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Bruto Diodato "Uto" Ughi Knight Grand Cross OMRI (Italian: [ˈuːto ˈuːɡi]; 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.[1]

Maestro Uto Ughi Knight Grand Cross OMRI
Uto Ughi in 1970
Background information
Birth name	Bruto Diodato Emilio Ughi
Born	(1944-01-21) January 21, 1944 (age 78) Busto Arsizio, Italy
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Violinist
Instruments	Violin
Years active	1951–present
Labels	RCA Records
Website	www.utoughi.com

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.[2][3]

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

Year	Album details	Notes
1978	Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas Re-released: 2019 Label: Sony Classical Barcode: 0190759562628 Format: CD	Accompanied by Lamar Crowson on the piano
1986	Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 - Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy]] Released: 1986 Label: RCA Red Seal Format: CD, LP	Performed with Orchestra da Camera di Santa Cecilia
1988	Paganini Violin Concertos No. 2 "La Campanella" and No. 4 Released: 1988 Label: RCA Victor Red Seal Format: CD	Performed with Chamber Orchestra of Santa Cecilia
1991	Dvořák - Violin Concerto - Romance - Romantic Pieces Released: 1991 Label: RCA Victor Red Seal Format: CD	Performed with Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin
2013	Violino Romantico Released: May 14, 2013 Label: Sony Classical Format: CD, digital download	Performed with I Filarmonici di Roma

Other albums

Year	Album details	Notes
1994	Beethoven - Tchaikovsky violin concertos including : Violin Concerto (Beethoven) in D Maj, op.61 Violin Concerto (Tchaikovsky) in D Maj, op.35 Released: 1994 Label: Ermitage Format: CD	Performed with Roman Swiss Radiotelevision Orchestra (RTSI) and conducted by Marc Andreae TV broadcasts respectively from 1970 and 1981, released in CD after digital remastering

Bibliography

• Quel diavolo di un trillo. Note della mia vita (That devil trill. Notes from my life) (2013)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uto Ughi.

• Uto Ughi official website

На других языках

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[es] Uto Ughi

Uto Ughi (Busto Arsizio, provincia de Varese, 1944-) es un violinista italiano.[1]

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[ru] Уги, Уто

Уто Уги, урождённый Диодато Эмилио Уги (итал. Uto Ughi, Diodato Emilio Ughi; род. 21 января 1944 (1944-01-21), Бусто-Арсицио) — итальянский скрипач и дирижёр.

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