Lorenzo Salvagni
Lecturer
Background
A native of Rome, Italy, Dr. Lorenzo Salvagni is a well-established educator, composer, performer and translator. He is Lecturer of Italian at John Carroll University, Director of Music at Holy Rosary Church in Little Italy, Composer-in-Residence and Pianist at Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights. In the past 20 years, Dr. Salvagni has taught Italian language, culture, and literature at John Carroll University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Case Western Reserve University, and Cuyahoga Community College. He has published multiple articles, book essays and translations on literature and music, and he has given lecture-recitals on Italian popular, classical and contemporary music at academic conferences, workshops and seminars throughout the United States and Italy. The Cleveland Orchestra invited him to introduce the world premiere of a piano concerto by the Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino at Severance Hall. Dr. Salvagni’s compositions are frequently performed, recorded and broadcast nationally and internationally, and are currently available on all major streaming services. Dr. Salvagni is the current chairman of the Cleveland Composers Guild. For more information and a list of upcoming events, please check the composer’s website at lorenzosalvagni.com
Areas of Expertise
Twentieth-century Italian literature, opera and film, transatlantic modernism, biopolitics of fascism, cultural Cold War, Italian folk music.
Education & Awards
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music (2006)
B.A. (Laurea), Universit di Roma "La Sapienza" (2002)
Master in Music Communication for Recording and Broadcasting, Catholic University of Milan (2005)
Chamber Music Diploma, Music Conservatory of Rome (2000)
Piano Performance Diploma, Music Conservatory of Latina (1995)
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013)M.M., Cleveland Institute of Music (2006)
B.A. (Laurea), Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (2002)
Master in Music Communication for Recording and Broadcasting, Catholic University of Milan (2005)
Chamber Music Diploma, Music Conservatory of Rome (2000)
Piano Performance Diploma, Music Conservatory of Latina (1995)
Courses Taught
Introductory language courses
Elementary Italian I and II, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio. Fall 2018 - present
Italian 1010 Elementary Italian I, Cuyahoga Community College West, Parma (OH), Fall 2016 to Fall 2017 (three sessions)
Italian 101 Elementary Italian I, Duke University, Durham (NC), Fall 2013 (two sessions)
Italian 1020 Elementary Italian II, Cuyahoga Community College West, Parma (OH), Spring 2018
Italian 102 Elementary Italian II, UNC-Chapel Hill (NC), Spring 2010 and Spring 2011)
Italian 401 Beginner Accelerated Italian, UNC-Chapel Hill (NC), Fall 2011
Italian 101 Elementary Italian I, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH), from Fall 2006 to Fall 2009 (four sessions)
Italian 102 Elementary Italian II, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH), from Spring 2006 to Spring 2009 (four sessions)
Intermediate language courses
Italian 203 Intermediate Italian I, Duke University, Durham (NC), Fall 2013
Italian 203 Intermediate Italian I, UNC-Chapel Hill (NC), Fall 2010 and Fall 2011
Italian 204 Intermediate Italian II, UNC-Chapel Hill (NC), Spring 2011 and Spring 2012
Italian 63 Intermediate Italian I, Duke University, Durham (NC), Fall 2011
Advanced courses
Italian 114: Arie, Romanze, Canzoni: Music and Literature in Italy, Duke University, Durham (NC), Spring 2012.
I designed this interdisciplinary class to investigate the multiple relationships between music and literature in Italy. Students approached forms and authors in their cultural context with a focus on nineteenth- and early-twentieth century melodrama, its ties to literary trends such as Scapigliatura and Verismo, and its role in the process of Italy’s linguistic and political unification.
Italian 308 LAC (Language Across the Curriculum): Italian through the Opera, UNC-Chapel Hill (NC), Fall 2011
I designed this interdisciplinary, advanced-level seminar focusing on six masterworks of the Italian opera tradition. Classes were based on a selection of opera scenes and related readings in both English and Italian. In-class discussions were conducted in Italian. LAC integrates the study and use of languages into the mainstream curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences. The program is funded through U.S. Department of Education grants to the Center for European Studies.
Publications
Book Translations
Dennett, Laurie. La principessa americana. La vita straordinaria di Marguerite Chapin Caetani, mecenate dell’arte, giardiniera a Ninfa. Torino: Umberto Allemandi, 2020.
Orig. An American Princess. The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani. Toronto: McGill-Queen UP, 2016.
Articles in books
“Looking for a New Direction: Giorgio Bassani, Marguerite Caetani e la ricerca di una nuova poetica nelle pagine di «Botteghe Oscure» (1948-1960).” Dal particolare all’universale. I libri di poesia di Giorgio Bassani. Ed. Valerio Cappozzo. Ravenna: Giorgio Pozzi Editore, 2020. [ISBN 9788896117903]
“Marguerite Chapin-Caetani, collezionista-editore del modernismo artistico e letterario.” Il Novecento di Marguerite Caetani. Ed. Caterina Fiorani and Massimiliano Tortora. Roma: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2017: 99-106.
“In Marguerite Caetani’s Literary Salon: A Study of Elsa Morante’s Contributions to Botteghe Oscure.” Elsa Morante’s Politics of Writing: Rethinking Subjectivity, History and the Power of Art. Ed. Stefania Lucamante. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2014: 105-16.
“Nel giardino delle lettere: Marguerite Caetani e «l’estetica del collezionismo».” Roffredo Caetani: un musicista aristocratico. Ed. Mariantonietta Caroprese. Lucca: LIM – Libreria Musicale Italiana, 2014: 45-59.
Articles in journals
“The Caetani-Mathews Papers: Introducing René Char to the American Readership.” altrelettere (2014) DOI: 10.5903/al_uzh-20
“A Syn-aesthetic Path: the Notion of Counterpoint from Antonio Gramsci to Edward Said.” Romance Notes 53.3 (2013): 263-72.
Review articles
Francesco Ciabattoni. Dante’s Journey to Polyphony. Toronto: Toronto UP, 2010 Pp. 250. Annali d’Italianistica 28 (2010): 510.
Articles in non-academic press (selection)
“Classical Revolution(s).” Amadeus May 2014: 59-61.
“Marguerite Caetani, editrice moderna e cosmopolita.” Bollettino della Fondazione Camillo Caetani Spring 2013: 46-49.
“Una rivoluzione 'classica' per la musica da camera.” Suonare News Sept. 2013: 42-43.
“La Cleveland Orchestra: uno strumento di precisione.” Suonare News Oct. 2008: 24-26.
“Il miracolo di Piero Farulli: la scuola di musica di Fiesole.” Suonare News Oct. 2004: 24-27.
“Sergio Fiorentino: un artista ingiustamente dimenticato.” Suonare News July/Aug. 2004: 18-21.
