Cesare Ciardi was an Italian

Italy

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 flautist

Flautist

A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...

 and composer

Composer

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Life

Born at Prato

Prato

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 to a Tuscan

Tuscany

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 family, Ciardi eventually settled in 1853 in Russia

Russia

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, where he was appointed in 1862 as professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...

 and became Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

's flute

Flute

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 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

Ernesto Köhler

Ernesto Köhler was a flautist and composer. He was taught the flute by his father, Venceslau Joseph Köhler, who was the first flute of the Duke of Modena's orchestra....

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Ciardi possessed many talents and was also a sculptor

Sculpture

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 and caricaturist

Caricature

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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 duettini

Petite trio concertant s.o.

Entr'acte for the ballet The Pharaoh's Daughter

The Pharaoh's Daughter

The Pharaoh's Daughter , is a ballet choreographed by Marius Petipa, to the music of Cesare Pugni, with libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges from Théophile Gautier's Le Roman de la Momie...

, 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 “Trovatore” op. 38

Fantasia sui motivi verdiani op. 40

Divertimento sui motivi del “Trovatore” op. 41

Il lamento dell’abbandonato op. 43

Fantasia “La Capricciosa” op. 44

Fantasia “Le Rossignol du Nord” op. 45

Polka “Di chi?” op. 45bis

Canto elegiaco op. 46

Fiori Rossiniani op. 47

Valse “La Romantique” op. 60

Fantasia brillante “La Folle” op. 64

Il Pifferaro op. 122

3 Solos op. 124-126

Gran Concerto op. 129

3 Notturnes op. 133-135

2 Fantasies sur des motifs de “La vie pour le Czar” op. 211-212

Fantasie, Divertimenti, original works s.o.

Chamber music

Le Rossignol op. 61 (Soprano, fl.&p.no)

Duetto Concertante op. 121 (2fl.&p.no)

Chant Elegiaque op. 132 (vl., vc., orgue & Harp)

Variazioni brillanti su motivi russi (2fl.&p.no)

Duetto nell’opera “Maria Padilla” (2fl.&p.no)

Duetto concertante su temi del “Barbiere di Siviglia” (fl., vl.&p.no)

Orchestral works

Il Carnevale di Venezia op. 22 for flute and strings

Gran Concerto Militare (fl., cl., tr. & orch.)

Le Carnaval Russe pour flute and orchestra

Didactic works

12 preludi op. 127

6 studi per flauto (Milano, 1850)

22 Etude (Moscow, 1860)

50 Point d’Orgue pour le Conservatoire de St. Petersbourg (Leipzig, 1856)

Neue Flötenschule (Moscow, 1860)