Background
Ghedini was born in Cuneo in 1892.
Ghedini was born in Cuneo in 1892.
He studied organ, piano and composition in Turin, then graduated in composition in Bologna under Marco Enrico Bossi in 1911.
In addition to orchestral works, in 1949 he premiered a one-act opera based on the American novella, Billy Budd, by Herman Melville. He worked as conductor for a certain time, then he gave up to devote himself to teaching. He worked as a teacher of composition in Turin (1918-1937), Parma (1937-1941), and finally Milan, where he directed the local Conservatory (1951-1962).
Among his pupils, the most eminent were Marcello and Claudio Abbado, Luciano Berio, Guido Cantelli, Niccolò Castiglioni, Carlo Pinelli, and Fiorenzo Carpi.
Guido Cantelli conducted the National Broadcasting Company Symphony Orchestra in a broadcast concert of Ghedini"s Pezzo concertante for two violins, viola, and orchestra. He died in Nervi, near Genoa, in 1965.