Q&AWhen did you start playing an instrument? I was five years old.Why did you start playing? Because I was given a little piano in my house.Which musician inspired you most when you were young? Lenny Bernstein.Which musicians (instrumentalists or singers) do you most admire? Joshua Bell and Placido Domingo.What’s your favourite piece to conduct? Every place … [Read more...] about Riccardo Frizza answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Conductors’ Edition
Leonardo da Vinci
Gregory Reinhart answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&AWhen did you start singing?As a child in Upstate New York, every Sunday I was taken to Mass. I loved hearing the songs in Latin, and hearing the choir. I wanted so badly to sing along, but was told by the organist I’d have to wait until my voice changed!At school I was definitely noticed at an early age, and encouraged. This year, my home town of Pavilion … [Read more...] about Gregory Reinhart answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Franco Zeffirelli is named one of 35 living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci
35 living descendants of Leonardo Da Vinci’s family have been identified. Although Da Vinci didn’t have any children, a project – started in 1973 – sort to create his family tree starting from the children of his siblings. Art historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato, from the Museo Ideale Leonardo da Vinci, have been putting the pieces together for the past 40 years. … [Read more...] about Franco Zeffirelli is named one of 35 living descendants of Leonardo da Vinci
Massimo Cavalletti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A in italianoWhen did you start singing? I began singing when I was six years old in the choir at Saint Anne’s church in Lucca, where I was born. I started singing opera when I was twenty-one.Why did you start singing? I began singing because as soon as I discovered my voice it immediately became a need and an overwhelming desire. I knew from the beginning that … [Read more...] about Massimo Cavalletti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Barbara Frittoli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition
Q&A in italianoWhen did you start singing? From what I remember I've always sung: when I was seven I had emergency surgery for peritonitis and I sang throughout the operation.Why did you start singing? When I was nine I was accepted at the Milan Conservatory to study piano; choral singing was, and is, one of the obligatory studies.Which singer … [Read more...] about Barbara Frittoli answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Singers’ Edition