
Encore: The spiked chair which began conductor Umberto Clerici's life in music
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Published 2/26/2026

From Conversations
Published 2/26/2026
The chief conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra on the chair of spikes which accompanied his early musical career, and why he doesn't tone down his Italian self for work (R)During his Suzuki lessons in Turin, Italy, a young Umberto Clerici was sitting up straight on a chair full of spikes,…