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- Felice Giardini was an Italian composer and violinist. Felice Giardini (1716-1796) was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso. By the age of 12, he was already playing in theater orchestras. In a famous incident about this time, Giardini, who was serving as assistant concertmaster during an opera, played a solo passage for violin, the composer Niccolò Jommelli had written. He decided to show off his skills and improvised several bravura variations which Jomelli had not written. Although the audience applauded loudly, Jomelli, who happened to be there, was not pleased and suddenly stood up and slapped the young man in the face. Giardini, years later, remarked, “it was the most instructive lesson I ever received from a great artist. " During the 1750s, Giardini toured Europe as a violinist, scoring successes in Paris, Berlin, and especially in England where he eventually settled. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera in London and gave solo concerts under the auspices of J. C. Bach with whom he was a close friend. He was widely regarded as the greatest musical performing artist before the public. (1755-1770). In 1784, he returned to Naples to run a theater, however, there he encountered financial setbacks. In 1793, he returned to England to try his luck. But times had changed and he was no longer remembered. He then went to Russia, but again had little luck, dying in Moscow in 1796. Giardini was a prolific composer writing for virtually every genre which then existed. His two main areas, however, were opera and chamber music. Virtually all of his music is out of print with the exception of a few songs and works of chamber music. As a string player, he knew how to make string instruments sound their best. His chamber music combines the so-called “Style Gallant” with the mid 18th classicism of J.C. Bach, the Stamitzes and the Mannheim school. In the “Style Gallant”, the writing emphasizes the soloistic qualities of the instruments, rather than integrated part-writing to create a whole. Giardini, although he did write string quartets and quartets for other instruments--a new and evolving form at the time--, concentrated on writing trios, primarily those for violin, viola and cello of which he wrote at least 18.
- Felice Giardini (Felice de Giardini) war ein italienischer Violinist, Komponist und Operndirektor. Seine musikalische Ausbildung erhielt er als Sängerknabe am Dom in Mailand und durch sein Studium bei dem Violinisten Giovanni Lorenzo Somis in Turin. Ab etwa 1730 spielte er in verschiedenen Opernorchestern in Rom und Neapel. 1748 bereiste Giardini Deutschland und ließ sich 1750 in London nieder. Während seiner vierzigjährigen Amtszeit als Direktor der Italienischen Operntheaters entstanden seine drei Opern. Giardini stand in den Diensten des musikliebenden Duke of Gloucester. Gemeinsam mit seinen ebenfalls in London wirkenden Musikerkollegen Johann Christian Bach, Carl Friedrich Abel und Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), war er einer der führenden Komponisten des galanten Stils in England. 1796 zog er nach Moskau, wo er kurz nach seiner Ankunft verstarb.
- Felice de Giardini (Degiardino),, italský houslista a hudební skladatel, příslušník neapolské operní školy.
- Felice Giardini, compositor y violinista italiano. Comenzó sus estudios musicales en Milán y posteriormente estudió violín en Turín. En 1748 comenzó una gira de conciertos por Alemania y Francia. En 1750 se quedó a vivir en Londres, donde permaneció durante cuarenta años. Alcanzó gran notoriedad como concertista, profesor de violín, de canto y de clavecín y también como director de orquesta. En 1752 asumió la dirección de orquesta de la Opera Italiana, desempeñó este cargo en otras dos ocasiones, de 1756 a 1759 y de 1763 a a 1764, contaba con la colaboración de la cantante Regina Mingotti pero en ambas ocasiones no tuvo éxito. De 1774 a 1780 fue primer violín de los Conciertos del Panthéon; de nuevo dirigió la orquesta de la Ópera (1776-77, 1782-83), al mismo tiempo que era "music master" del Príncipe de Gales y del Duque de Cumberland. Después de una breve estancia en Italia, regresó a Londres en 1790 donde fundó un conjunto de ópera cómica en el Little Theatre de Haymarket, pero de nuevo fracasó como empresario. En 1796 intentó probar de nuevo en San Petersburgo y después en Moscú, donde le sorprendió la muerte.
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- Felice Giardini was an Italian composer and violinist. Felice Giardini (1716-1796) was born in Turin. When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso. By the age of 12, he was already playing in theater orchestras.
- Felice Giardini (Felice de Giardini) war ein italienischer Violinist, Komponist und Operndirektor. Seine musikalische Ausbildung erhielt er als Sängerknabe am Dom in Mailand und durch sein Studium bei dem Violinisten Giovanni Lorenzo Somis in Turin. Ab etwa 1730 spielte er in verschiedenen Opernorchestern in Rom und Neapel. 1748 bereiste Giardini Deutschland und ließ sich 1750 in London nieder.
- Felice de Giardini (Degiardino),, italský houslista a hudební skladatel, příslušník neapolské operní školy.
- Felice Giardini, compositor y violinista italiano. Comenzó sus estudios musicales en Milán y posteriormente estudió violín en Turín. En 1748 comenzó una gira de conciertos por Alemania y Francia. En 1750 se quedó a vivir en Londres, donde permaneció durante cuarenta años. Alcanzó gran notoriedad como concertista, profesor de violín, de canto y de clavecín y también como director de orquesta.
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