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Scimone, Claudio (23rd December 1934-6th September 2018)

He is an orchestral conductor and musicologist born in Padua, Italy who studied conducting with conductors that included Franco Ferrara and Dmitri Mitropoulos.

He has since conducted operas in Covent Garden, Houston Grand Opera and Roma State Opera, amongst many others, as well as appearing with major international orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, The English Chamber Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and the Prague Chamber Orchestra.

He founded I Solisti Veneti in 1959 and the orchestra has received great international acclaim under his leadership with their revival of many works of Baroque and Renaissance composers.

He has made over 150 recordings and been the recipient of the Grand Prix du Disques and the Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic among his many other awards.

After he had been the Principal Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1979 to 1986, he now holds the post of honorary conductor with them.  As a musicologist he has revised Giuseppe Tartini’s Violin Concertos and Sonatas and has also revised Antonio Vivaldi’s Orlando Furioso which he premiered in 1977.

I Solisti Veneti recordings
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in A major 
(Guiseppe Matteo Alberti)
Sony Classical SK 47228 (CD: Italian Flute Concertos)
Conductor –  Claudio Scimone
Flute –  Jean-Pierre Rampal

Concerto for Violin and Strings No. 1, Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.2 in G Minor op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.3 in C, Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.4 in G, Op.10 Concerto No.3 in C, Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2  ((CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No. 5 in A Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.6 for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.7,  Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Giuliano Carmignola

Concerto No.9  for Violin in C. Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Concerto No.10, Op.10 (Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni)
Erato 0630 – 18943 – 2 (CD: Albinoni: Concertos, Op. 10)
Conductor – Claudio Scimone
Violin – Piero Toso

Sources:

  1. https://interlude.hk/memoriam-claudio-scimone-1934-2018/
  2. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/2278–obituary-claudio-scimone-1934-2018
  3. http://www.promart.it/SolistiVeneti/ScimoneEnglish.html
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Scimone