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Giovanni Battista, who was a barber before becoming a professional violinist taught Antonio to play the violin from a young age. Vivaldi had five siblings: Margarita Gabriela, Cecilia Maria, Bonaventura Tomaso, Zanetta Anna and Francesco Gaetano. Vivaldi’s parents, as recorded in the register of San Giovanni in Bragora were Giovanni Battista Vivaldi and Camilla Calicchio.

An official church baptism took place two months later, at the Church of San Giovanni Battista in Bragora in the district of Castello (photo: below left). In the trauma of the moment, Vivaldi’s mother may have dedicated him to the priesthood (an act that often assured a good education). The child’s immediate baptism, was most likely due either to his poor health or coincidentally, due to the fact that to an earthquake shook the city that very day. He was baptised immediately after his birth at his home by the midwife, which led to a belief that his life was thought to be in danger. Less than a year later, on the 28th July 1741 Vivaldi himself died in povertyĪntonio Lucio Vivaldi (4th March 1678–28th July 1741)Īntonio Vivaldi – Life and Legacy: ChildhoodĪntonio Lucio Vivaldi was born in 1678 in Venice, which at the time was the capital of the Republic of Venice. Unfortunately, soon after Vivaldi’s arrival the Emperor died. After meeting the Emperor Charles VI, Vivaldi moved to Vienna, hoping for an important position.

Vivaldi also had some success with stagings of his operas in Venice, Mantua and Vienna. Many of his compositions were written for the female music ensemble of the Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned childre where Vivaldi, who had been ordained as a Catholic priest, was employed from 1703 to 1715 and from 1723 to 1740.

His best-known work is a series of violin concertos known as “The Four Seasons.” He is known mainly for composing many instrumental concertos, for the violin and a variety of other instruments as well as sacred choral works and more than forty operas. Born Antonio Lucio Vivaldi in Venice o n the 4th March 1678, he is recognised as one of the greatest baroque composers and his influence during his lifetime was widespread across Europe. Vivaldi was an Italian baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and Catholic priest.