Biography of Antonio Vivaldi´s life for P5 (kindergarten) class

1. