What is Piero Gamba?
[[File:Pierino-Gamba-1949 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Piero Gamba''' (16 September 1936 – 30 January 2022), also known as '''Pierino Gamba''', was an Italian orchestral conductor and pianist. He was born in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. He won the [[Arnold Bax]] Memorial Medal in 1962. He was the musical director and conductor of the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra]] from 1971 until 1980. He was the chief conductor of the [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]] in [[Australia]] from 1983 to 1986. Gamba died on 30 January 2022 in [[New York City]] at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.elpais.com.uy/tvshow/musica/anos-murio-piero-gamba-maestro-italiano-fuerte-vinculo-uruguay.html A los 85 años murió Piero Gamba, el maestro italiano con un fuerte vínculo con Uruguay]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamba, Piero}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Italian conductors]] [[Category:Italian pianists]] {{bio-stub}}