For a musician like Giuseppe Tartini, hailed as the "first violin of Europe" and "the greatest composer of his time", and who was also a music theorist and exceptional music teacher, Venice was an essential point of reference throughout his life, which was in part quiet and settled and in part dynamic and adventurous. This exhibition, set up at the Conservatory of music Benedetto Marcello in Venice, invites you to explore the professional relationships Tartini developed in the city, highlighting the places where he performed and taught, and revealing the network of human connections he established with aristocrats, clergy, students, and fellow musicians. It also presents traces of his precious musical production, both in manuscript and printed form, comprising instrumental and sacred vocal music, as well as theoretical methods and treatises preserved in Venetian libraries.
