Conductor
Antonio Pappano
British-Italian · 1959
Sir Antonio Pappano, born in Epping, Essex, in 1959 to Italian parents, is one of the most admired conductors in the world. Raised partly in the United States, where he trained as a pianist and répétiteur, he rose through the opera house, the surest school for a conductor’s sense of drama and line. He became music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2002, holding the post for over two decades and becoming its longest-serving music director, and from 2005 to 2023 he also led the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2024 he took up the chief conductorship of the London Symphony Orchestra. Knighted for his services to music, Pappano is celebrated for the warmth, theatrical flair and Italianate lyricism of his conducting, whether in opera or, as here, in the great symphonic repertoire.
Conducts
Upcoming
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Sheku’s Finnis Concerto and Bruckner’s Ninth Finnis · Bruckner
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Pappano’s Tchaikovsky Fifth, with a Kendall Premiere Liadov · Kendall · Tchaikovsky
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Pappano’s Vaughan Williams, with Bruce Liu in Beethoven Vaughan Williams · Beethoven
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Jansen’s Dubugnon Premiere, and Vaughan Williams’s Antartica Sibelius · Dubugnon · Vaughan Williams
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Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein, and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Elgar · Tchaikovsky
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Shostakovich’s Eighth, and Maxim Vengerov in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Beethoven · Shostakovich
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On Tour in Palm Desert: Maconchy, Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Maconchy · Elgar · Tchaikovsky
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On Tour in Ann Arbor: Maconchy, Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Ein Heldenleben Maconchy · Elgar · Strauss
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On Tour at Carnegie Hall: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Ein Heldenleben Beethoven · Strauss
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Pappano Conducts Chausson, a Foccroulle Premiere and Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy Chausson · Foccroulle · Scriabin
Past guides
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Season Opening: Pappano’s Mahler 2 and Fujikura’s Amber Alchemy Fujikura · Mahler
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Pappano in Hanoi: Liadov, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Liadov · Mozart · Tchaikovsky
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Pappano: Elgar’s Enigma Variations and Mahler’s Fifth Elgar · Mahler
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Pappano: Britten, Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety and the Pathétique Britten · Bernstein · Tchaikovsky
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Szeps-Znaider’s Beethoven and Elgar’s First Beethoven · Elgar
Sources 7
- Season Opening: Mahler 2 and Fujikura, 18 Oct, London Symphony Orchestra
- Edmund Finnis and Bruckner, 25 Oct 26, London Symphony Orchestra
- Tchaikovsky, Kendall and Liadov, 29 Oct 26, London Symphony Orchestra
- Vaughan Williams and Beethoven, 26 Nov 26, London Symphony Orchestra
- Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Dubugnon, 29 Nov 26, London Symphony Orchestra
- Antonio Pappano, conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Antonio Pappano, Wikipedia