Giuseppe Sinopoli

Italian conductor and composer who began studying music at the age of twelve, later studying both music and medicine (earning a doctorate), and archaeology in more recent years. Appointed Professor for Contemporary and Electronic Music at the Venice Conservatory in 1972. Has appeared with the Berlin, Vienna and New York Philharmonic Orchestras, the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, London's Philharmonia Orchestra and the Staatskapelle Dresden, among others. Born November 2, 1946 in Venice, Italy; died shortly after having a heart failure while conducting Verdi's 'Aida' in Berlin on April 20, 2001.