who is riccardo muti
Riccardo Muti (Conductor) Born: July 28, 1941 - Naples, Italy. The esteemed Italian conductor, Riccardo Muti, was born in Naples, where his father was a doctor and an amateur singer; his mother was a professional singer. He studied piano in Naples at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale.
(b Martina Franca, Taranto, 28 Oct 1732; d Martina Franca, 11 Jan 1813). Italian soprano castrato and composer. His early musical training from his father, Fortunato (a notary and church singer), was followed when he was 19 by study with Gregorio Sciroli in Naples (thus his nickname). He made his dÃ©but in Sciroli's Il barone deluso (1752, Rome).