Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678, in Venice, Italy, into a musical family. His father, Giovanni Battista Vivaldi, was a barber turned ...
Antonio Vivaldi was a virtuoso violinist, a virtuoso composer – at least in terms of quantity – and a virtuoso teacher, as clearly evidenced by the level of ...
Although Vivaldi's relationship with Anna Giro was questioned, he adamantly denied any romantic relationship in a letter to his patron Bentivoglio dated ...
Because Vivaldi was a priest, he was not allowed to marry or have a girlfriend, but it was largely believed that both Anna and Paolina Giro were Vivaldi's ... Vivaldi · Album reviews · Guides · News
Vivaldi began seeking recognition as a composer and travelling lightly in 1718. During his travels he met Anna Giró who became his vocal student and a member of ...
He was the eldest of the nine children of Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and his wife Camilla Calicchio, who had married a year earlier, on 11 June, and had settled ...