What is Claudio Scimone?
[[File:Claudio Scimone.jpg|thumbnail|Claudio Scimone]] '''Claudio Scimone''' (23 December 1934 – 6 September 2018) was an Italian [[Conducting|conductor]]. He was born in [[Padua]], [[Italy]]. Scimone was the founder of [[I Solisti Veneti]] (the ensemble with which most of his recordings have been made) and at the time of his death was the honorary conductor of the [[Gulbenkian Orchestra]] in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Gulbenkian Orchestra's page includes Claudio Scimone as honorary conductor, musica.gulbenkian.pt/orquestra |url=http://www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/orquestra/index.html.en |access-date=2018-09-07 |archive-date=2009-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926064247/http://www.musica.gulbenkian.pt/orquestra/index.html.en |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also gave the modern premieres of ''[[Moses in Egypt]]'' and ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' by Rossini, and ''[[The Last Judgement]]'' by [[Antonio Salieri|Salieri]]. Scimone died on 6 September 2018 in [[Rome]] at the age of 83.<ref>[http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/musica/2018/09/06/morto-maestro-claudio-scimone_3afd1672-d468-4e79-ac18-56ba033efa31.html Morto maestro Claudio Scimone] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scimone, Claudio}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Italian conductors]]