Ciro Pinsuti

Background

Ciro Pinsuti was born in Sinalunga near Siena, Italy, the son of Maddalena Formichi and G. Battista Pinsuti, who was the music teacher of the local orchestra.

Education

Pinsuti was educated in music, for a career as a pianist, partly in London and partly at Bologna, where he was a pupil of Rossini.

Career

From 1848 he made his home in England, where he became a teacher of singing, and in 1856 he was made a professor at the Academy of Music in London.

In 1876, he was given an official position on the Sinalunga city council, a position he held until his death, even though his commitment was necessarily subject to his many other activities. In 1879 he conducted Verdi's Il Trovatore at the theatre in Sinalunga, and supported the local orchestra, which was led by his brother, Domenico Pinsuti. In 1885 his opera Margherita was staged in Venice and then in Sinalunga.

Ciro Pinsuti died in Florence on March 10, 1888.

Achievements

• He became well known as a composer of numerous favourite songs and part-songs, which achieved popularity in the Victorian era, as well as of three operas brought out in Italy, and it is by "Mattia Corvino" that he is still remembered.

Membership

He became an honorary member of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Connections

Father:

G. Battista Pinsuti

Mother:

Maddalena Formichi

Brother:

Domenico Pinsuti