Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini

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Coordinates: 43°46′35″N 11°15′31″E﻿ / ﻿43.776401°N 11.258621°E﻿ / 43.776401; 11.258621

Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini

The Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini is located in piazza delle Belle Arti in Florence. The conservatory, among the most important in Italy, is named after the Florentine composer Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842).

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Alumni
* 3 Faculty
* 4 Musical instruments museum
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

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

## Alumni[edit]

* Luigi Dallapiccola
* Sylvano Bussotti
* Albert Mayr
* Francesco Filidei
* Eva Mei
* Benedetto Ghiglia
* Andrea Portera
* Susanna Rigacci
* Sergio Maltagliati[1]
* Stefano Bollani

## Faculty[edit]

* Luigi Dallapiccola
* Roberto Lupi
* Pietro Grossi
* Riccardo Gandolfi

## Musical instruments museum[edit]

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,[2][3] which is best known as the home of Michelangelo's David. The instruments include:

* instruments by Stradivari from a set by this luthier which belonged to the Medici court
* Medici cello (1690)[4]
* Medici tenor viola (1690)[5][6]
* 6 controviolino by Valentino De Zorzi[7]
* a viola by Igino Sderci[8]
* a violin and a viola by Luciano Sderci[9][10]
* a doublebass by Bartolomeo Cristofori[11]
* keyboard instruments by Bartolomeo Cristofori, the inventor of the piano, who was employed by the Medici to look after their instruments[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Centro Studi Luigi Dallapiccola (2021). "Biografia CV".
2. ^ "Musical Instruments Museum".
3. ^ a b "Collezioni". Galleria dell'Accademia (in Italian).
4. ^ "Medici Cello".
5. ^ "Viola Tenore".
6. ^ "Medici, Tuscan (viola 41401)". Cozio Archive.
7. ^ "Controviolino".
8. ^ "Viola I.Sderci 1968".
9. ^ "Violin L.Sderci 1977".
10. ^ "Viola L.Sderci 1968".
11. ^ "Doublebass B.Cristofori 1715".

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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