engage more intensely with the wider community. www.italystl.com /ra/1485.htm   (1426 words)

Gramophone - News - The world's best classical music magazine Gianluigi Gelmetti, chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney Symphony, today announced that he would not be seeking to renew his five-year contract with the orchestra, which ends in December 2008. Gelmetti, who is also artistic director of Rome Opera, took over from Edo de Waart in 2004. Under Gelmetti’s leadership the orchestra has also sought to address acoustic issues in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, begun regular recording and webcasting, and embarks on a tour of Japan in late 2006. www.gramophone.co.uk /newsMainTemplate.asp?storyID=2540&newssectionID=1   (351 words)

PlaybillArts: News: Gianluigi Gelmetti to Step Down as Opera di Roma's Music Director - And Calls for Riccardo ... Conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti has announced that he is stepping down in 2008 as music director at the Opera di Roma when his contract expires in 2008. Gelmetti, who will be 61 in September, was named chief conductor of the Opera di Roma in 2001; according to the Italian news agency ADN Kronos, he has been conducting at the theater since 1973. More notable than his statement about his own future, however, was Gelmetti's pronouncement about the future of his job: he publicly urged the Rome house's management — and, by extension, the local and national governments — to hire Riccardo Muti as his successor. www.playbillarts.com /news/article/4939.html   (576 words)

Gianluigi Gelmetti Born in Rome, Gianluigi Gelmetti’s conducting studies were with Franco Ferrara at the Accademia Santa Cecilia, Sergiu Celibidache in Siena and Hans Swarovsky in Vienna. In 1995, after a long period away, Gianluigi Gelmetti began again to compose and his first new work, ‘Algos’ was given in London, Stuttgart, Munich and Sydney. Gelmetti is an exclusive EMI recording artist; among recent recordings are the complete Ravel orchestral works, ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ (with Thomas Hampson and Jerry Hadley), Berg and Stravinsky Violin Concertos with Frank Peter Zimmerman and the film music of Nino Rota. www.musicpartnership.co.uk /Pages/Con_Gelmetti.html   (397 words)

Gianluigi Gelmetti: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Gianluigi Gelmetti's summary was automatically generated using 117 references found on the Internet. Gianluigi Gelmetti's tenure as chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney Symphony will conclude when his contract expires in December 2008, the orchestra announced. Gelmetti is expected to return regularly as a guest conductor after 2008. www.zoominfo.com /directory/Gelmetti_Gianluigi_80392717.htm   (304 words)

Gelmetti confirms Sydney Symphony tenure to conclude in 2008 Gelmetti confirms Sydney Symphony tenure to conclude in 2008 Gianluigi Gelmetti reflects that he is looking forward to directing the Orchestra over the next two and a half years. This is testament to Gianluigi Gelmetti’s leadership as Artistic Director. www.sydneysymphony.com /page.asp?p=629   (573 words)

7.30 Report - 26/02/2004: Sydney Symphony appoints new chief conductor ANNE MARIA NICHOLSON: It's a long way from the glamour of the podiums that he rules in the world's great concert halls, but for Italian maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti, teaching the next generation of conductors is just as important. GIANLUIGI GELMETTI: Now, you see in Australia we have fantastic orchestra, fantastic soloist and, not too much conductor. GIANLUIGI GELMETTI: Before a concert, I stay minimum of four to six hours in absolutely dark without light, without nothing, to concentrate me. www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2004/s1054335.htm   (734 words)

Bulletin - Orchestral manoeuvres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Gelmetti is the Roman-born orchestra conductor being tipped to take over the post as chief conductor and artistic director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Gelmetti, something of an exponent of the music of Rossini and Ravel (he has recorded both), might bring a little fiery southern European style to an orchestra well-tuned to more urbane cerebral northern European style of music-making. The first time Gelmetti conducted was when he was 15 in Siena with his first teacher, Sergiu Celibidache. bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/44F3A67D1E8E4EFFCA256B44001D9060!open   (360 words)

Bravura showing by orchestra - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au Maloney said Gelmetti was an integral part of the success story of the orchestra last year. "Gianluigi is interested in the total program, he is very much more hands on [than de Waart]," he said. Maloney also listed the two-week performance of the Sibelius Cycle, the Beethoven triple concerto and Gelmetti's Shock of the New series as among the programming highlights of last year, adding that the SSO had enjoyed increased ticket sales in 2004. www.smh.com.au /news/Arts/Bravura-showing-by-orchestra/2005/06/01/1117568256489.html   (478 words)

Sydney Symphony, Opera House - Review - www.smh.com.au It can be off-putting for listeners, as in the third movement where Gelmetti stressed a climactic moment in the recapitulated melody before the players had started the note before. Gelmetti used the same large orchestral forces - about 70 strings with 12 double basses, for the Beethoven (1806) as he did for Dvorak's Symphony in E minor, Opus 95, From the New World (1893), after interval. Gelmetti led the implacably dramatic brass theme of the finale with chin-jutting defiance, capping what was a mature performance, well measured to allow audience members to treasure the moments of thrilling intensity. www.smh.com.au /news/Review/Sydney-Symphony-Opera-House/2005/04/03/1112489345365.html   (428 words)

