Gianluigi Gelmetti

Known as an Italian opera specialist, conductor Gianluigi Gelmetti has also had notable success as an orchestral conductor in Italy and abroad. He is also a significant educator and composer. Gelmetti was born in Rome on September 11, 1945. His first instrument was the guitar, but he switched to conducting by his teens and conducted an orchestra in Siena at the young age of 16. He studied with some of the leading figures of the postwar era: Hans Swarowsky, Sergiu Celibidache, and Franco Ferrara. Gelmetti built his career in opera houses and at music festivals at home and in G...