Luigi Catalano, the future founder of the Napa Valley Symphony, was born in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy, near Palermo, on November 29, 1881.
He attended the Palermo Conservatory of Music, where he studied violin and conducting. He found employment as the first violin in various orchestras in Italy and France.
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| This wonderful portrait of Luigi conducting, was signed in French on January 1, 1905, "From Paris, Best Wishes." |
Luigi Catalano in Paris, 1905
