Italy On This Day

‘Virtuoso of the left hand’ had brief but influential career Adolfo Fumagalli was hailed as a 'first-rate' pianist by Hungarian grea...

Musician revived interest in Monteverdi and composed music in the same spirit Malipiero was born into an  aristocratic Venetian family A com...

Brilliant career overshadowed by infamous on-stage fight A portrait of Faustina Bordoni by the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera Faustina Bo...

Brilliant musician could both perform and write beautiful music Torelli is ranked alongside Arcangelo Corelli as a developer of the Baroque ...

Violinist astonished his listeners with his ability Pietro Antonio Locatelli was playing with an orchestra in Bergamo when he was only...