Riccardo Muti visited earlier today the prison of the city of Bollate, on the outskirts of Milan, where he gave a 2-hour piano recital (Chopin, Schumann, Schubert, Rossini, Beethoven) for 50 inmates, ANSA news agency reports. The Italian conductor called his piano recital "a dialog, not a concert", took some time to chat with the inmates, sign autographs and pose for photos and explained that "music belongs to everybody". "I came here -- he told ANSA -- To give meaning to my profession. Otherwise, I'd simply spend all my time standing on a podium, showing my backside to the people in the audience". Muti was invited by a group of inmates, who are also classical music fans, and promised he'll be back to Bollate prison in the summer.