Giacomo Conti (1754-1805)
- Concerto (Es-Dur) a Violon Principal, Op.4 (c.1790)
Performers: Robеrt Nasciszеwski (violin); Rzеszów Chamber Orchestra;
Grzеgorz Oliwa (conductor)
Further info: Giacomo Conti (1754-1805)
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Italian violinist and composer. He is known to have played in a concert
in Zürich in 1786, after which he may have moved to Vienna (his op.1 was
published there by Artaria in 1788). In 1790, according to Gerber, he
was in the service of the Russian court in St Petersburg; either at the
same time or subsequently he was a member of Prince Potyomkin's retinue
but in 1791, at Potyomkin's death, he left Russia. From 1793 he led the
orchestra of the Italian opera in Vienna and was severely criticized,
since the decline of the opera was blamed on him. From 1797 he was also a
member of the Hofkapelle. He is described by Karl van Beethoven in 1802
as Geigenmeister (presumably violin teacher) to Count Moritz von Fries,
to whom Conti dedicated his three violin duos op.9 (1797). Conti's
compositions for violin make considerable technical demands but are
little more than agreeable entertainment pieces.
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