Gaetano Giani Luporini

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Gaetano Giani Luporini
Born28 May 1936 (1936-05-28)
Died27 February 2022 (2022-02-28) (aged 85)
OccupationComposer

Gaetano Giani Luporini (28 May 1936 – 27 February 2022) was an Italian composer and academic.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Lucca, the grandson of the composer Gaetano Luporini, after studying violin he enrolled at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence, graduating in composition under Roberto Lupi.[1][2] Between 1968 and 1986 he was professor of Harmony and Counterpoint at his alma mater, and between 1986 and 2003 he directed the Luigi Boccherini Conservatory in his hometown.[1]

Luporini composed chamber, opera, symphonic and choral music.[1] He was also active as a composer of incidental music, and was well known as a faithful collaborator of Carmelo Bene for about twenty years.[1][2]

Luporini died from complications of COVID-19 in Barga, Province of Lucca, on 27 February 2022, at the age of 85.[1][2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lucca, musica in lutto: è morto il maestro Gaetano Giani Luporini". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Dinelli, Simone (27 February 2022). "Gaetano Giani Luporini muore all'età di 85 anni: mondo della cultura in lutto a Lucca". Corriere Fiorentino (in Italian). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Musica in lutto, è morto il maestro Giani Luporini". La Nazione (in Italian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

Further reading[edit]

  • Cresti, Renzo (2005). Gaetano Giani Luporini: musica fra utopia e tradizione (in Italian). Antiqua. ISBN 978-88-88326-02-3.
  • Caselli, Gianmarco (2009). Suono, segno, gesto nella musica per pianoforte di Gaetano Giani Luporini (in Italian). ETS. ISBN 978-88-467-1925-6.

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