Virgilio Mortari (December 6, 1902 – September 5, 1993) was an Italiancomposer andteacher.
Mortari was born in Passirana di Lainate, nearMilan in 1902. He studied at theMilan Conservatory withCostante Adolfo Bossi andIldebrando Pizzetti. He graduated from theParma Conservatory in 1928, having studiedpiano andcomposition. Already in 1924 he had won first prize with his compositionSonata per pianoforte, violino e violoncello at the Società Italiana di Musica Contemporanea competition.[1]
He was professor of composition at theVenice Conservatory from 1933 to 1940. From 1940 he was professor at theAccademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He was artistic director of theAccademia Filarmonica Romana from 1944 to 1946 and from 1955 to 1959 director ofTeatro La Fenice inVenice. In 1963 he became vice president of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Double Bass compositions include: Concerto perFranco Petracchi by Virgilio Mortari. He won the Euterpe, Marzotto and Montaigne prizes.
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