Carlo Rizzi

Biography

Carlo Rizzi, born on July 19, 1960, in Milan, Italy, is an Italian conductor. He began his musical studies at the Milan Conservatory and later trained with renowned conductors Vladimir Delman and Franco Ferrara. His notable highlights include winning the first Toscanini Conductor's Competition in Parma (1985) and serving as music director of Welsh National Opera from 1992 to 2007, where he learned to speak Welsh.