Rodolfo Saglimbeni (8 December 1962 – 4 June 2025) was a Venezuelan conductor. He studied music in Venezuela and then at the

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of London with Colin Metters, John Carewe, and

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, obtaining his degree with Honors. Saglimbeni studied under

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at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) in 1981. He served as Associate Director of the Caracas Sinfonietta and

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, as well as in the role of founder and Artistic Director of the Great Marshal of Ayacucho Symphony orchestra, and Musical Director of the

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. In 1985, he won second prize at France's

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; where he was also the youngest conductor that year. He returned to Venezuela in 1987. He was invited to conduct symphony orchestras in France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina and El Salvador. In 1990, he was hired as tutor and later as Co-director of the summer course of the ''Canford Summer School of music'' (which moved location and is now the ''Sherborne Summer School of Music'') in England. He was awarded the prize of Best Director of the Year and National Prize of the Artist and decorated with the Order “José Félix Ribas” First Class. In March 1999, he won the Director of the Americas Award in

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. In 2003, he was appointed artistic director of the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of Caracas. In 2019 Saglimbeni was appointed Principal Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile.

Death

Saglimbeni died in

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on 4 June 2025 at the age of 62, some four months after being diagnosed with and treated for an "aggressive illness".Adiós al gran maestro Rodolfo Saglimbeni, director titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile

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External links

Web site of Rodolfo SaglimbeniWebpage of Orquesta Sinfónica Municipal de Caracas
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saglimbeni, Rodolfo 1962 births 2025 deaths People from Barquisimeto Venezuelan male conductors (music) Venezuelan classical musicians Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Prize-winners of the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia alumni 21st-century Venezuelan conductors (music) 21st-century Venezuelan male musicians