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Showing posts with label Musicians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musicians. Show all posts
26 September 2026

Romano Mussolini - jazz musician and painter

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Dictator’s son forged successful career in music At his peak, Romano Mussolini played around the world alongside some of jazz's greatest...
7 May 2026

Pietro Nardini – violinist

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Brilliant musician inspired the young Mozart Violinist Pietro Nardini was praised for the beauty and emotion of his playing Pietro Nardini, ...
2 March 2026

Antonio Buzzolla - composer, choirmaster and conductor

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Output included operas, religious music and Venetian dialect songs An illustration of Antonio Buzzolla, thought to show him at the age of 25...
19 October 2025

Adolfo Fumagalli - pianist and composer

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‘Virtuoso of the left hand’ had brief but influential career Adolfo Fumagalli was hailed as a 'first-rate' pianist by Hungarian grea...
18 March 2024

Gian Francesco Malipiero – composer and musicologist

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Musician revived interest in Monteverdi and composed music in the same spirit Malipiero was born into an  aristocratic Venetian family A com...
30 March 2023

Faustina Bordoni - mezzo-soprano

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Brilliant career overshadowed by infamous on-stage fight A portrait of Faustina Bordoni by the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera Faustina Bo...
8 February 2021

Giuseppe Torelli – violinist and composer

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Brilliant musician could both perform and write beautiful music Torelli is ranked alongside Arcangelo Corelli as a developer of the Baroque ...
3 September 2018

Pietro Locatelli – musician

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