| Milan Conservatory Conservatorio di Milano | |
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Via Conservatorio, 12 Italy | |
| Coordinates | 45°27′54″N9°12′13″E / 45.46500°N 9.20361°E /45.46500; 9.20361 |
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| Former name | Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" |
| Type | Music school |
| Established | 1807 |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | consmilano |
TheMilan Conservatory, also known as theConservatorio di Milano and theConservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, is acollege of music inMilan, Italy.
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The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 inMilan, capital of the NapoleonicKingdom of Italy. It opened the following year with premises in thecloisters of theBaroque church ofSanta Maria della Passione. There were initially eighteen boarders, including students of both sexes. Today it is the largest institute of musical education in Italy.[1]
In its 200-year history, the conservatory has educated some of Italy's most prominent musicians and conductors, includingFausto Romitelli,Oscar Bianchi,Luca Francesconi,Stefano Gervasoni,Marco Stroppa,Giacomo Puccini,Alfredo Piatti,Amilcare Ponchielli,Arrigo Boito,Giovanni Bottesini,Alfredo Catalani,Riccardo Chailly,Amelita Galli-Curci,Vittorio Giannini,Scipione Guidi,Bruno Maderna,Pietro Mascagni,Gian Carlo Menotti,Francisco Mignone,Riccardo Muti,Kurken Alemshah,Italo Montemezzi,Feliciano Strepponi,Alceo Galliera,Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli,Giuseppe Andaloro,Mario Nascimbene,Maurizio Pollini,Ludovico Einaudi,Antonino Fogliani,Vittorio Parisi,Riccardo Sinigaglia,Enrique Mazzola,Gianandrea Noseda, andClaudio Abbado. Other notable students include composersMargrit Zimmermann,Alfredo Antonini,[2] andAlessandro Solbiati, and singersFlorin Cezar Ouatu andPaolo Andrea Di Pietro.
Among its past professors are the well-known voice teachersFrancesco Lamperti and his sonGiovanni Battista Lamperti. Ranking among eminent professors who have taught at the Milan conservatory areGiorgio Battistelli,Franco Donatoni,Lorenzo Ferrero,Riccardo Muti,Enrico Polo,Amilcare Ponchielli,Salvatore Quasimodo, andAlessandro Solbiati.
The conservatory'sLiceo Musicale for secondary school students opened in 1971. In 1981, it began an experimental collaboration with theMinistry of Education. The experimental phase ended in 2010 when it became "ad ordinamento".[3][4]
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