November 30, 2022 – Brilliant lecture by orchestra conductor Wojciech Milewski about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Italy: the amazing journey that launched a 13-years-old prodigy.
It was 1769 when the young composer and his father Leopold started an extensive voyage in Italy trough Duchies, Republics, and States. Those years were profoundly influential on Mozart musical future.
The first Italian trip was an extended tour of 15 months, and it was financed by performances for the nobility and by public concerts. They stayed in Verona, Mantua, Cremona, Milan, Lodi, Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Florence, Siena, Orvieto, Viterbo, Rome, Marino, Sessa, Capua and Naples (with visits to Vesuvius, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Caserta and Capodimonte). Later Mozart spent two months in Venice, guest at Casa Ceseletti, a private house a few steps away from the piazza San Marco.
Wojciech Milewski is a very talented orchestra conductor and he is the Music Director of Charleston Opera Theatre and Director of Summerville Orchestra.
The event included a reception with hors d’oeuvres and Italian wines.
Photo: Portrait of Mozart at the age of 13 in Verona playing the harpsichord, in a white wig and red frock by Italian painter Giambettino Cignaroli
