Fabio Luisi
- January 4, 2024
- Conductor
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Fabio Luisi Biography
| Name | Fabio Luisi |
| Birthday | Jan 17 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place Of Birth | Genoa |
| Home Town | Liguria |
| Birth Country | Italy |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Spouse | Barbara Luisi |
Fabio Luisi is one of the most popular and richest Conductor who was born on January 17, 1959 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Fabio Luisi (born 17 January 1959) is a famous Italian conductor from Italy. He is the general director of music for the Zurich Opera, principal conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and music director-designate for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Within the United States, Luisi made his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut in March 2005, accompanied by Giuseppe Verdi’s Don Carlo. In April of 2010 the company appointed Luisi as the principal guest conductor, with the initial period for three years that began for the season 2010-11. Luisi is the only conductor who held his position at Metropolitan Opera following Valery Gergiev. The company promoted Luisi to the rank of Principal Conductor in September of 2011 after music director James Levine withdrew from his scheduled autumn 2011 performances. Luisi was removed as the principal conductor at the Metropolitan Opera at the close of the season 2016-2017.
In January 2016, the Opera di Firenze announced the appointment of Luisi as its next music director, the first conductor to hold that title with the company, and in parallel, as director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, as of April 2018, with an initial contract of five years. In July 2019, Luisi resigned as music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino with immediate effect.
Luisi has conducted several opera recordings, including Giuseppe Verdi’s Aroldo, Jérusalem and Alzira, and Gioacchino Rossini’s William Tell. He won a Grammy Award for his leadership of Siegfried and Götterdämmerung on a Deutsche Grammophon DVD release of Richard Wagner’s operatic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. This was recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera and named Best Opera Recording of 2012.
In January 2004 Luisi was appointed head conductor for both Staatskapelle Dresden and of the Semperoper, Dresden. Luisi assumed both positions in September of 2007. As conductor of his orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, Luisi conducted commercial recordings of music composed by Richard Strauss and Anton Bruckner. Luisi was initially scheduled to leave as the chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden in 2012, after the expiration of his contract. But he resigned both Dresden post in February 2010 immediately, following reports that the management of the Staatskapelle had signed an agreement with ZDF. ZDF network for a planned television show at midnight on the New Year’s Day 2010. The concert will be conducted by Christian Thielemann as conductor, without consulting him in his role acting as orchestra’s GMD.
Fabio Luisi Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Conductor |
| House | Living in own house. |
Fabio Luisi is one of the richest Conductor from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Fabio Luisi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Luisi discovered a passion for conducting when he was an accompanist on the piano and then he began studying conductor at the conservatory of Graz together with Milan Horvat. He was employed at Graz Opera as an accompanist and conductor. Graz Opera as an accompanist as well as conductor. His first appearance as a conductor was in Italy in 1984. From 1990 until 1995, he was the principal conductor for the Graz Symphony Orchestra. From 1995 to 2000 he was Chief Conductor and Artistic Director for the Tonkunstlerorchester in Vienna. From 1996 until 1999, he was one of the three principal conductors (Hauptdirigenten) of the MDR Symphony Orchestra (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester) in Leipzig together with Marcello Viotti, and Manfred Honeck. From 1999 until 2007, he was the sole chief conductor for the MDR orchestra. He was the conductor principal of the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande between 1997 until 2002.
The year 2002 was the time that Luisi initially conducted in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. His next Dallas appearance as a guest conductor was in March of 2018. Based on this guest-conducting appearance in June of 2018 the Dallas Symphony named Luisi its next music directorstarting beginning in beginning the season 2020-21. Luisi is scheduled to assume the title of music director designate during the 2019-20 season.
Luisi served as Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony from 2005 to 2013 season. He became Generalmusikdirektor (General Music Director) of the Zurich Opera in 2012, which also includes orchestral concert work with the opera orchestra under the name of the Philharmonia Zurich. He is scheduled to stand down as GMD of Zurich Opera after the close of the 2020–21 season. Luisi first conducted the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DR SymfoniOrkestret) in
- In August 2014, the orchestra announced the appointment of Luisi as its next principal conductor, effective in 2017, with an initial contract through
- In May 2018, the DR SymfoniOrkestret announced the extension of Luisi’s contract through 2023.
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Top Facts about Fabio Luisi
**1. Fabio Luisi was born in Genoa in 1959.
2. He studied conducting at the conservatory in Graz with Milan Horvat.
3. He was Principal Conductor of the Graz Symphony Orchestra from 1990 to
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4. Luisi was the Chief Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden and Semperoper, Dresden from September 2007 to February 2010.
5. Luisi was Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony from 2005 to 2013.
6. He was General Music Director of the Zurich Opera from 2012 to 2021.
7. Luisi was Principal Guest Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera from 2010 to -
8. He has been Music Director of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 2020.
9. Luisi is currently Principal Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
10. He has won a Grammy Award.
11. Luisi has two former wives and is currently married to Yulia Levin.
12. He has three sons.
13. His hobbies include perfumery and producing a personal line of perfumes.
14. Luisi had COVID-19 in late 2020, and subsequently recovered.
15. In April 2021, the NHK Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Luisi as its next Chief Conductor from September 2022.**