It had not escaped his father’s attention, however, that Antonio was a sensationally gifted violinist. Vivaldi senior was ... up in a Scottish nobleman’s family papers. An early version ...

Antonio Vivaldi: A Life in Documents was the fruit ... He was very close to his family, especially his father. He was avant-garde in his musical thinking. He lived outside the rules.

Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice in 1678 ... The most likely reason for this was his red hair, a family trait. In 1703 he became maestro di violino (master of violin) for an orphanage for ...

The life and death of the famous Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi - known as the red priest ... Antonio was born into a poor family and ever since childhood he had been in bad health.

After many unsuccessful attempts, including with members of the famous Italian filmmaking De Laurentiis family ... Vivaldi joined the priesthood to be commissioned to write music, much to chagrin ...

It's historical fiction centered on Antonio Vivaldi ... without them, his music could not have been created. And I was completely captivated because I come from a musical family.

Yet, her life takes a turn after she meets Antonio Vivaldi, a brilliant and ambitious composer who becomes the new violin teacher. Guided by Vivaldi and his music, Cecilia “finds the strength to ...

German director Volker Schlöndorff, who won the Cannes’ Palme d’Or and an Oscar for his 1979 drama “The Tin Drum,” is set to direct a film about how Antonio Vivaldi — the 18th-century I ...