The Program - Events Gianluigi Gelmetti has conducted all the leading orchestras in the world and appears regularly at international festivals. The Sydney Symphony is reaping the rewards of Maestro Gelmetti’s directorship through the quality of sound, intensity of playing and flexibility between styles. Catch Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Richard Bonynge Concert Hall, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre from 3pm on Sunday, 9 October. www.theprogram.net.au /eventsSub.asp?id=2282   (203 words)

Bulletin - McKew: Gianluigi Gelmetti   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) For his part, Gelmetti makes it clear that he’s attracted to the SSO because of its high level of technical accomplishment, but also because he sees “an orchestra that is ready to range widely and take in new ideas”. Gelmetti’s bib is bouncing around at this point as his arms flail in mid-air in imitation of something he is ridiculing as “part of the lead-weight of the past”. The trick, Gelmetti says, is for the conductor to encourage an individual sound from soloists, while at the same time working to achieve “stylistic unity. bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/2D5F292572FD8676CA256B6F00252B38!open   (1555 words)

sydney.citysearch.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) In a special treat for lovers of classical and contemporary music, Sydney Symphony Orchestra chief conductor and artistic director Gianluigi Gelmetti presents a special concert featuring a diverse and unique blend of musical styles and traditions. Sydney Symphony Orchestra artistic director and chief conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti has had an extensive and illustrious career. Winner of the Rossini d'Oro Prize, Gelmetti began his tenure with the SSO in 2004. sydney.citysearch.com.au /profile?fid=27&id=6554&p=1   (174 words)

M/C Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Gelmetti, who, I was gratified to see, has followed my lead in reviving (I’m not sure from when) the un-tucked-in loose fl shirt as a fashion statement, brandished a microphone on his first approach to the podium for the evening. If that was Gelmetti’s Rossini, the only glimpses we were offered were the aria from Semiramide, the William Tell Overture, (and how unfamiliar is that?) and an encore by Daniela Barcellona, from Tancredi. If Gelmetti really does have a distinctive Rossini to offer, it would be interesting to see what he and they could do if he was set to waving a stick (or just his arms, if he chose) in front of them. reviews.media-culture.org.au /print.php?sid=895   (409 words)

italiaspeed.com For the 'Shock of the New' concert Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti has brought together excerpts from musical masterpieces that astounded audiences - even causing riots - when they were first performed and changed the course of musical history. Indeed, the juxtaposition of the music in the concert is designed in itself to reinforce the shock and surprise that music caused in its debut performance. In a unique presentation with lighting and other effects, Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti takes some of the best known works in the repertoire and realises the power and impact of their first performance. www.italiaspeed.com /2005/cars/ferrari/10/ateco/1210_conductor.html   (401 words)

artsworld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Gianluigi Gelmetti conducts Rossini's masterpiece from the Real Theatre in Madrid. Colour and lighting are used as elements of the drama rather than simply stage design — a dramatic effect in an entirely fl and white production where colour is only allowed to infiltrate once the happy ending is assured. And conducted by the great Rossini expert, Gianluigi Gelmetti, this is a feast for all the senses. www.artsworld.com /genre/features.asp?ID=3954&genreID=2   (185 words)

Sound And Emotion - TIME South Pacific Magazine, Mar. 01, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) As a conductor at the podium, Gelmetti, 58, is a master at eliciting strong emotions - from his musicians, who he'll admonish to play al dente when he wants short, crisp notes. A junior swimming champion, Gelmetti initially studied composition and classical guitar before finding a mentor in the somewhat mystical figure of Sergiu Celibidache, the Romanian-born conductor who famously declared that recorded music was like kissing a dead woman. Gelmetti likens conducting to erecting a cathedral of sound. www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/article/0,13673,503040301-594374,00.html   (1049 words)

Sydney Symphony Chief Conductor & Artistic Director Gianluigi Gelmetti studied with Sergiu Celibidache, Franco Ferrara and Hans Swarowsky. Gianluigi Gelmetti’s recording catalogue is extensive and includes operas by Salieri, Rossini, Puccini and Mozart, the complete orchestral music of Ravel, the late symphonies of Mozart and works by many 20th-century composers, including Stravinsky, Berg, Webern, Varèse and Rota. Gianluigi Gelmetti is also a composer; his recent works include In Paradisum Deducant Te Angeli, written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Franco Ferrara’s death, Algos, and Prasanta Atma, in memory of Sergiu Celibidache. www.sydneysymphony.com /page.asp?p=68   (352 words)

