Domenico da Piacenza | fr

Domenico Cimarosa (17 décembre 1749 - 11 janvier 1801) est un compositeur italien, né à Aversa dans le royaume de Naples et décédé à Venise. Ses parents étaient pauvres (le père était maçon et la mère faisait des ménages), mais ils voulurent lui donner la meilleure instruction possible. Lorsqu'ils vinrent s'installer à Naples ils l'envoyèrent dans une école religieuse dépendant du monastère San Severo dei Patri Conventuali. Il y avait là un organiste, le père Polcano, qui, frappé par les dons musicaux et l'intelligence du jeune garçon, prend à cœur de lui apprendre les bases de la musique ainsi que...

Domenico da Piacenza (ca. 1400 – ca. 1470) was an Italian Renaissance dancing master. Domenico da Piacenza (sometimes known as Domenico da Ferrara) was born sometime around 1400 in Piacenza, where he grew up and began teaching dance. He soon became a very popular teacher with some of his students – most notably Antonio Cornazzano and Guglielmo Ebreo – later becoming successful dance masters themselves. Domenico worked for some of the most influential Italian families of the time and not only composed choreography for them but also performed alongside them at important events such as weddings. He achieved a Knighthood...

Carlo Domeniconi (born 1947) is an Italian guitarist and composer known as a concert artist in both the classical and jazz idioms. Born in Cesena, Italy, he received his first instruction with Carmen Lenzi Mozzani at the age of 13. By age 17, he had received his diploma from the conservatory in Pesaro. In 1966, Domeniconi left Italy for West Berlin, where he studied composition at the University of Music (later The Berlin University of the Arts). He further worked at the university for 20 years as a professor. Later, Domeniconi visited Turkey and became enamoured with its people and...