The pianist Maurizio Pollini died this morning.
Born in Milan in 1942, he had been ill for some time and for health reasons had canceled the last scheduled concerts.
The funeral home, as already happened for Carla Fracci, will be held at La Scala, a theater to which Pollini was very attached.
The artistic life of Maurizio Pollini, born in 1942 and raised in Milan, has always been closely linked to the Teatroalla Scala, where he made his debut at the age of sixteen in 1958 performing in the world premiere of Ghedini's Fantasia for piano and stringed instruments directed by Thomas Schippers and where he returned two years later , fresh from his victory in Warsaw, with Chopin's First Concerto conducted by Celibidache, and then constantly for over 150 recitals and concerts as a soloist or with the most important conductors, starting with his friend Abbado.
He himself also measured himself as a conductor, even in opera.
It is impossible to say where and with whom Pollini has played in over 60 years of activity;
it would be a very long list that includes all the major concert halls in the world, the orchestras and the directors.
He has recorded dozens of CDs and won prestigious international awards as well as received numerous honours.
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