Conductor's to study in Italy initially (9)

I believe the answer is:

toscanini

'conductor's' is the definition.
(Arturo Toscanini)

'to study in italy initially' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'scan' (I've seen this before).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'italy' is 'i'.
'to'+'scan'+'in'+'i'='TOSCANINI'

(Other definitions for toscanini that I've seen before include "Old conductor" , "Maestro" , "Acclaimed Italian conductor" , "Virtuoso conductor" , "Bare rock formation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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