Paolo Isotta Explained

Paolo Isotta
Birth Date:18 October 1950
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Death Date:12 February 2021 (aged 70)
Death Place:Naples, Italy
Occupation:Music journalist and writer
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:University of Naples
Period:1974–2021
Notableworks:Il ventriloquo di Dio
La virtù dell'elefante/ La dotta lira. Ovidio e la musica/ Verdi a Parigi

Paolo Isotta (18 October 1950 – 12 February 2021)[1] was an Italian musicologist and writer.

Life

Isotta graduated from the University of Naples, where he studied classic Letters and law. He also studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale and composition with Renato Parodi and Renato Dionisi.[2] From 1971 to 1994, he was ordinary professor of history of music in the Conservatory of Turin and Naples. In February 2019, he was named Professor Emeritus.

He was the musical critic for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera from 1980 to 2015 and for other journals such as Il Giornale.

In 2013 he published a critical article against Daniel Harding and, indirectly, Claudio Abbado, following which Stéphane Lissner, La Scala's director, banned him from the theatre.[3]

He wrote several books of musical criticism, among these one on the influence of the music in the Works of Thomas Mann and one which is the first ever written about the influence of the poetry of Ovid on music from XV to XXI century.

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Notes and References

  1. https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/02/12/news/morto_paolo_isotta_critico_musicale-287237930/ Morto il critico musicale Paolo Isotta
  2. Web site: Daniela. Doremi. Paolo Isotta. Catalogo dei viventi 2015 – Corriere della Sera. italian. November 2, 2015. June 24, 2016.
  3. News: La Scala blacklists veteran music critic. Davies. Lizzy. February 3, 2013. The Guardian. June 24, 2016.
  4. Web site: Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte - Isotta Prof. Paolo. Italian. Quirinale.it. February 6, 2017.