claudio scimone (23 december 1934 – 6 september 2018) was an italian 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. he also gave the modern premieres of "moses in egypt" and "oedipus at colonus" by rossini, and "the last judgement" by salieri.