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Franco Donatoni

Italian composer and teacher Franco Donatoni was born in Verona on 9 June 1927 and began to study violin when he was seven, later studying at the conservatories in Milan and Bologna.

His students included Magnus Lindberg, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Giuseppe Sinopoli.

Franco Donatoni died in Milan on 17 August 2000, aged seventy-three.

 

A selection of articles about Franco Donatoni

Echoes of Oblivion by Robert McCarney - Per Giuseppe

A Box of Wonders - Printemps des Arts de Monte Carlo, reviewed by Giuseppe Pennisi

Ensemble. One hell of a concert - Hot - An Infernal Cabaret, the latest collaborative project by Peter Wiegold's 'notes inégales' and performance poet Murray Lachlan. Malcolm Miller was there

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