Luigi Gaggero

Luigi Gaggero (born 1976) is an Italian conductor, percussionist and academic teacher who has worked internationally. He is the chief conductor of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, and cimbalon teacher at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg, the only professor of cimbalon in Western Europe.

History

Gaggero was born in Italy. He studied percussion and conducting with Andrea Pestalozza, cimbalon with Márta Fábián in Budapest. He studied percussion further with Edgar Guggeis and Rainer Seegers at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, where he graduated a solo diploma with distinction.