Chiara Minali, the performer, graduated with distinction in organ and organ composition from the Dall'Abaco Conservatoire in Verona in 2002.
Composition History
Spergher's Six Sonatas Op.1 were printed in Venice in 1786 and met with considerable success in Italy and abroad, being advertised in publications like the Gazzetta Universale di Firenze.
Composer Biography
Spergher was admired as an instrumentalist, composer, and teacher, and was employed by important families, churches, and monasteries in his region.
Composer Biography
Spergher became organist at the church of San Nicolò in Treviso, where he inaugurated a double organ built by Gaetano Callido in 1778.
Composer Biography
Ignazio Spergher, the composer, was born in Treviso in 1734 to an Austrian father and spent his entire life there.
Composition History
Much of Spergher's musical output was destroyed when the Chapter Library burned down during air raids in April 1944, though some works survived in other archives.
Composer Biography
Spergher was taught music by Giambattista Tagliasassi, the organist at San Gaetano, and later by Giordano Riccati, a renowned scientist and counterpoint expert.
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