Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi is one of the greatest composers of all time, standing by introducing new elements at concerts and operas. His most famous work is "Il Cimento e del'Inventione dell'Armonia", wherethe four seasons.
The extraordinary Baroque musician Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in the city of Venice and is recognized as one of the great geniuses of music and a leader of histime.

He served as a priest and a violinist in the San Marcos Cathedral until 1713 when it began to be recognized for all their musical ability, which led him to give concerts throughout Italy andEurope.

Antonio Vivaldi wrote a lot of works, which are more than 500 concertos, 70 sonatas, 45 operas and a large amount of religious music compositions.

Johann Sebastian Bach was a great admirerof his work, even where there are several works by Vivaldi that are only known by the later interpretation of Bach.

Author of works striking as:

- Il Concerto Grosso
- The Four Seasons (FourSeasons)
- Concerto for Mandolin
- Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincere
- Gloria in D major

Throughout his long career was much more recognized as violinist and composer, where even criticized himconstantly saying it was repetitive when creating.

As happened with other geniuses, Antonio Vivaldi was ahead of his time and it was only in the twentieth century that recognized his masterful compositionsin perspective.

It is recognized as the first composer who researched, experimented and developed the technique of ritornello, writing over 230 violin concertos.

His compositions marked aprofound innovation, incorporating elements such as:

- The emergence of the solo instruments in concert
- The format of the three times
- New ways to play an instrument like the violin

The FourSeasons by Antonio Vivaldi

One of his most renowned concert is the "opus 8, Il Cimento e del'Inventione dell'Armonia" first performed in Amsterdam in 1725.

Inside this magnificent work highlights...