Florence Conservatory
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The Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini, better known in English as the Florence Conservatory is a music conservatory in Florence, Italy. It is the only music conservatory in Tuscany, and is a national conservatory of music operated by the government of Italy.[1] The school's premises are located in the Piazzale delle Belle Arti with its main entrance located at the address 2 Via degli Alfani.[2] Originally called the Istituto Musicale when it was founded in 1849, it was later renamed the Istituto Musicale Luigi Cherubini in 1910, and then the Regio Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini di Firenze in 1923.[3] Its present name was adopted after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946.
History
[edit]The Florence Conservatory was founded as the Istituto Musicale (English: Musical Institute) in 1849.[1] It was established on 6 August 1849 by a decree from Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany with Giovanni Pacini appointed the school's first director.[3] The conservatory was originally created as a companion music school to the pre-existing Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze with which it was initially affiliated.[1] It became its own independent school in 1860.[2] It was made so by royal decree from Victor Emmanuel II on 15 March 1860. In 1862 a new charter for the school was finalized at which point Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata succeeded Pacini as the school's second director.[3][4]
In 1910 the Florence Conservatory was re-named the Istituto Musicale Luigi Cherubini (English: Musical Institute Luigi Cherubini) after the Florentine composer Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842). When the conservatory was given national status as a royal conservatory in 1923, it was re-named yet again to the Regio Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini di Firenze (English: Royal Conservatory of Music Luigi Cherubini of Florence).[3] The royal title of the conservatory was dropped upon the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946.
The conservatory occupies part of a former nunnery which was closed in the 18th century by the future Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, then the Grand Duke of Tuscany (not to be confused with the earlier mentioned Leopold II).[3]
Directors
[edit]- Giovanni Pacini (1849-1862)[3][4]
- Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata (1862–1881)[3]
- Guido Tacchinardi (1881–1917)[3]
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1917–1923)[3]
- Arnaldo Bonaventura (1923-1925, interim director)[3]
- Giacomo Setaccioli (1925)[3]
- Alberto Franchetti (1926–1928)[3]
- Guido Guerrini (1928-1947)[5]
- Vito Frazzi (1947, interim director)
- Adriano Lualdi (1947–1956)[6]
- Antonio Veretti (1956–1970)[4]
- Guido Turchi (1970–1972)[7]
- Amleto Manetti (1972–1974)[4]
- Valentino Bucchi (1974–1976)[4]
- Firmino Sifonia (1977—1982)[4]
- Giuseppe Giglio (1982–1999)[4]
- Giovanni Cicconi (1999–2003)[4]
- Mario Pazzaglia (2003[4]—2006)
- Paolo Biordi (2006—2012)[8]
- Flora Gagliardi (2012-2015)[9]
- Paolo Zampini (2015—2021)[10]
- Giovanni Pucciarmati (2021-present)[11]
Alumni
[edit]- Francesco Attesti, pianist[12]
- Emőke Baráth, soprano[13]
- Stefano Bollani, jazz pianist[14]
- Sylvano Bussotti, composer[15]
- Matilde Capuis, composer, pianist, and organist[16]
- Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, pianist, and writer on music[17]
- Francesco Filidei, composer and organist[18]
- Benedetto Ghiglia, composer, conductor, and pianist[19]
- Sergio Maltagliati, composer[20]
- Albert Mayr, composer[21]
- Eva Mei, soprano[22]
- Leonardo Pinzauti, music critic and music historian[23]
- Nino Pirrotta, musicologist, pianist, and music critic[24]
- Andrea Portera, composer[25]
- Susanna Rigacci, soprano[26]
- Francesco Siciliani, composer and music administrator[27]
Faculty
[edit]- Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, maestro di cappella and later director of the conservatory[28]
- Luigi Dallapiccola, professor of piano[17]
- Vito Frazzi, professor of piano, harmony, counterpoint and composition[29]
- Pietro Grossi, professor of cello and founder and director of electroacoustic music studio[30]
- Riccardo Gandolfi, music librarian[31]
- Roberto Lupi, professor of music composition[32]
- Leonardo Pinzauti, professor of music history[23]
Musical instruments museum
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The conservatory acquired a notable collection of musical instruments, mainly dating from the time of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. They are displayed to the public as the Museo degli strumenti musicali, accessed via the Galleria dell'Accademia,[33][34] which is best known as the home of Michelangelo's David. The instruments include:
- instruments by Stradivari from a set by this luthier which belonged to the Medici court
- Medici cello (1690)[35]
- Medici tenor viola (1690)[36][37]
- 6 controviolino by Valentino De Zorzi[38]
- a viola by Igino Sderci[39]
- a violin and a viola by Luciano Sderci[40][41]
- a doublebass by Bartolomeo Cristofori[42]
- keyboard instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, who was employed by the Medici to look after their instruments[34]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Frank A. D’Accone, John Walter Hill, Leonardo Pinzauti and Julian Budden (2001). "Florence (It. Firenze)". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.09847.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Adelmo Damerini (1941). Il R. Conservatorio di musica Luigi Cherubini di Firenze. Felice Le Monnier.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Eleonora Negri; Renzo Cresti, eds. (2004). Firenze e la musica italiana del secondo Novecento le tendenze della musica d'arte fiorentina : con dizionario sintetico ragionato dei compositori. LoGisma. p. 75. ISBN 9788887621433.
