Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano born 30 December 1959 is an EnglishItalian conductor and pianist In 1992 Pappano became music director of La Monnaie the Belgian Royal Opera House a post he held until 2002 In that year he was named the music director of the Royal Opera House ROH Covent Garden At Covent Garden Pappano and Kasper Holten the ROH Director of Opera shared responsibility for production His current ROH contract runs through to 2017 and was extended until 2023 Pappano was the youngest conductor to lead the orchestra of the ROH accompanying both the Royal Opera and Royal Ballet In 2015 he received a Gold Medal from the Royal Philharmonic Society