Some of the wonderful Italian musicians.
Ars Nova Quartet
Jacinto Gimbernard, Francesco Montelli,
Giovanni Costantino, Francois Bahuaud.
Soon after the Second World War, which left Italy in the poorest economic and civic conditions, the Italian Government undertook a rigorous program of reconstruction covering primely the commercial sectors of the Italian public life; as a consequence of all this many, among the most appreciated Italian musicians, were forced to go abroad , drawn by offers that were being made by many a nation.
Because of this on 1947, and immediately later on, many famous and renowned Italian music professors arrived to
Among them there was my grandfather Francesco Montelli as also Orchestra Directors Roberto Caggiano and Vittorio Castorina as well as the great violinist Danilo Belardinelli, the well known pianist Mario Carta, Enrico Calbiati all of them with an established international fame as also Amedeo Fortunati, Mariano Dessi, Carlo Renzulli, Fulvio Montanaro, Luigi Fusilli, Ennio Orazio, Guglielmo Morelli, Ferdinando Giacobbe, Carlo Donati, Lorenzo Ticchioni and many others.
Francesco Montelli played in the ‘Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional’ and also in the ‘Orquesta de Arcos’ conducted by M° Caggiano, and was also a member as well a founder of the ‘Cuarteto Ars Nova’ and was the Director of the Recording Department of “
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Fu cosí, pertanto, che tanti celebri e rinomati professori Italiani arrivarono nel lontano 25 Febbraio 1947, e negli anni immediatamente succesivi, alla Repubblica Dominicana dove esisteva un ambizioso progetto artistico in una delle piú grandi Stazioni Radiofoniche del Centro America. Tra questi si trovava mio nonno, Francesco Montelli, come anche i Direttori di Orchestra Roberto Caggiano e Vittorio Castorina, il grande violinista Danilo Belardinelli, il riconosciuto pianista Mario Carta, Enrico Calbiati tutti di chiara fama internazionale come anche Amedeo Fortunati, Mariano Dessi, Carlo Renzulli, Fulvio Montanaro, Luigi Fusilli, Ennio Orazio, Guglielmo Morelli, Ferdinando Giacobbe, Carlo Donati, Lorenzo Ticchioni e tanti altri.
Francesco Montelli formó parte della ‘Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional’ ed anche della ‘Orquesta de Arcos’ diretta dal M° Caggiano, fu membro fondatore del ‘Cuarteto Ars Nova’ e fu anche contrattato per dirigere il Dipartimento di Incisioni della ‘Voz del Yuna’ piú tardi ‘Voz Dominicana’.
A raíz de la segunda guerra mundial que dejó la estructura economica y civil de Italia en pauperrímas condiciones, el Gobierno Italiano emprendió un riguroso programa de reconstrucción que abarcó primeramente a los sectores comerciales de la nación; por consiguiente muchos de los más destacados musicos Italianos se vieron obligados a buscar mejor suerte en tierras foraneas, atraídos por ofertas que muchos paises les brindaban.
Fue así que tantos celebres y renombrados profesores Italianos llegaron en el lejano 25 Febrero de 1947 y en los años siguientes a
Francesco Montelli formó parte de