Biography
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel, Vivaldi ranks amongst the greatest Baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe, giving origin to many imitators and admirers. He pioneered many developments in orchestration, violin technique and programmatic music. He consolidated the emerging concerto form into a widely accepted and followed idiom.
Vivaldi composed many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other musical instruments, as well as sacred choral works and more than fifty operas. His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned children. Vivaldi began studying for the priesthood at the age of 15 and was ordained at 25, but was given dispensation to no longer say public Masses due to a health problem. Vivaldi also had some success with expensive stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for royal support. However, the Emperor died soon after Vivaldi's arrival, and Vivaldi himself died in poverty less than a year later.
After almost two centuries of decline, Vivaldi's musical reputation underwent a revival in the early 20th century, with much scholarly research devoted to his work. Many of Vivaldi's compositions, once thought lost, have been rediscovered – some as recently as 2015. His music remains widely popular in the present day and is regularly played all over the world.
Filmography
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Movies 42
TV Shows 3
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The Winter Hell (2024)
David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico (2023)
Music (2023)
Maledictis (2023)
Kunstkamera (2022)
Icarus (2022)
La Bella Amazzone (2021)
Vivaldi: Stabat Mater (2021)
Venezia. Lido. (2021)
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon Tribute concert (2020)
Fabrizio De André e PFM - Il concerto ritrovato (2020)
The Royal Ballet: Within the Golden Hour / Medusa / Flight Pattern (2019)
The Making of a Dream (2017)
Hudební perličky Pavla Šporcla (2017)
This is Opera (2015)
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche (2012)
Philippe Jaroussky: Greatest Moments in Concert (La voix des rêves) (2012)
The Incredible Journey of the Monarch Butterfly (2012)
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer (2010)
Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni (2008)
4 (2007)
Vivaldi Orlando Furioso (2001)
Jesień z cyklu „Pory Roku” (1995)
Lato z cyklu „Pory Roku” (1993)
Wiosna z cyklu „Pory Roku” (1991)
Zima z cyklu „Pory Roku” (1990)
Postadresse: 2640 Schlöglmühl (1990)
We Are Women (1988)
A Boy from Calabria (1987)
Axiliad (1986)
Autour de Boutavant (1983)
Tree of life (1983)
I Am a Cat (1982)
The Refuge (1978)
Karlar är karlar om sanningen ska fram (1976)
The Princess and the Pea (1976)
Allegro non troppo (1976)
Red Target (1972)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca (1967)
Petrol - Carburant - Kraftstoff (1965)
Mamma Roma (1962)
The Seventh Juror (1962)
Prisioneros de una noche (1962)
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GenderMale
Birthday1678-03-04
Deathday1741-07-28 (63 years old)
Birth NameAntonio Lucio Vivaldi
Birth PlaceVenice, Italy
ReligionRoman Catholic
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FatherGiovanni Battista Vivaldi
MotherCamilla Calicchio
CitizenshipsRepublic of Venice
Also Known AsАнтоніо Вівальді, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Il Prete Rosso
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