Lucio Agostini (Fano, Italy, 30 December 1913 - 15 February 1996) was an Italian-born composer and conductor who established his career in Canada.

[edit] Life

At age three, he moved with his family to Montreal. His father, a composer and conductor, Giuseppe Agostini, taught him musical theory. At 16, he was playing with the Montreal Philharmonic Orchestra as a cellist and was a part-time band player in a nightclub band playing saxophone and clarinet. It is at 18 years of age that he began his professional music career working first with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and later with television. Agostini began a long career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto from 1943, beginning with radio work, and subsequently the broadcaster's US-based television programs through the 1950s. He parttook in the production of Front Page Challenge, The Tommy Ambrose Show and World of Music.

Agostini won the John Drainie Award from ACTRA in 1983 in recognition of his contributions to broadcasting in Canada.

[edit] References

• Conductor led first CBC program at 18, The Globe and Mail, The Arts, Saturday, February 17, 1996. C2. accessed on October 18, 2006.

[edit] External links

• The Canadian Encyclopedia: Lucio Agostini
• National Library of Canada Music Archives: Lucio Agostini
• Canadian Communications Foundation: Lucio Agostini