Background
In 1944 his first son, Fausto, was born from his marriage with Elsa Angelini, from whom he was widowed shortly after.
In 1944 his first son, Fausto, was born from his marriage with Elsa Angelini, from whom he was widowed shortly after.
Uberto Zanolli, in his childhood, studied violin, viola, piano and composition in the Conservatories of Verona, Bolzano, and Milan.
An engineer official for the Italian army during World World War II, he was a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps for two years. At the age of 17, he made his professional debut as an orchestra director After the war, Zanolli returned to artistic activities, working in some of the most important theatres in Italy, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States.
Family
He was the docent of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música (1958 - 1960).
Permanent orchestra director of the Academia de la Opera (1953 - 1960). Title holder of the Coro de Bellas Artes (1959-1960) and the Orquesta del Teatro de Bellas Artes (1975).
A naturalized Mexican since 1957, Zanolli dedicated himself to magistery in diverse institutions. From 1972 to 1987, he was the director of the Department of Music, and from 1987 to 1994, the General Coordinator of aesthetic activities of that institution.
Within the labor of the cultural diffusion that he created with the OCENP, he made the Didactic Concerts the principal mission.
He presented an endless series of performances of composers from diverse times and nationalities, contributing especially to the divulgation of the contemporary Mexican composers. His name is connected to the rediscovery of an eighteenth-century composer, Giacomo Facco. A Music critic since the age of 17, he collaborated in newspapers like Il Gazzetino di Venezia, L"Arena di Verona, Diario de la Nación, Zócalo and El Universal.
He participated in seminaries of academic actualization, and offered countless conferences and ponencies within the university mark.