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Rico Saccani

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Rico Saccani · Arts & Literature

What

Opera conductor

When

1952, United States

Where

United States · Hungary (Budapest)

Biography

Rico Saccani is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Opera conductor

How & why

American opera and orchestral conductor. He won first prize at the 1984 Herbert von Karajan International Conducting Competition in Berlin and served as music director of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra from 1996 to 2005, conducting widely in the international opera repertoire. He is listed among Jewish figures in music in Jinfo.org's index; no other independent documentation of his Jewish identity was found.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Opera conductor

1952

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music