Domenico Ceccarossi

Italian French hornist, composer, arranger, conductor, music teacher and essayist. Husband of Maria Jolanda Colizza. Born November 19th, 1910 in Orosgna, Italy. Died January 24th, 1997 in Ciampino, Italy. Born in Orosgna, Ceccarossi first started studying French horn in La Banda di Orsogna. He moved to Milan in 1931 and joined [a1229932]. A few years later he moved to Rome and played with Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, and in 1944, he was appointed solo hornist with [a1229928], a position he held until 1970. From 1951 he taught at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Giachino Rossini". In 1958, he founded Trio Ceccarossi together with his wife Maria Jolanda Colizza and pianist Loredana Franceschini. In 1982, he stopped giving concerts to focus on teaching, writing and arranging.