Turin Conservatory Explained

The Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, also known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi or Conservatorio Torino and more commonly known in English as the Turin Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Turin, Italy.^[1] It should not be confused with the Milan Conservatory or Como Conservatory; schools which have also been known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi.

History

The Turin Conservatory was founded on 11 June 1866 with the name Liceo Musicale.^[1] In 1887 its name was changed to the Istituto Musicale when composer Giovanni Bolzoni became director of the school.^[1] In 1936 it was enlarged to become the Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi.^[1] Other directors of the conservatory include composer and pianist Franco Alfano and composers Lodovico Rocca and Sandro Fuga.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Irene Abrigo
• Cinico Angelini^[2]
• Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti
• Arturo Basile
• Carlo Emilio Bonferroni
• Fred Buscaglione^[3]
• Carlo Adolfo Cantù^[4]
• Matilde Capuis^[5]
• Andrea Carè
• Gianluca Cascioli
• Giulio Castagnoli (also faculty)^[6]
• Umberto Clerici
• Giancarlo Chiaramello
• Azio Corghi (also faculty)^[7]
• Luciana Littizzetto
• Riccardo Malipiero^[8]
• Enzo Muccetti
• Fernando Previtali
• Carlo Savina^[9]
• Marina Scalafiotti (also faculty)
• Flavio Testi^[10]
• Edgard Varèse^[11]
• Arturo Vigna^[12]

Notable faculty

• Elio Battaglia
• Pierluigi Cimma^[13]
• Andrea Della Corte^[1]
• Giorgio Federico Ghedini^[1]
• Dado Moroni
• Luigi Perrachio^[1]
• Alberto Soresina
• Pietro Spada

External links

• Official Website of the Turin Conservatory

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Pestelli . Giorgio . 2002 . Turin (It. Torino) . Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.28602.
2. Salvatore De Salvo (1988). "Cinico, Angelo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 34 (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
3. Web site: 13 October 2008. Biography of Fred Buscaglione (1921–1960). Italica. Troiano, Francesco. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014003009/http://www.italica.rai.it/index.php?categoria=bio&scheda=canzone_buscaglione. 14 October 2008.
4. Book: La musica italiana nel Novecento. Roberto Zanetti. 142. 1985. Bramante.
5. Book: A Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers: Women born after 1900. Dees, Pamela Youngdahl. 2004.
6. Angela Ida De Benedictis. Castagnoli, Giulio. MGG Online. Laurenz Lütteken. 2000.
7. Web site: Azio Corghi . . 2022 . en . 17 November 2022.
8. Bernardoni, Virgilio. 2001. "Malipiero, Riccardo". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
9. Book: Musiker, Reuben . Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook . Naomi . Musiker . 240 . . 1998 . 9780313302602 . David . Ades.
10. Raffaele Pozzi. "Flavio Testi" The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992). and
11. http://www.s9.com/Biography/Varese-Edgard "Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (Varese, Edgard)"
12. News: Obituary:Arturo Vigna. The New York Times. January 30, 1927.
13. Web site: PIER LUIGI CIMMA . 2020-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713125501/http://www.justclassicalguitar.com/pen%26nail/900/it/Cimma.php . 2011-07-13 . dead .