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Flavio Testi (4 January 1923 in Florence – 14 January 2014 in Milan) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music and musicologist.

Biography

He studied with Giulio Cesare Gedda and Luigi Perrachio at the Turin Conservatory, and took an arts degree at Milan University (1951).

He then worked for Suvini Zerboni and Ricordi while also composing, pursuing his interest in music history and working on various radio projects for the RAI. From 1972 he devoted himself to educational activities, teaching music history at the Padua Conservatory and then taking up teaching posts at the Milan Conservatory and Florence Conservatory.

Musical style and influence

As a composer, Testi's music has been strongly influenced by the works of Stravinsky along with his own dramatic sensibility.

This is particularly evident in his earlier orchestral works such as Concerto (1954) and Divertimento (1956).

His La crocifissione premièred at La Scala in 1954