The Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini (previously known as the Liceo Musicale di Bologna, and sometimes referred to in English as the Bologna Conservatory) is a

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in Bologna, Italy. The conservatory opened on 3 December 1804, as the Liceo Musicale di Bologna. It was initially housed in the convent at the

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. The first faculty at the school included the composers Stanislao Mattei and Giovanni Callisto Zanotti, and the composer and singer Lorenzo Gibelli. Gioachino Rossini was a pupil at the school beginning in 1806, and was appointed head of the school in 1839. Later directors of the school included

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(1881-1886), Giuseppe Martucci (1886-1902), Marco Enrico Bossi (1902-1911), and

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(1925-1945). In 1945, the conservatory became a state conservatory, and it was rebranded as the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini, after musician and composer Giovanni Battista Martini. Directors of the conservatory from this point on include Guido Guerrini,

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, Adone Zecchi,

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, Carmine Carrisi, and Donatella Pieri.

Notable alumni

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Alice Barbi Alice Laura Barbi (1 June 1858 – 4 September 1948) was an Italian mezzo-soprano and violinist. She had a short, yet successful career as a concert performer. She was a close friend of Johannes Brahms. Biography Alice Barbi was born in Mod ...

Gianni Bedori Gianni Bedori (25 November 1930 – 21 January 2005), also known as Johnny Sax, was an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist and composer. Career Born in Mantua, Bedori graduated in clarinet at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Mart ...

Chiara Benati Chiara Benati (born 18 July 1956) is an Italian composer. She was born in Bologna, Italy, and studied piano, conducting and composition with Paolo Renosto and Cesare Augusto at the Bologna Conservatory The Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Marti ...

Giacomo Benvenuti Giacomo Benvenuti (16 March 1885, Toscolano – 20 January 1943, Barbarano-Salò) was an Italian composer and musicologist. He was the son of organist Cristoforo Benvenuti and studied at the Liceo Musicale (now the Conservatorio Giovanni Battist ...

* Marco Enrico Bossi *

Claudio Brizi Claudio Brizi (born 1960) is an Italian organist and harpsichordist. Life Born in Terni, he graduated in organ and organ composition with W. v. d. Pol at the Morlacchi Conservatory in Perugia, then specialized with J.Uriol, M.Radulescu, M.Morga ...

Piero Buscaroli Piero Buscaroli (21 August 1930 – 15 February 2016) was an Italian musicologist, journalist and essayist. Life Born in Imola, the son of a Latinist, Buscaroli studied organ, harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Marti ...

* Luciano Chessa * Giuliano Ciannella * Ettore Campogalliani * Giulio Confalonieri * Franco Donatoni *

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* Franco Ferrara *

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Rosa, ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' *

Carlo Forlivesi Carlo Forlivesi (born 23 October 1971) is an Italian composer, performer and researcher. Forlivesi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. He studied at Bologna Conservatory, Milan Conservatory and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia of Rome. H ...

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* Giorgio Federico Ghedini *

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* Gian Francesco Malipiero * Gianfranco Masini * Giacomo Orefice *

Luigi Piazza Luigi Piazza (1884 – 22 March 1967), was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially the role of Rigoletto. Piazza was born in Bologna, where he studied at the Bologna Conservatory with Alberoni. ...

* Ciro Pinsuti * Ezio Pinza *

Claudia Pinza Bozzolla Claudia Pinza Bozzolla (July 27, 1925 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – August 3, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an Argentine-American operatic soprano, vocal coach, and voice teacher of Italian origin. As a singer she performed in operas thr ...

* Manuel Ponce *

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* Gioachino Rossini * Albert Spalding * Enea Scala *

Riccardo Stracciari Riccardo Stracciari (June 26, 1875 – October 10, 1955) was a leading Italian baritone. His repertoire consisted mainly of Italian operatic works, with Rossini's Figaro and Verdi's Rigoletto becoming his signature roles during a long and dis ...

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Fabio Vacchi Fabio Vacchi (; born February 19, 1949), is an Italian composer. Biography Training and debut Fabio Vacchi studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini of Bologna with Giacomo Manzoni and Tito Gotti. In 1974 he participated in the cou ...

Celso Valli Celso Valli (born 14 May 1950) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and record producer. Born in Bologna, Valli studied at the Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini. He made his official debut collaborating with Drupi in his 1978 albu ...

* Franco Venturini * Manuel Viscasillas Bernal *

Corrado Zambelli Corrado Zambelli (Bondeno (Fe) 3 June 1897 – Bologna 1 September 1974) was an Italian classical bass who had an active international singing career in operas and concerts from the 1920s through the 1950s. He appears on several complete opera rec ...

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Notable faculty

* Marcello Abbado * Cesare Augusto *

Nazario Carlo Bellandi Nazario Carlo Bellandi (February 24, 1919 in Rome – April 20, 2010 in Rome) was an Italian music composer, organist, pianist, and harpsichordist. Education Maestro Nazario Carlo Bellandi in 1942 obtained the Diploma in Composition at the Cons ...

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Ettore Desderi Ettore Desderi (December 10, 1892 – November 23, 1974) was an Italian composer. Born in Asti, He studied composition at the conservatory in Turin, graduating in 1921, as well as undertaking studies in architecture, which he completed in 1920. ...

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* Gian Felice Fugazza *

Stefano Golinelli Stefano Golinelli (26 October 1818 Bologna - 3 July 1891 Bologna) was an Italian piano virtuoso and composer. In 1840 he was appointed by Gioachino Rossini, then an Honorary Councillor of the ''Liceo Musicale di Bologna'', professor for piano at t ...

* Adriano Guarnieri *

Leone Magiera Leone Magiera (born 1934) is an Italian pianist and conductor. Career Early life He was born in Modena in 1934, the son of an engineer named Ubaldo. He belonged to an ancient Modenese family of jurists. Anna Maria, his mother, was from a long line ...

Giacomo Manzoni Giacomo Manzoni (born Milan 26 September 1932) is an Italian composer. He studied composition from 1948 in Messina with Gino Contilli, and continued his studies from 1950 to 1956 at the Milan Conservatory. In 1955 he obtained a doctorate in ...

* Giuseppe Martucci * Antonio Melandri *

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* Riccardo Nielsen *

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Paolo Ravaglia Paolo Ravaglia is a clarinetist. Discography With Alter Ego *''Toshio Hosokawa: Birds Fragments'' *''Sciarrino: Fiato'' *''Glass: Music in the Shape of a Square'' *''Salvatore Sciarrino: Esplorazione del Bianco'' Source: References External ...

* Paolo Renosto * Gioachino Rossini * Alessandro Solbiati * Alessandro Vezzani

References

Sources

*Allitt, John Stewart (1991), ''Donizetti – in the light of romanticism and the teaching of Johann Simon Mayr'', Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK: Element Books. Also se
Allitt's website

External links

Official Website of Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini Music schools in Italy Culture in Bologna 1804 establishments in Italy Educational institutions established in 1804

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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