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After a nine-year absence, Martha Argerich returned to Carnegie Hall with stunning Prokofiev with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Since taking the reins of the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in 2005, the Music Director of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, has led one of the world's most admired and respected orchestras to dizzy heights of success.

Curiously, for a country that has created so much music, Italy has struggled to produce a world class symphony orchestra to match those from Berlin, Vienna, London and America. Partly due to the influence of the current director of music at London’s Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano, that has now changed.