- ^ Francesca Scaglione (2003). "GUERRINI, Guido". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 60. Treccani.
- ^ Virgilio Bernardoni (2006). "Adriano LUALDI". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 66. Treccani.
- ^ Cesare Fertonani (2020). "TURCHI, Guido". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 97. Treccani.
- ^ Milli Russo (October 15, 2017). "Viole en bourrasque' Paolo Biordi, viola da gamba" (PDF). L'Associazione Ex-Allievi della Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna: 2.
- ^ "Conservatorio Cherubini". Made In Story. September 30, 2015.
- ^ Edoardo Semmola (October 28, 2021). "Zampini: Dopo 6 anni lascio un Conservatorio conosciuto da tutti". Corriere Fiorentino.
- ^ "Musica, design e scultura. Unite in nome dell'Unesco: Al Conservatorio Cherubini siglato un accordo di collaborazione a più voci". La Nazione. April 29, 2024.
- ^ Frances Marion Platt (April 1, 2016). "Francesco Attesti fronts Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra". Hudson Valley One.
- ^ "Emőke Baráth interview: 'I had no vision for anything in my future but music'". Gramophone. March 24, 2022.
- ^ Will Hodgkinson (November 12, 2009). "Stefano Bollani: 'I couldn't stand to do the same thing night after night'". The Guardian.
- ^ David Osmond-Smith (2001). "Bussotti, Sylvano". Bussotti, Sylvano. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.04446. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- ^ Paola Damiani (2001). "Capuis, Matilde". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2019964.
- ^ a b John C.G. Waterhouse; Virgilio Bernardoni (2001). "Dallapiccola, Luigi". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07081.
- ^ "Francesco Filidei: new signing. Interview". Ricordi. May 25, 2018.
- ^ Paolo Patrizi (2003). "GHIGLIA, Benedetto". Enciclopedia del Cinema. Treccani.
- ^ Centro Studi Luigi Dallapiccola (2021). "Biografia CV".
- ^ Bouliane, Yves (Spring 1979). "Interview with Albert Mayr". Musworks. 7: 17.
- ^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). "Mei, Eva". In Rost, Hansjörg (ed.). Grosses Sängerlexikon. K. G. Saur Verlag. p. 3045.
- ^ a b Carolyn Gianturco; Teresa M. Gialdroni (2001). "Pinzauti, Leonardo". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.21796.
- ^ Anthony M. Cummings (2015). "PIRROTTA, Antonino". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 84.
- ^ "Fondazione Petruzzelli: Nuova puntata di Aus Italien dedicata a due straordinarie prime esecuzioni assolute". Teatro Petruzzelli. July 24, 2023.
- ^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). "Rigacci, Susanna". In Rost, Hansjörg (ed.). Grosses Sängerlexikon. K. G. Saur Verlag. p. 3931.
- ^ Carolyn Gianturco (2001). "Siciliani, Francesco". Siciliani, Francesco. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O904716.
- ^ Clara Gabanizza (2003). "CASAMORATA, Luigi Ferdinando". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 60. Treccani.
- ^ Mara Bercella (2005). Vito Frazzi. Florence: Nardini. ISBN 9788840427010.
- ^ Claudio Annibaldi (2001). "Grossi, Pietro". Grossi, Pietro. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11827. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- ^ Paola Campi (1999). "GANDOLFI, Riccardo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 52. Treccani.
- ^ Alberto Pironti; Raffaele Pozzi (2001). "Lupi, Roberto". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.17181.
- ^ "Musical Instruments Museum".
- ^ a b "Collezioni". Galleria dell'Accademia (in Italian).
- ^ "Medici Cello".
- ^ "Viola Tenore".
- ^ "Medici, Tuscan (viola 41401)". Cozio Archive.
- ^ "Controviolino".
- ^ "Viola I.Sderci 1968".
- ^ "Violin L.Sderci 1977".
- ^ "Viola L.Sderci 1968".
- ^ "Doublebass B.Cristofori 1715".
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