(Venice, March 4, 1678 - Vienna, 28 July 1741)
A Priest, although unable to celebrate the mass for health reasons, was called "the red priest" for hair color. He was one of the most virtuous violinists of his time and one of the greatest composers of Baroque music. Considered the most important, influential, and original Italian musician of his time, Vivaldi contributed significantly to the development of the concert, especially solo (a genre started by Giuseppe Torelli) and the violin and orchestration technique. He also paid attention to the work in music, and his vast compositional work also included numerous concerts, sonatas, and songs of sacred music.
Gianbattista Vivaldi, violinist and father of Antonio Vivaldi, introduced him to the world of music. In 1704, when he was 25, he was ordained a priest, but he always remained in his true vocation: music. This same year, he started working at the "Hospital of the Pietá," a conservatory for orphaned girls, where he worked as a musical director until 1740. In addition to dedicating his time to teaching, he composed much of his work during this period, including his best-known work, The Four Seasons.
"The Red Priest" spent the end of his life composing work for Europe's nobility and royal houses.
He died in Austria on July 28, 1741, at 63 years of age, due to an infection in the period in which he worked at the court of Charles VI in Vienna.
The violin was central to its compositions in more than 770 works. Of his concerts, 221 are for a solo violin and orchestra. He also composed for various solo instruments, including flute, clarinet, trumpet, and mandolin.
Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most successful composers of the Baroque era, known above all for his iconic violin concerts, The Four Seasons. The Harmonic Eastern Op.3 is among the most important printed editions of the Vivaldi concerts. The works were immediately rewritten with remarkable consensus after their publication in 1711. It is, in fact, the first collection of concerts published with a title, demonstrating the awareness of the same composer of the nature of this extraordinary event. The work was originally dedicated to Prince Ferdinando de 'Medici, son and heir of Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Art of the Arch is an internationally renowned ensemble that has obtained great consensus through performances and recordings. After the iconic "The Four Seasons," the collection of 12 concerts for violin op. 3, "The Harmonious Inspiration" is the most popular and known of all Vivaldi's works. It is a vintage Vivaldi: Allegri lively, exuberant, brilliant, Italian "Belcanto" Italian-style cantilene and a general feeling of passion and a good Italian mood. The violinist Federico Guglielmo is one of the most important Italian violinists, a pioneer of performing ancient music, a bon vivant that includes the secrets of Vivaldi's language like few others.
