In any case, Antonio was officially baptised on May 6. Vivaldi’s father, Giovanni Battista, was a violinist at St Mark’s Cathedral, and although he taught his prodigiously gifted son to play from ...

he may well have secured Antonio lessons with some of the city’s best musicians. At the same time, young Vivaldi proceeded with his theology studies and took Holy Orders in his early 20s.

Federico Maria Sardelli is responsible for updating the Vivaldi catalogue The newly-discovered earliest known work by Italian baroque composer Antonio ... composer's early years and musical ...

Documentary telling the story of Antonio Vivaldi and the music he composed in the early 18th century for La Pieta in Venice, a home for children who were abandoned at birth. Show more In the early ...