Pietro Nardini

Studying with Tartini from the age of t12 until the age of 18, Nardini became one of the finest violinists during his lifetime. Arguably his abilities were more focused on touch than brilliance, but contemporaries, L. Mozart, Gyrowetz, and Schubert agreed that he was the master of the adagio. They disagreed concerning his virtuosity. He was a fine performer as well as an excellent teacher. Nardini served for periods of time in Vienna, Dresden, and Stuttgart but was called to Florence to be at his teacher's side when Tartini was deathly ill. He accepted the position which Tarti...