Conductor Umberto Clerici has joined IMG Artists for general management.

The conductor will be represented by Global Artist Management Consultant Nicholas Mathias and Senior Vice President Derek Chandruang from the London office.

In a statement Clerici said, “I am honored to be joining IMG Artists’ high-calibre roster and, more particularly, to be represented by Derek Chandruang and Nicholas Mathias who bring a rare combination of artistic purpose, ambition and experience. I am delighted to have found my artistic home so swiftly and look forward to this next chapter on the global stage. The future feels bright and full of music in this new year, and for many more to come.”

Clerici spent 20 years as a cello soloist and orchestral musician and later became a conductor. He is currently the Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra and has also conducted such orchestras as the Volksoper Vienna, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Orchestra Regionale Toscana and the Sydney Symphony. Clerici made his opera debut with Opera Queensland with Verdi’s “Macbeth” and will return this season to conduct Puccini’s “La Bohème.”

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