Aldo Ceccato (born 18 February 1934) is an Italian conductor.

Biography

Ceccato was born in

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

. He worked as assistant to

Sergiu Celibidache Sergiu Celibidache (; ; 13 August 1996) was a Romanian people, Romanian Conducting, conductor, composer, musical theorist, and teacher. Educated in his native Romania, and later in Paris and Berlin, Celibidache's career in music spanned over fi ...

and was music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra from 1973 until 1977. From 1976 until 1982, he was music director of the Hamburg Philharmonic. He was also music director of the

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra ( Norwegian: Bergen filharmoniske orkester) is a Norwegian orchestra based in Bergen. Its principal concert venue is the Grieg Hall. History Established in 1765 under the name ''Det Musicalske Selskab'' (The M ...

from 1985 until 1990. He is the son-in-law of conductor Victor de Sabata and has made a recording of de Sabata's compositions for the Hyperion record label. In 1971, he recorded Donizetti's ''Maria Stuarda'' and Verdi's ''La traviata'', both with Beverly Sills.

References

1934 births Italian male conductors (music) Living people Musicians from Milan 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians Chief conductors of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Music directors of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Chief conductors of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg {{Italy-conductor-stub