Curriculum Antonio Mosca Antonio Mosca was born in Cascinette d’Ivrea in 1941. He started studying music when he was eight with Aldo Canzano, who taught him solfège and the accordion, which he played at fetes in local villages. As a result of his appearances in public, Ing. Adriano Olivetti got to hear about him and sent him, with a scholarship, to study at the famous College of Music in Rome. He attained his certificate for the cello with Antonio Saldarelli and Giuseppe Selmi, and finished his studies with Gaspar Cassadò in Cologne. In 1964 he became the 1st violin in the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, where he met Lee Robert, a young American violinist, who he married in 1966. They then moved to Turin, where the Rai (Italian radio) invited them both to join the Rai Orchestra Sinfonica, Lee as 2nd viola and Antonio as 1st cello. After eight years in the Orchestra and numerous concerts as soloists, not only in Piedmont, but also abroad, they left it to start teaching. Antonio and Lee taught at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin and, at the same time, dedicated themselves to educating their children, Liana violin, Marco cello and Nicola cello and harp, the development of the Suzuki School in Turin and to training teachers. The Turin Suzuki Orchestra, made up of 30 young violinists and cellists, from 6 to 14, due to its high musical level and its particular characteristics is considered to be the youngest orchestra in Europe; it has toured Italy and abroad, and has also played more than once for the Pope and the President of the Italian Republic. In 1998 they inaugurated the assembly at the United Nations. After this memorable concert, ILO-IPEC officially recognised the Turin Suzuki Orchestra as an artistic entity to be included in the campaign against the worst forms of child labour. 2006 is Antonio’s retirement year from the Conservatory, after a very successful career; 20 of his students have attained their cello certificates in 28 years of teaching. The Suzuki project and its evolution in Italy will be Antonio’s commitment when he retires, as well as writing texts for teaching music and studying the cello, and organising “Agrimusica”, a music college for young musicians. Antonio Mosca’s pupils from 1970 to 2006 Abate Arianna Agretti Gabriele Bitelli Giovanni Clark David Codeluppi Marco Abete Emanuele Andriani Alessandro Belmondo Letizia Belmondo Vittoria Bovo Daniele Cerrato Stefano Citraro Lorenzo Clerici Umberto Eguez Carolina Ferrero Emanuele Fietta Federica Fietta Andrea Fontana Davide Fontana Massimo Frochaux Claude Colasanto Luigi Comiotto Simone Conte Paolo Dandolo Bartolomeo Dell’Oglio Eduardo Fornero Alessandro Galeggioni Marco Giglio Gianetta Edoardo Inguaggiato Giulia Locatto Sergio Mondello Paola Montanaro Gabriele Montanaro Lorenzo Giglio Gianetta Giulia Mafucci Michelangiolo Magariello Luca Maraston Sara Marino Edoardo Massaria Giuseppe Mosca Alessandro Mosca Simone Pasero Leone Perardi Paola Perino Stefano Pistone Lorenzo Riffero Stefania Sacerdoni Lucia Mosca Marco Mosca Nicola Paronuzzi Stefano Peiretti Alessandro Pracca Davide Sandri Fabrizio Vizio Mattia Zamariola Federico Ziano Michele Salizzoni Matteo Salmi Lorenzo Storino Fabio Tabbia Francesco Tabbia Matteo Verità Stefania Vietti Ferdinando Villa Francescca *The pupils in bold got their Conservatory Certificates. **Alessandro Fornero is the child in the photographs in this book.