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)
Muti
1 British
/ ˈmʊtɪ /
noun
muti
2
British
/ ˈmʊtɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of muti
from Zulu umuthi tree, medicine
Example Sentences
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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
In 2018, Riccardo Muti, the pre-eminent Verdi conductor, called her “without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Music director emeritus for life Riccardo Muti leads the CSO season-opening concert on Sept. 21 at Orchestra Hall and will take the orchestra to New York to open Carnegie Hall’s season on Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
Ucho sat in the center of the village with his younger brother, Muti, teaching him the complicated game of conkana.
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
“I don't believe it,” a South African friend, Kenneth, said when I asked him about muti.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012
Kenneth's attitude mirrored how most people I spoke to thought about muti: It probably doesn't work, but you don't want to mess with it, just in case.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2012
In South Africa, muti is used at all levels of the game, from players kicking the ball socially on weekends to managers of top-flight clubs.
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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