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FILE - In this June 21, 2020 file photo, Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti, top center, prepares to direct a concert at the Ravenna Festival, in Ravenna, Italy. With a purposeful nod and flick of his baton, the 79-year-old conductor on Sunday, May 9, 2021, ended what has been an unexpectedly long silence in Italian theaters, enrapturing a socially distanced and masked audience with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s first live performances since fall, two evening concerts of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms, in his adopted hometown of Ravenna. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry, file)

Muti: Pandemic year silenced culture, leaving world stunned

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti, top center, prepares to direct a concert at the Ravenna Festival, in Ravenna, Northern Italy, Sunday, June 21, 2020. Riccardo Muti has sent a resounding message that live classical music has returned the Italian stage after the coronavirus lockdown with a full summer festival program in his adopted Ravenna. (AP Photo/Colleen Barry)

From Italy, Muti looks to reopen US classical music scene

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Riccardo Muti joins in solidarity with striking CSO musicians during a press conference outside the Chicago Symphony Orchestra building, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Conductor Muti joins striking Chicago Symphony musicians

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This Feb. 9, 2018 photo released by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra shows Riccardo Muti, standing right, during a rehearsal for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2018 Winter Tour at Carnegie Hall in New York. (Todd Rosenberg/Chicago Symphony Orchestra via AP)

Muti still on mission to honor original intent of Verdi

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Chicago Symphony, Riccardo Muti extend contract until 2022

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President of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Hellsberg sits next to the president of the Birgit Nilsson Foundation Rutbert Reisch, left, as he speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has been named the 2014 winner of the Birgit Nilsson Prize, a prestigious musical honor that comes with a $1-million award. Resch cited the orchestra’s ‘’highest artistic standards and great versatility’’ in choosing the ensemble for the award, given once every three years. (AP Photo/Alexander Mueller)

Vienna Philharmonic wins Birgit Nilsson Prize

By GEORGE JAHN - Associated Press

Muti to deliver graduation speech at Northwestern

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Correction: Italy-Obit-Abbado story

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Muti to miss Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts

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AP Interview: Muti says culture good for economy

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Chicago Symphony Orchestra to tour Mexico, Asia

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Muti brings Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Russia

By LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

Riccardo Muti wins Spain’s Asturias arts award

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NY opera awards show features Broadway stars

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Italian maestro wins $1M Birgit Nilsson Prize

By LOUISE NORDSTROM - Associated Press

Doctors give CSO’s Riccardo Muti a pacemaker

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Chicago Symphony director Muti to have surgery

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Chicago Symphony director Muti has surgery

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Chicago symphony conductor to undergo surgery

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Chicago Symphony director faints during rehearsal

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