Library Notes, the new 2025/2026 academic year series from the Boccherini Conservatory. A project that showcases the precious historical materials of our Library, curated by Director Paolo Giorgi and featuring our students and faculty. Each meeting is a journey through the pages of musical history of our Library and performances! Produced in collaboration with the Lucchese Music Association, the Boccherini Study Center, and the Giani-Luporini Study Center.
The first event of the series, scheduled for Friday, December 12th at 5:00 pm, is dedicated to Gaetano Luporini (1865-1948), a composer and teacher from Lucca. A contemporary and fellow student of Giacomo Puccini, after a promising start to his musical career in opera in Milan at the turn of the 20th century, he became director of the Lucca Music Institute (then still named after its founder, Giovanni Pacini) in 1901.
He is credited with the institute's revival during the 20th century, thanks in part to its equalization with the Royal State Conservatories in 1924, a status achieved by Luporini himself. He was the grandfather of the composer Gaetano Giani-Luporini (1936-2022), also a composer, teacher, and longtime director of the "L. Boccherini" Music Institute.
During the guided tour, the rich collection of his autographed musical manuscripts, printed editions of his works and unpublished documents preserved in the Conservatory library will be illustrated, while in the musical moment that follows we will listen to some lyrics for voice and piano (performed by the soprano Greta Buonamici, a student in Professor Giovanni Dagnino's singing class, and Paolo Giorgi on piano) and a romance for violin and piano (performed by Federico Giacoppo, a student in Professor Alberto Bologni's violin class, and Paolo Giorgi on piano).
Admission is free.
The "Note di biblioteca" series is organized in collaboration with faculty and students from the Conservatory's departments of singing and musical theater, bowed and stringed instruments, and keyboard and percussion instruments, who are gratefully acknowledged for their support. Furthermore, thanks are also extended to the important musical institutions in the Lucca area that collaborate on the project and its research: the Lucchese Musical Association, the Luigi Boccherini Study Center, and the Giani-Luporini Study Center.