Luca Bianchini and Anna Trombetta explained

Luca Bianchini (Sondrio, December 28, 1961) and his wife Anna Trombetta (Torino, September 11, 1964) are two Italian musicians, musicologists and music critics with degrees in musicology from the Cremona School of Palaeography and Musical Philology.The duo is known for their extensive studies on Mozart's musical life and work. Their Mozartian investigations[1] have revealed some surprising aspects[2] about the authorship of the composer's works and have caused quite a stir in musical circles, finding either support[3] or rejection from their musicologist colleagues.

Trajectory

Since the late 1980s, they have been revising musical works performed in world premieres and recorded on CD, such as Cimarosa's Armida Immaginaria for the Montpellier theater and for the Valle d'Itria International Festival, Semiramide in villa and Gli Zingari for the Taranto Paisiello Festival, or Pacini's Medea broadcast by RAI and discovered Simon Mayr's first Werther in operatic form, performed at the Rossini in Wildbad Festival, recorded on CD by the Bongiovanni label. In their research they have also been interested in musicians such as the violinist Teresina Tua, or composers such as Antonio Vivaldi,[4] Giovanni Pacini, Nicola Antonio Zingarelli, Pietro Mascagni, for whom they have made revisions for their revivals.

Between 2016 and 2018, they recorded 24 episodes on Vatican Radio about Mozart. In 2022 they were awarded the Traetta Prize "in recognition of their passion in musicological research with important contributions in the redefinition of the historiography of 18th century music".[5]

Mozartian investigations

The couple have published a series of books[6] resulting from their musicological, paleological and forensic research, raising doubts about the authorship of some of Mozart's compositions. Through investigation of the style of the compositions, the chemical analysis of the inks used in the scores and the dating of the manufacture of the paper they have beenable to verify incorrect dates, in some cases they have been able to determine new attributions.[7] Their research has been presented at various conferences and their books have been studied as part of several university courses.[8]

Discografía

Much of the revisions made by Bianchini and Trombetta have been recorded on CD:

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Luca Bianchini & Anna Trombetta: Fall of the Gods The Making of the Mozart Legend . 16 March 2022 . Interlude . 1 July 2018.
  2. News: Una biografía de Mozart pone en duda la autoría de sus última sinfonías . 16 March 2022 . Platea Magazine . April 7, 2016 . es.
  3. The Mozart Question . Wild Ideas . November 2021 . 18 . 4–20 .
  4. News: Un Vivaldi para la polemica . 16 March 2022 . 75 . Scherzo . May 1993 . 74 . es.
  5. News: La XIV Settimana Traetta 2022, intitolata Traetta Heroines, è dedicata alle grandi figure femminili . 28 March 2022 . Italian.
  6. Web site: Mozart la caduta degli dei . Connessi all'Opera . November 2016 . 16 March 2022 . it.
  7. News: Le sinfonie di Mozart che forse non sono di Mozart: "Quella firma per oscurare l'italiano Luchesi" . Il Fatto quotidiano . 2016-04-03 . it.
  8. Web site: Musical criticis I (Course) . Ca' Foscari University of Venice . 16 March 2022.
  9. Book: Domenico Cimarosa: His Life and His Operas. 9780313301124. Rossi. Nick. Fauntleroy. Talmage. 1999.
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