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The Milan Conservatory (Conservatorio di musica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano) is a college of music which was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

The Kingdom of Italy was founded in Northern Italy by Napoleon I of France, and ended with his defeat and fall.The Kingdom of Italy was born on 17 March 1805 when the Italian Republic , whose president was Napoleon, became Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy and Eug?ne de Beauharnais viceroy....
. It opened the following year with premisses in the cloisters of the Baroque church of Santa Maria della Passione. There were initially 18 boarders, including students of both sexes. Today it is the largest institute of musical education in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
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During these two centuries, it has educated many of Italy's most important musicians, including Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....
, Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito , aka Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito, pseudonym Tobia Gorrio, was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretto and his own opera, Mefistofele....
, Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini

Giovanni Bottesini was an Italy Romantic music composer, Conducting, and a double bass virtuoso....
, Alfredo Catalani
Alfredo Catalani

Alfredo Catalani , was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley and La Wally , which was written to a libretto by Luigi Illica and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben? Ne andr? lontana"....
, Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly is an Italy conducting. He started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his repertoire to encompass symphonic music....
, Vittorio Giannini
Vittorio Giannini

Vittorio Giannini was an neoromanticism United States composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works....
, Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna

Bruno Maderna was an Italians-German conducting and composer....
, Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni was an Italy composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music....
, Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italy composer and libretto. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship....
, Francisco Mignone
Francisco Mignone

Francisco Paulo Mignone is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian European classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos....
, Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti, Italian orders of merit is an Italian conducting. He is the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will officially start his contract in 2010....
, Kurken Alemshah
Kurken Alemshah

Kurken M. Alemshah was an Armenians composer and conductor.Alemshah was born in Bardizag . He began schooling in his own hometown, but during the Armenian Genocide his parents sent the young boy to Italy to continue his education in the Murat-Raphaelian Armenian School in Venice....
, Italo Montemezzi
Italo Montemezzi

Italo Montemezzi was an Italy composer. He is best known for his opera L'amore dei tre re , once part of the standard repertoire.Montemezzi was born in Vigasio, near Verona....
, Alceo Galliera
Alceo Galliera

Alceo Galliera was a distinguished Italy Conducting and composer. He was the son of Arnaldo Galliera who taught in organ class at the Parma Conservatory....
, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was an Italians Classical music pianist....
, Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini

Maurizio Pollini is an Italy european classical music pianist....
, Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi is an Italy contemporary classical music composer and pianist....
, Riccardo Sinigaglia
Riccardo Sinigaglia

Born in Arona, Italy in 1953, Riccardo Sinigaglia is an architect as well as musician. He teaches electronic music at Milan Conservatory where he studied during the seventies with Angelo Paccagnini....
 and Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado, Italian orders of merit , is an Italy Conducting. He has held many of the most prestigious positions in the world of classical music, having served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music di...
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The Milan Conservatory (Conservatorio di musica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano) is a college of music which was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

The Kingdom of Italy was founded in Northern Italy by Napoleon I of France, and ended with his defeat and fall.The Kingdom of Italy was born on 17 March 1805 when the Italian Republic , whose president was Napoleon, became Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy and Eug?ne de Beauharnais viceroy....
. It opened the following year with premisses in the cloisters of the Baroque church of Santa Maria della Passione. There were initially 18 boarders, including students of both sexes. Today it is the largest institute of musical education in Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

During these two centuries, it has educated many of Italy's most important musicians, including Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....
, Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito , aka Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito, pseudonym Tobia Gorrio, was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretto and his own opera, Mefistofele....
, Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini

Giovanni Bottesini was an Italy Romantic music composer, Conducting, and a double bass virtuoso....
, Alfredo Catalani
Alfredo Catalani

Alfredo Catalani , was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley and La Wally , which was written to a libretto by Luigi Illica and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben? Ne andr? lontana"....
, Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly

Riccardo Chailly is an Italy conducting. He started his career as an opera conductor and gradually extended his repertoire to encompass symphonic music....
, Vittorio Giannini
Vittorio Giannini

Vittorio Giannini was an neoromanticism United States composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works....
, Bruno Maderna
Bruno Maderna

Bruno Maderna was an Italians-German conducting and composer....
, Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni was an Italy composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music....
, Gian Carlo Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italy composer and libretto. Although he often referred to himself as an American composer, he kept his Italian citizenship....
, Francisco Mignone
Francisco Mignone

Francisco Paulo Mignone is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian European classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos....
, Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti, Italian orders of merit is an Italian conducting. He is the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will officially start his contract in 2010....
, Kurken Alemshah
Kurken Alemshah

Kurken M. Alemshah was an Armenians composer and conductor.Alemshah was born in Bardizag . He began schooling in his own hometown, but during the Armenian Genocide his parents sent the young boy to Italy to continue his education in the Murat-Raphaelian Armenian School in Venice....
, Italo Montemezzi
Italo Montemezzi

Italo Montemezzi was an Italy composer. He is best known for his opera L'amore dei tre re , once part of the standard repertoire.Montemezzi was born in Vigasio, near Verona....
, Alceo Galliera
Alceo Galliera

Alceo Galliera was a distinguished Italy Conducting and composer. He was the son of Arnaldo Galliera who taught in organ class at the Parma Conservatory....
, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was an Italians Classical music pianist....
, Maurizio Pollini
Maurizio Pollini

Maurizio Pollini is an Italy european classical music pianist....
, Ludovico Einaudi
Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi is an Italy contemporary classical music composer and pianist....
, Riccardo Sinigaglia
Riccardo Sinigaglia

Born in Arona, Italy in 1953, Riccardo Sinigaglia is an architect as well as musician. He teaches electronic music at Milan Conservatory where he studied during the seventies with Angelo Paccagnini....
 and Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado, Italian orders of merit , is an Italy Conducting. He has held many of the most prestigious positions in the world of classical music, having served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, music di...
. Among its eminent professors there are Giorgio Battistelli, Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni

Franco Donatoni was an Italy composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy....
, Lorenzo Ferrero
Lorenzo Ferrero

Lorenzo Ferrero is a contemporary Italian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal and instrumental music, with a predilection for opera....
, Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti

Riccardo Muti, Italian orders of merit is an Italian conducting. He is the Music Director Designate of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will officially start his contract in 2010....
, Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli

Amilcare Ponchielli was an Italian composer, largely of operas....
, and Salvatore Quasimodo
Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italy author. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times." Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century....
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