Carlo Maria Giulini

The Italian Leader Carlo Maria Giulini was born with Barletta on May 9th 1914 and died in Brescia the June 14th 2005.

Biography

Lyric art

Starting from 1930, it studies with the Academy Holy-Cecile with Rome: viola, composition. In 1934, it returns like Altiste in the Orchestra of Augusteo. Invited big bosses (Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinski, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Pierre Monteux, Erich Kleiber, Victor de Sabata, Otto Klemperer, Willem Mengelberg…) incite to direct itself towards the direction of orchestra (Molinari, Casella). To the Release of Rome (1944), it gives its first concert then is named (1946) musical director of the SPOKE of Rome. In 1950, it founds the Orchestra of the SPOKE of Milan. Noticed by Toscanini, then by De Sabata, he becomes appointed chief of the Scala of Milan (1953 - 1956). In 1955, the series of representations of Traviata of Giuseppe Verdi with Maria Fixed, put in scene of Luchino Visconti, became mythical. In parallel, Giulini makes its beginnings in the great festivals (Aix-en-Provence, Edinburgh, musical May of Florence, etc) and begins an international career in England and in the United States. In 1968, it decides to give up the lyric representations taking into account the bad conditions of preparation. It will return there only in 1982 for one dazzling Falstaff to Los Angeles.

Symphonic music

Giulini is directed then towards a symphonic career of chief: first chief invited to the Symphony orchestra of Chicago (1969 - 1978), musical director of the Symphony orchestra of Vienna (1973 - 1976) then directing of the Philharmonic orchestra of Los Angeles (1978 - 1984). It devotes the end of its career to the head of the largest European phalanges to Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Amsterdam, Munich…

Recordings

Dealt with as of 1952 by the large artistic director of Columbia Records, Walter Legge, Giulini recorded a great number of discs in particular to the head of the Orchestre Philharmonia. Its career, initially devoted to the lyric philosopher's stones of Made green (Falstaff), Rossini, Mozart (Don Giovanni), was directed gradually with the essential works of the symphonic and crowned repertory (Jean-Sebastien Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Bruckner, Mahler, Debussy, Ravel…). The elegance of its style, the engagement and the spiritual rise in its interpretations gave to Giulini a quasi unanimous recognition of the critics like music lovers in the whole world.

External bonds

Site on Carlo Maria Giulini with a complete discography.

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