Gianluigi Gelmetti (born 11 September1945) is an Italian conductor. September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
Since February 2004, he has been Chief Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Sydney Symphony Orchestra, now known as the Sydney Symphony, is a symphony orchestra based in Sydney, Australia. ...
GianluigiGelmetti is of medium height and stocky build, with white hair and beard, and a pair of pince-nez strung round his neck on a fl silken cord.
Gelmetti started his formal studies at age four and, at eight, received government dispensation to study at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, in Rome, where he learnt piano, conducting and composition.
Gelmetti was born in Rome and is the chief conductor of that city's opera.