Muti
noun
Riccardo (rɪˈkɑːdəʊ). born 1941, Italian conductor: musical director of Philharmonia Orchestra, London (1979–82), Philadelphia Orchestra (1980–92), and La Scala, Milan (1986–2005)
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Muti
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/ ˈmʊtɪ /
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muti
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/ ˈmʊtɪ /
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Etymology
Origin of muti
from Zulu umuthi tree, medicine
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As the resident orchestra the Vienna Philharmonic will also perform five concert programs, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, Tugan Sokhiev, Riccardo Muti, Christian Thielemann and Andris Nelsons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
On my first day in Salzburg, I headed for an 11 a.m. concert featuring Riccardo Muti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s monumental Eighth Symphony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2024
Among 93 members, Muti made 32 appointments and Daniel Barenboim 28, with most of the remainder by Georg Solti.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
Muti said of their concert “Aida” in Italy that summer, “She was able in the past to hold long phrases without any problem, and now going in the high register she had some difficulty.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Nayaraq placed Muti on the floor before us and raised her voice to be heard over her son’s loud cries.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
It is not the politicians, it is not poverty, it is not muti or juju it is not anything but the sickness in our heads.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2013
They called themselves the “21st-century muti generation” and sold a mix of baboon claws, horse legs, homemade clothing and dried out black cats.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012
Samon Nwulu, a silver-haired, quirky man who has been selling muti since 1959, showed me around his shop.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012
Some healers say they have given muti to Bafana players, and Mr. Collins says he spotted a sangoma at the team's hotel ahead of a recent warm-up game against Guatemala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2010
“Cholera a bad bugger. Frelimo send soldiers with muti* but too late. Muti no work good, anyway.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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