Background
BUSONI, Ferruccio Benvenuto was born on April 1, 1866 in Empoli, near Florence. Father and mother musicians.
BUSONI, Ferruccio Benvenuto was born on April 1, 1866 in Empoli, near Florence. Father and mother musicians.
Austria. Eight years before public. Has composed much chamber music, orchestral scores, piano. Teacher at Helsingfors, 1888-1889.
Professor at the Moscow Imperial Conservatory, 1890. At the Boston (New England) Conservatory, 1891. First Rubinstein prize, 1890. Court Pianist, Weimar; Honourable Member of Royal Academy of Music, Bologna.
Walking, smoking, billiards. Collecting and reading books. Writing about music.
Spouse 1890, Gerda Sjostrand,daughter of a Finnish sculptor.