With this achieved, Vivaldi gave up any pretence to a life of the cloth and instead concentrated on his musical career. He is understood to have trained as a priest, and was ordained in 1703. Mark's, and there are indications that Antonio received his early musical schooling from within the family. This is ironic, considering this great Baroque composer's close association in the public's mind with everything Venetian – an association only bettered by Canaletto. “Six Violin Concertos for Anna Maria,” a disc by violinist Federico Guglielmo, features the highlights.For such an outstanding composer, relatively little is known about Vivaldi's life beyond the fact that he was born and raised in Venice. Vivaldi wrote at least 28 concertos just for her. And under the instruction of composer-in-residence Vivaldi she became one of the most celebrated violinists of her time. The orphanage named her Anna Maria dal Violin. She had been passed through a secret opening large enough only to fit a child in 1696. Like most infants left at the Pietà, Anna Maria had no last name. In those years he wrote hundreds of pieces for the all-female orchestra and choir. Vivaldi served as music director there from 1703-1715 and again from 1723-1740. They were orphans at the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice - an orphanage established by the wealthy ruling class with the aim of raising girls who would be useful to society from a practical or artistic point of view. Neither attained the wealth or the immortal fame of someone like Paganini, but composers sought them out to write music for them.Īnna Maria and Chiara were two of Antonio Vivaldi’s greatest students. In the 18th century, travelers came from all over Europe to hear Anna Maria and Chiara perform in Venice.
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