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Italian violinist and conductor

Antonello Manacorda (born 1970) is an Italian violinist and conductor, especially of opera, who has worked internationally.

He has been the chief conductor of the Kammerakademie Potsdam and of Het Gelders Orkest.

Career

Born in Turin, Manacorda studied violin at the conservatory of his hometown with Sergio Lamberto, graduating with distinction.

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He continued his studies with Herman Krebbers in Amsterdam, with Eduard Schmieder and with Franco Gulli. In 1994, Claudio Abbado appointed him concertmaster of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.^[1] Manacorda founded in 1997, with colleagues and Abbado, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO), for which he has served as concertmaster^[2][3] and as vice president.^[4]

He conducted in 2001 a production of Mozart's La clemenza di Tito in opera houses of Lombardy.

He decided to focus on conducting, and studied on a scholarship of the DeSono ass