Eug%C3%A8ne Bozza
Eugne Joseph Bozza was a French contemporary composer and violinist. He remains one of the most prolific composers of chamber music for wind instruments. Bozzas large ensemble work includes five symphonies, operas, ballets, large choral work, wind band music, concertos, and much work for large brass or woodwind ensembles. His larger works are rarely performed outside his native France.
Bozza was born in 1905 to an Italian musician and a French woman in the coastal town of Nice, France. His father, Umberto Bozza, was a violinist who made his living playing in French casinos along the Mediterranean coast. His mother, Honor Molina, was only a young girl from Nice when she met Umberto and conceived Eugne. With a professional musician for a father, Bozza was exposed to great music right away and took a liking to it. Eugne began studying the violin with his father when he was onlyyears old. Under such expert tutelage, Bozza flowered into an outstanding young violinist and would occasionally go with his father to performances and play with the orchestra. In 1915, at the age of 10, Bozza and his father moved to Italy to avoid the turmoil of World War I.
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