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 . It should not be confused with the Milan Conservatory or Como Conservatory ; schools which have also been known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi.
5-648: The Turin Conservatory was founded on 11 June 1866 with the name Liceo Musicale . In 1887 its name was changed to the Istituto Musicale when composer Giovanni Bolzoni became director of the school. In 1936 it was enlarged to become the Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi. Other directors of the conservatory include composer and pianist Franco Alfano and composers Lodovico Rocca and Sandro Fuga . This article about
10-562: A music organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Giovanni Bolzoni (composer) Giovanni Bolzoni (15 May 1841 – 21 February 1919) was an Italian composer and violinist, who is known for his Minuet for String Orchestra. Born in Parma , Bolzoni studied at the Parma Conservatory . After graduating in 1859, he
15-642: A string quartet, quartets, quintets, and violin pieces. Arturo Toscanini performed some of Bolzoni's music; two 1943 performances with the NBC Symphony Orchestra have been preserved on disc. In 1958, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra recorded Bolzoni's Minuet for RCA Victor as part of the Boston Tea Party album, which was later issued on CD. The work has also been recorded by Frederick Fennell and
20-921: The Teatro Regio di Parma and of the Concerti Popolari. Bolzoni was the long-time director of the Turin Conservatory . Among his notable pupils were composers Carlo Adolfo Cantù and Edgard Varèse . In 1884, he conducted the premiere of the revised version of Puccini 's opera Le Villi . Bolzoni died in Turin, aged 77. Besides the popular Minuet, Bolzoni composed the operas Il matrimonio civile (premiered in Parma, 1870), La stella delle Alpi (Savona, 1876), and Jella ( Piacenza , 1881). He also wrote Tema con variazioni for string orchestra, Al castello medioevale for small orchestra,
25-674: Was violinist and part-time conductor with Teatro Comunale di Reggio Emilia and Comunale di Cremona, eventually taking a position in Savona where he also taught violin. After six years he became its concertmaster and conductor . This was followed in 1874 by three years in Perugia as orchestral conductor and theatre director at the Istituto Morlacchi. In 1887, he became director of the Istituto Musicale, concertmaster at
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