Resia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) The orchestral palette from which Debussy and Ravel created their most enduring scores is one rich in strong colours yet capable of delightfully subtle combinations. Maestro Gianluigi Gelmetti made the most of this palette, drawing from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra performances that were finely attuned to the ever changing hues of music that relishes sound as much for its own sake as for the images such sounds may induce. Gelmetti's ability to draw from a massive orchestra the gentlest of pianissimos was impressive, while his control of finely graded crescendos and persuasively shaped phrases perfectly understood the individual nuances of the musical thinking of each composer. www.resiartists.it /attivita/scheda.asp?id=2874   (318 words)

Classical Net Review - Rota - Film Music There is plenty of spectacle in "Guerra e pace" (War and Peace) and "Waterloo," films directed by King Vidor and Sergei Bondarchuk, respectively, and the musicians bring it to life without allowing it to degenerate into bombast. This is a score that Rota adapted from an earlier work – a projected symphony – and again, it responds to Gelmetti's full-throated conducting. Here, Gelmetti and the orchestra loosen up and relish the more popular idioms that Rota used to establish the ballet's (and film's) more modern setting. www.classical.net /music/recs/reviews/e/emi74987a.html   (426 words)

Conductor Muti denies job rumors - Famous conductor Riccardo Muti denies recent rumors he will ... ANSA reported that the 64-year-old conductor told reporters Tuesday no one from the fabled opera house had contacted him. The rumors surrounding Muti began last week after Gelmetti stated he hoped Muti would accept his position once his contract runs out in 2008. A highly respected conductor throughout the world, Muti left Milan's La Scala under dubious circumstances in 2005 after 700 staff members demanded his resignation, ANSA said. www.politicalgateway.com /news/read/25478   (160 words)

classical music - andante - a genuinely fond farewell: considering edo de waart's tenure with the sydney symphony Gianluigi Gelmetti Plans to Make His Mark on Sydney Symphony In the sole large-scale classical music event at the 2002 Sydney Festival, Eisenstein's film is screened with a live performance of a Shostakovich score. In the last golden rays of the eighteenth century, a number of Spanish musicians, following in the footsteps of the Conquistadors and missionaries, arrived in Mexico to make their contribution to the evangelisation of the conquered peoples. www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=23495   (328 words)

Alagna - La Rondine London 2002 I can't be so enthusiastic about Gianluigi Gelmetti's coarse conducting. In the pit, Gianluigi Gelmetti has the ebb and flow, the hedonistic Gianluigi Gelmetti caressed more than Puccini's due from orchestra and www.jcarreras.homestead.com /AlagnaRevRondineLondon02.html   (5236 words)

Virgin Megastores : Film Melodies/Gelmetti/Monte Carlo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Introduzione-Valzer (2.58) - Gianluigi Gelmetti, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo Allegro Maestoso (2.57) - Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Gianluigi Gelmetti Rumba (2.24) - Gianluigi Gelmetti, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo www.virginmegastores.co.uk /invt/383838   (400 words)

MOZART: Great Piano Concertos Vol. III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Christian Zacharias and conductor Gelmetti collaborate (22 May 1989) for the delicious, youthful K. 238, shot at the Schwetzingen Palace. The camera is mostly down and left of Zacharias, but we occasionally pan to a benign smile or nod from Gelmetti, who slightly resembles the late actor Sebastian Cabot. Minimal gestures from Gelmetti go a long way to produce a frothy accompaniment. www.audaud.com /article.php?ArticleID=1196   (902 words)

classical music - andante - rumors of restructuring at sydney symphony For the full text of the story, please contact the source publication. Gianluigi Gelmetti to Lead Sydney Symphony Beginning in 2004, Succeeding Edo de Waart [expired] "Serious Without Fanatismo" — Gianluigi Gelmetti, Artistic Director Designate of the Sydney Symphony [expired] www.andante.com /magazine/article.cfm?id=17582   (207 words)

Sydney Opera House > What's On > Box Office Following the success of The Shock of the New concerts in 2004, Gianluigi Gelmetti continues to explore perceptions of modernity in music. The familiarity of classical music causes us to forget that all music was once new. Maestro Gelmetti and the Orchestra relive the times when the musical barricades were stormed. www.sydneyoperahouse.com /sections/whats_on/boxoffice/event_details.asp?EventID=1373&sm=1&ss=1   (207 words)

Rossini: Tancredi / Gelmetti, Di Nissa, Gimenez | ArkivMusic The supreme elegance of his neo-classical sets, dense with pictorial allusion, was constantly brought to life by the vibrant singing and committed acting of young singers who showed a perfect assimilation of Rossini style yet never flaunted their vocal accomplishment for its own sake Gianluigi Gelmetti conducted with infinite sensitivity" -- Opera News After a rough opening to the overture, the Stuttgart Radio players settle in to give solid support, and the small chorus performs well. Gelmetti conducts a lively performance, but one that is sensitive to the needs of the singers. www.arkivmusic.com /classical/album.jsp?album_id=104283   (425 words)

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