Antonio Vandini (c.1690-1778)
- Concerto (violoncello) in Re maggiore
Performers: Francesco Fеrrаrini (violoncello); Nuova Orchestra Fеrruccio Busοni; Massimo Bеlli (conductor)
Further info: Antonio Vandini (c.1690-1778) - Sonate per violoncello
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Italian cellist and composer. Nothing is known about his early life or
musical training. His first documented playing position is at the church
of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo which he obtained in April of 1720.
He was also at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice as maestro di
violoncello from September 1720 to April 1721. On 9 June 1721 he was
appointed cellist at the Paduan Basilica di Sant'Antonio in a post he
held the rest of his life, only interrupted on 18 June 1722, when he
resigned in order to go to Prague. There he participated in the musical
celebrations for the coronation of Karl VI in June 1723; he was joined
there by Giuseppe Tartini and together remained in the service of Count
Ferdinand Francesco Kinsky until spring 1726. This year he returned,
together with Tartini, to Padua, resuming his service at the Basilica di
Sant'Antonio on 1 June 1726. He retired from service at Padua in June
1770, probably been succeded by his pupil Giuseppe Callegari. By 1776 he
was in Bologna, where he died two years later. As a composer, he left a
cello concerto and six cello sonatas (1717).
