Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Italian writer and musicologist
About Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi
Lived 1934 – 2023 (aged 89). Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi was an Italian writer, musicologist, art historian and theatre director.
Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi (born Gioacchino Lanza Branciforte Ramirez; 11 February 1934 – 10 May 2023) was an Italian musicologist and academic. He directed a number of cultural institutions, including the Teatro di San Carlo, the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in New York.
After his adoption by his cousin Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the famous novelist and last generation of the Princes of Lampedusa, Lanza Tomasi bore the courtesy title Duke of Palma di Montechiaro.
Life and career Born in Rome, Lanza Tomasi was a distant cousin and the adoptive son of novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, best known for the novel The Leopard. He started his career as a music critic of the newspaper L'Ora.
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Italian writer and musicologist
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Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi was born on 11 February 1934 in Rome.
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Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi died on 10 May 2023 in Palermo.
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Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi was a writer, musicologist, art historian and theatre director.
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