Di Vittorio
Di Vittorio is a surname of Italian origin. Notable people with this surname include: * Baldina Di Vittorio (1920–2015), Italian politician * Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1892–1957), Italian syndicalist and communist politician * Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967), Italian composer and conductor * Carlo Roberti de' Vittori Carlo Roberti de' Vittori (1605–1673) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 8 Dec 1658, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Rospigliosi, Cardinal-Priest of San Sisto Vecchio, with Cristofor Segni, Titular Archbishop of ''Thessalonica'', ...

Baldina Di Vittorio
Baldina Di Vittorio (16 October 1920 – 2 January 2015) was an Italian politician. Biography Born Balda Di Vittorio in Cerignola, Province of Foggia, the daughter of the syndicalist trade unionist Giuseppe, Di Vittorio was registered in the Communist Party since 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War she was interned in the Rieucros camp in the Lozère department, and after the collapse of France she took refuge in the United States with her husband. In New York Di Vittorio enrolled the courses of Jefferson School of Social Science The Jefferson School of Social Science was an adult education institution of the Communist Party USA located in New York City. The so-called "Jeff School" was launched in 1944 as a successor to the party's New York Workers School, albeit skewed more ... and joined several anti-fascist groups. Returned to Italy after the war, she became a member of the national presidency of the feminist association Unione Donne in Italia (Union Women in Italy ...
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Giuseppe Di Vittorio
Giuseppe Di Vittorio (Cerignola, 11 August 1892 – Lecco, 3 November 1957), also known as Nicoletti, was an Italian trade union leader and Communist politician. He was one of the most influential trade union leaders of the labour movement after World War I. Early life Giuseppe Di Vittorio was born in Cerignola, Apulia, into a family of poor agricultural day laborers. After his father's death, Di Vittorio was forced to leave school and work as a day laborer. He joined the May 1904 general strike during which five workers were killed by troops in Cerignola. Di Vittorio was strongly influenced by the growth of peasants' organizations and the spread of socialist ideas, giving rise to his participation in the local young socialist organization in Cerignola. He was radicalised by affiliating with the national Federazione Giovanile Socialista (Federation of Young Socialists), led by syndicalists in opposition to the official Socialist Party Youth Federation. His involvement in the socia ...
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Salvatore Di Vittorio
Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 22 October 1967 in Palermo) is an Italian composer and conductor. He is music director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York. He has been recognized by Luigi Verdi (Philharmonic Academy of Bologna) as a "lyrical musical spirit, respectful of the ancient Italian tradition… an emerging leading interpreter of the music of Ottorino Respighi". Biography He began music studies with his father Giuseppe in Italy, then studied composition with the late Ludmila Ulehla and Giampaolo Bracali at the Manhattan School of Music in the U.S., and conducting with Giampaolo Bracali, Francesco Carotenuto, and the late Piero Bellugi in Italy, who later praised his conducting style - "follows the tradition of the Italian schools." His program music, focused on the program symphony or symphonic poem, is most influenced by Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss and "follows in the footsteps of Ottorino Respighi" (Mark Greenfast, New Music Connoisseur). He ha ...
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