The Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini is located in piazza delle Belle Arti in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

. The conservatory, among the most important in Italy, is named after the Florentine composer Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842).

History

The conservatory occupies part of a former nunnery which was closed in the 18th century by the

Grand Duke of Tuscany The rulers of Tuscany varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region. Margraves of Tuscany, 812–1197 House of Boniface :These were origin ...

Alumni

Luigi Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical serialism, twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current ...

Sylvano Bussotti Sylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 – 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, writer and academic teacher. His compositions employ graphic n ...

* Albert Mayr *

Francesco Filidei Francesco Filidei (born 1973) is an Italian concert organist and composer. A student of Salvatore Sciarrino, he has performed internationally. As a composer, he has collaborated with singer-songwriter Claire Diterzi and written operas premiered ...

* Eva Mei * Benedetto Ghiglia * Andrea Portera *

Susanna Rigacci Susanna Rigacci (born May 16, 1960) is a Swedish-born Italian singer/soprano. Early life Susanna Rigacci was born in 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of composer and conductor M.° Bruno Rigacci. She graduated in musical training at t ...

* Sergio Maltagliati * Stefano Bollani

Faculty

Roberto Lupi Roberto Lupi (28 November 1908 – 17 April 1971) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music theorist. Born in Milan and trained at the conservatory there, he began his conducting career in 1937. His compositions of experimental music include ...

* Pietro Grossi * Riccardo Gandolfi

Musical instruments museum

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The conservatory acquired a notable collection of musical instruments, mainly dating from the time of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. They are displayed to the public as the Museo degli strumenti musicali, accessed via the

Galleria dell'Accademia The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy. It is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture ''David''. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and a large ...

, which is best known as the home of Michelangelo's ''David''. The instruments include: * instruments by

Stradivari Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, '' Stradivarius'', as well as the collo ...

from a set by this luthier which belonged to the Medici court ** Medici cello (1690) **

Medici tenor viola The Medici tenor viola is a notable tenor viola by Antonio Stradivari. It is part of a set of instruments by this luthier which belonged to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. (subscription required) (subscription required) History The instrument was m ...

(1690) *6 controviolino by

Valentino De Zorzi Valentino may refer to People * Valentino (surname), including a list of people with the name * Valentino (given name), including a list of people with the name Mononymous persons * Valentino (fashion designer) (born Valentino Clemente Ludovic ...

*a viola by

Igino Sderci Igino (Iginius) Sderci (1884 - 1983, born in Gaiole in Chianti, Italy) was a violin maker who studied under master maker Leandro Bisiach. Making more than 700 instruments including many large violas, he won gold medals at the prestigious Stradiv ...

*a violin and a viola by

Luciano Sderci Luciano Sderci (13 December 1924, in Florence – 22 June 1986, in Florence) was an Italian violin maker. Biography Luciano Sderci began his career in 1945 while studying the art of violin-making from his father Igino Sderci. Starting out as mere ...

*a doublebass by

Bartolomeo Cristofori Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano. Life The available source materials on Cristofori's life include his birth and death reco ...

* keyboard instruments by

, the inventor of the piano, who was employed by the Medici to look after their instruments

References

External links

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