Cesare Ciardi

Cesare Ciardi (28 June 1818 – 13 June 1877) was an Italian flautist and composer. Life Born at Prato to a Tuscan family, Ciardi eventually settled in 1853 in Russia, where he was appointed in 1862 as professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and became Tchaikovsky’s flute teacher. Ciardi himself played as first flute in the orchestras of the Imperial Theatres in Saint Petersburg, including the orchestra of the Imperial Italian Opera and of that of the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre. He died at Strel’na and was succeeded in his orchestral role by Ernesto Köhler. Ciardi possessed many talents and was also a sculptor and caricaturist. Work Flute/s alone Scherzo per due flauti op. 2 Trio scolastico op. 24 Ricordi d’Album op. 43 6 Capricci “I Piaceri della Solitudine” 22 Petite trio concertant s.o. Entr’acte for the ballet The Pharaoh’s Daughter, 1862 Flute & piano Capriccio su melodie belliniane op. 12 Fantasia sui motivi della “Beatrice da Tenda” op. 21 Scherzo “Il Carnevale di Venezia” op. 22 Fantasia sui motivi di “Luisa Miller” op. 23 Simpatie pel Rigoletto op. 27 Duo concertante sui motivi de “I due Foscari” op. 29 Fantasia “L’eco dell’Arno” op. 34 Fantasia sui motivi del “