Ferruccio Burco Italy's Nine Year Old Symphony Conductor
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Ferruccio Burco, Italy's 9-year-old prodigy conductor, will appear at the War Memorial Opera House, Friday evening, May 28, at 8:30 p.m., conduction a 60-piece symphony orchestra. Ferruccio has appeared twice in Carnegie Hall, making his debut there January 20 of this year-has appeared 16 times in the United States. Burco travels with his mother and father, maestro and tutor. His mother, Anna Burco, is a lyric soprano, and appeared with her son in Carnegie Hall May 2. Claudio Burco, his father, is an artist-painter. His maestro is Orfeo Rossi of Rome, and his tutor is Albert Pizzi of Boston.
From the Darlene Thorne Collection |