Orchestra Giovanile Italiana



The Orchestra Giovanile Italiana (OGI; Italian Youth Orchestra) is the national youth orchestra of Italy. It was founded in 1984 by Piero Farulli at the Fiesole School of Music.

Conductors that have worked with the OGI include Claudio Abbado, Roberto Abbado, Salvatore Accardo, Yuri Ahronovitch, Piero Bellugi, Luciano Berio, Andrey Boreyko, Daniele Gatti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Eliahu Inbal, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Gianandrea Noseda, Krzysztof Penderecki, Giuseppe Sinopoli and Jeffrey Tate.

It is a member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras.