Luciano Chailly (Ferrara, 19 January 1920 – Milan, 24 December 2002) was an Italian composer and arts administrator of French descent.
Luciano Chailly graduated in violin in Ferrara in 1941; he pursued academic studies in literature at the University of Bologna in 1943 and composition at the Milan Conservatory with Renzo Rinaldo Bossi in 1945.
[2] From 1951 to 1967 he worked in the Rai branch of Milan as a chief music assistant, which put him in contact with prominent contemporary performers, including Maria Callas.
He wrote the opera libretti for five of his novels: Ferrovia soprelevata, Procedura penale, Il mantello, Era proibito, L'aumento.
Chailly also wrote the music for some of his subjects: the ballet Fantasmi al Grand Hotel and the play Drammatica fine di un noto musicista.