Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia
The Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia is a conservatory in Venice, Italy named after composer Benedetto Marcello and established in 1876.
History
The conservatory was established in 1876 as Liceo e Società Musicale Benedetto Marcello, became communal in 1895 under the name Liceo Civico Musicale "Benedetto Marcello", and attained conservatory status in 1915 as Liceo Civico Musicale Pareggiato Benedetto Marcello. In 1940, under the directorship of Gian Francesco Malipiero, it became Conservatorio di Stato "Benedetto Marcello". The conservatory is housed in Palazzo Pisani a Santo Stefano - built between 1614 and 1615 -, located facing Campo Santo Stefano in the sestiere of San Marco. The building is owned by the municipality of Venice.[1]
Courses
The conservatory offers courses in singing, solfège, music dictation, score reading, music composition, jazz music, electronic music, choral music, orchestration, and in playing guitar, harp, piano, violin, flute, lute, double bass, saxophone, trumpet, cello, percussion instruments, oboe, bassoon, clarinet and organ.[2]
The conservatory accepts foreign students, provided that they pass an entry test and have sufficient knowledge of the Italian language.[3]
Directors
Faculty
- Gino Tagliapietra
- Francesco de Guarnieri
- Ettore Gracis
- Bruno Maderna
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
Notable alumni
- Luigi Nono
- Maria Chiara
- Giuseppe Sinopoli
- Leo Catozzo
- Katia Ricciarelli
- Gian Francesco Malipiero
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
- Giulio Bertola
- Mario Brunello
- Pino Donaggio
- Sara Mingardo
- Giorgio Polacco
- Giancarlo Toniutti
- Patty Pravo
- Nicolò Coccon
- Oreste Ravanello
- Ettore Gracis
- Bruno Maderna
- Roberto Micconi
- Giovanni Battista Rigon
- Pier Adolfo Tirindelli
- Davide Liani
- Gabriele Bianchi
- Ugo Amendola
- Michele Mariacher
- Enrico Molinari
- Toti Dal Monte
- Elena Rizzieri
- Pier Miranda Ferraro
- Elio Battaglia
- Lorenzo Regazzo
- Adriano Lualdi
- Eriberto Scarlino
- Terenzio Zardini
- Marco Crestani
- Giampaolo Coral
- Nino Sanzogno
- Luciano Rosada
- Remy Prìncipe
- Gilberto Crepax
- Franco Sartori
- Ettore Bonelli
- Franco Rossi
- Efrem Casagrande
- Claudio Ambrosini
- Giuliano Carmignola
- Riccardo Drigo
- Lucia Valentini Terrani
- Francesco Signor
- Rosetta Pizzo
- Sebastian F. Schwarz
- Raffaello de Banfield
- Mario Zafred
- Ernesto Rubin de Cervin
- Gianni Ferrio
- Andrea Liberovici
- Virgilio Ranzato
- Matilde Capuis
- Dario Bisso Sabàdin
- Albert Patron
- Guido Marzorati
- Bice Lazzari
- Vazgen Muradian
- Geoffrey King
- Wladimiro Ganzarolli
- Massimiliano Frani
- Antonio Guarnieri
- Alberto Franchetti
- Lamberto Tronchin
- Federico Agostini
Further reading
External links
Notes
- ↑ Historical facts (Italian) Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Courses offered (Italian) Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Admission of foreign students (English) Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine.