Vivaldi was appointed violin teacher at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà in 1703 and later became Maestro de'concerti, director of instrumental music, composing many pieces for his students.
Composition History
The majority of Vivaldi's over 500 concertos are believed to have been composed for the girls at the Ospedale della Pietà to perform.
Performer Biography
Zsolt Kalló, the violinist, concertmaster, and artistic director of Capella Savaria, was the first in Hungary to perform violin concertos by Tomasini, Kraus, and Michael Haydn.
Composer Biography
Antonio Vivaldi worked for nearly 40 years at the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, a Venetian boarding school for orphaned or abandoned girls, where music was a central activity.
Interpretation
Capella Savaria, founded in 1981, is Hungary's first period-instrument chamber orchestra, dedicated to performing Baroque and Classical music authentically using 18th-century instruments or copies.
Instruments
Vivaldi showed an unusually strong interest in the bassoon, composing 39 concertos for the instrument, possibly due to the talent of his students at the Ospedale della Pietà or bassoonist Giuseppino Biancardi.
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