Uto Ughi
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{{Short description|Italian violinist and conductor (b.1944)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|honorific_prefix = Maestro
| name = Uto Ughi
| honorific_suffix = Knight Grand Cross OMRI
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image = Uto Ughi 1970b.jpg
| caption = Uto Ughi in 1970
| birth_name = Bruto Diodato Emilio Ughi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|01|21}}
| birth_place = Busto Arsizio, Italy
| death_date =
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| genre = Classical
| occupation = Violinist
| instrument = Violin
| years_active =1951–present
| label = RCA Records
| associated_acts = Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
| website = www.utoughi.com
}}
Bruto Diodato "Uto" Ughi {{post-nominals|post-noms=Knight Grand Cross OMRI}} ({{IPA|it|ˈuːto ˈuːɡi|lang}}; born 21 January 1944) is an Italian violinist and conductor. He was the music director of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia between 1987 and 1992. He is considered one of Italy's greatest living violinists and is also active in the promotion of classical music in today's culture.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HccBAAAAMBAJ&dq=uto+ughi+violinist&pg=PA50 |title=New York Magazine |page=50 |date=1985-10-21 |access-date=2016-04-05}}
Career
When he was young he started to play the violin, at only «5 or 6 years» he said, and he made his debut at 7 years old, at the Teatro Lirico di Milano. At 12 years he was considered a mature artist.{{cite web|url=http://www.theartofliving.info/en/news/the-famous-italian-violinist-uto-ughi-in-concert-at-the-romanian-athenaeum/92 |title=The famous Italian violinist Uto Ughi in concert at the Romanian Athenaeum | The Art of Living |website=Theartofliving.info |date=1975-10-01 |access-date=2016-04-05}}{{cite news|author=Akshita Nanda |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/italian-violinist-uto-ughi-practises-every-day-for-last-67-years |title=Italian violinist Uto Ughi practises every day for last 67 years, Entertainment News & Top Stories |newspaper=The Straits Times |date=2015-03-03 |access-date=2016-04-05}}
He involves himself in many activities to promote music culture. He is the founder of several music festivals, namely "Omaggio a Venezia", "Omaggio a Roma" (1999–2002) and "Uto Ughi per Roma." In tandem with Bruno Tosi, Uto Ughi instituted the musical prize "Una vita per la Musica" ("A life for Music").
On September 4, 1997, he was commissioned Cavaliere della Gran Croce by the Italian President and in 2002 he received a degree honoris causa in Communication studies. He has won various awards, the most prestigious "Una vita per la musica - Leonard Bernstein" (23/6/1997), "Galileo 2000" prize (5/7/2003) and the international prize "Ostia Mare" (8/8/2003).
Ughi has possessed the following fine instruments: the Van Houten-Kreutzer (1701) and Sinsheimer-General Kyd-Perlman (1714) by Antonio Stradivari; and the Kortschak-Wurlitzer (1739), Ole Bull (1744) and Cariplo-Hennel-Rosé (1744) by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.
He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015.
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| 1978
|Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas
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| 1985
|Mozart Complete Violin Concertos
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| 1986
| Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 - Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
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| 1988
| Paganini Violin Concertos No. 2 "La Campanella" and No. 4
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| 1991
| Dvořák - Violin Concerto - Romance - Romantic Pieces
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2013
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=Other albums=
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| 1994
| Beethoven - Tchaikovsky violin concertos including : Violin Concerto in D Maj, op.61 Violin Concerto in D Maj, op.35 |
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Bibliography
- Quel diavolo di un trillo. Note della mia vita (That devil trill. Notes from my life) (2013)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.utoughi.com Uto Ughi official website]
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Category:People from Busto Arsizio
Category:Italian male classical violinists
Category:Italian male conductors (music)
Category:21st-century Italian conductors (music)
Category:21st-century Italian male musicians
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