Riccardo Muti

Italian conductor
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Riccardo Muti
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Summary

Riccardo Muti was born on July 28, 1940[1], in Naples[2]. He has worked as a conductor[3] and music director[4]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,213 views/month, #7,071 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: July 28, 1941[6]
  • Child: Chiara Muti[7]
  • Country of citizenship: Italy[8]
  • Employer: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia[9], Milan Conservatory[10]
  • Educated at: Milan Conservatory[11], San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music[12]
  • Award received: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great[13], Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[14], Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[15], Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[16], Austrian Decoration for Science and Art[17], Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria[18], Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts[19], Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots[20], Order of Friendship[21], Commander of the Order of the British Empire[22], Grammy Award for Best Classical Album[23], Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance[24], honorary doctorate of Barcelona University[25], Officer of the Legion of Honour[26]
  • Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences[27], American Philosophical Society[28]
  • Sex or gender: male[29]
  • Genre: modernism[30], classical music[31]
  • Record label: EMI[32], Sony Classical[33], Philips Records[34], Angel[35], Philips Classics Records[36]
  • Commons category: Riccardo Muti[37]
  • Academic degree: Doctor of Letters[38]
  • Family name: Muti[39]
  • Given name: Riccardo[40]
  • Professorship: Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Arts[41]
  • Official website: https://www.riccardomuti.com[42]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Riccardo Muti[43]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Person[44]

  • Country: IT[45]

  • Began / founded: 1941-07-28[46]

  • Genre(s): classical[47]

  • Community tags: classical, conductor[48]

  • MusicBrainz ID: eb458ad6-7070-47af-ad92-968ea0b9dce2[49]

Why It Matters

Riccardo Muti has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] He is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

FAQs

Where was Riccardo Muti born?

Riccardo Muti's place of birth was Naples[2].

What did Riccardo Muti do for work?

Riccardo Muti worked as a conductor[3] and music director[4].

Where did Riccardo Muti go to school?

Riccardo Muti was educated at Milan Conservatory[11] and San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music[12].

What awards did Riccardo Muti receive?

Honors received include Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great[13], Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[14], Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic[15], and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[16].

References

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [15] ↑ . quirinale.it. Retrieved . quirinale.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [23] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . grammy.com. Retrieved . grammy.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . warwick.ac.uk. warwick.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  38. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [47] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [48] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Redpandacat · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Who's who uk id → U28627
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  4. 8w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic +29
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  5. 12w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Yle topic id → 18-69649, 18-137678
    Album of the year artist id → 152224
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    U.s. copyright office public records system name id → Muti, Ricardo, Muti, Riccardo
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  9. 21w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iheart artist id → 35171
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  10. 23w ago · Bargioni · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start of work period → +1965-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Record label → EMI, Sony Classical, Philips Records +2
    Occupation → conductor, music director
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