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Fabio Luisi was born in Genoa in 1959. He commenced his piano studies at the age of four and received his piano diploma in 1978 from the Conservatorio Nicolò Paganini as a private student of Prof. Memi Schiavina.
By accident during a stay in France he became acquainted with the Italian pianist Aldo Ciccolini, who invited Fabio to study with him in Paris. He also continued to study in Italy with Antoni Bacchelli.
While working with Leyla Gencer as an accompanist for opera and songs and with Rudolfo Celletti as an accompanist, he decided to become a conductor.
He moved to Graz, where he studied with Milan Horvat at the Music Conservatory, which is today a university. In order to finance his studies he worked as a pianist and accompanist.
In 1983 he graduated with the “highest distinction” and was awarded his diploma as a conductor. He started working at the Graz Opera as an accompanist and conductor.
He made his début as a conductor in 1984 in Martina Franca, Italy, conducting Cimarosa’s Requiem, and at the Graz Opera conducting Donizetti’s Viva la Mamma. His years in Graz laid the foundations for his wide-ranging repertoire.
Since embarking on his international career in 1987, milestones have included: Staatstheater Stuttgart (1987), Staatstheater Mannheim (1987), Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks in Frankfurt (1988), Deutsche Oper Berlin (1988), Opéra de Bordeaux (1988), Rundfunkorchester München (1989) and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (1989).
In 1989 he made his début at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Wiener Staatsoper. Since then he has regularly appeared as a guest conductor in both houses, not only as a conductor of repertoire but also in many new, highly acclaimed productions.
In 1990 he founded the Grazer Symphonisches Orchester and remained its Artistic Director until 1995. In 1995 he was appointed Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tonkünstlerorchester in Vienna, positions that he held until 2000. With this orchestra he conducted over 250 concerts, many of which were in the Goldener Saal in the Wiener Musikverein. His tour of Japan with the orchestra was such a success that he now regularly appears in Japan.
In 1996 he was appointed, together with Marcello Viotti and Manfred Honeck, as Artistic Director of the MDR in Leipzig, which is the oldest European broadcasting orchestra. In 1999 he was chosen to take over this position alone, and his contract there lasts until 2007.
In 1997 he was also appointed as the Musical Director and Artistic Director of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, positions that he held until 2002. With this orchestra he made numerous, highly acclaimed recordings.
His American début in 2000 with the New York Philharmonic was a great success, and in the same year he made his American opera début with the Chicago Lyric Opera in Rigoletto.
Since then he has been a regular guest in the US and will make his Metropolitan Opera début in 2005 with a new production of Don Carlos.
Today Fabio Luisi works on a regular basis with orchestras such as the Orchestre de Paris, Accademia di S. Cecilia di Roma, Royal Philharmonic Stockholm, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Berliner Sinfonieorchester, Tokyo Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatskapelle Berlin, Wiener Symphoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo, Orchestre National de Radio France in Paris and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden; and with opera houses and festivals such as the Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper München, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper unter den Linden Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opera Bastille in Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Teatro Comunale in Florence, Bregenzer Festspiele, Festival Luzern and Festival Gstaad.
His début at the Salzburg Festival in 2002 in Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae and the subsequent festival production of Strauss’s Die Ägyptische Helena in 2003 saw the start of a new, highly regarded collaboration with the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden and the Semperoper Dresden.
In 2005 Fabio Luisi will become Chief Conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker, thereby joining a long line of distinguished conductors that includes Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Carlo Maria Giulini.
Recently (January 2004) he was appointed as Generalmusikdirektor of the State Opera in Dresden and Chief-Conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden from 2007 on.
Future engagements include a new production of Don Carlos in Berlin (2004) and another new production of Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera (2005), and a new production of Turandot at the Semperoper Dresden (2004).
In addition to regular performances with the MDR Leipzig and Wiener Symphoniker, his future orchestral engagements include performances with the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo, Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Münchner Philharmonikern, Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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STUDIES:
Conservatorio Nicolo Paganini, Genua
University of Music, Graz
CHIEF POSITIONS:
(1990-1995):
Grazer Symphonisches Orchester
(1995-2000):
Tonkünstler Orchester, Wien
(1997-2002):
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva
(1999-2007):
Sinfonieorchestre of the MDR, Leipzig
from 2005:
Wiener Symphoniker
from 2007:
Staatsoper & Staatskapelle Dresden
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