While he was able to continue the tradition of the great romantic works in a new way, at the same time he expanded the orchestra’s repertoire of contemporary music and opera. In 2004 the orchestra named him conductor emeritus. Having returned to conduct three different concert programmes in April 2013, he is now regularly leading the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

From 2005 to 2016 Chailly took charge of the Gewandhaus Orchester and the opera in Leipzig. In 2015 he became principal conductor of La Scala in Milan, of which he has been artistic director since January 2017. He has served the same function at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra since 2016.

Riccardo Chailly regularly conducts orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Wiener Philharmoniker, the Gewandhaus Orchester, the London Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He is also a welcomed opera director at the Wiener Staatsoper, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Covent Garden in London and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.

Riccardo Chailly has been awarded the Grand’ Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana and the silver honorary medal of the City of Amsterdam. He is a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London and Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana.

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Riccardo Chailly conducts Rachmaninoff

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Riccardo Chailly conducts Rachmaninoff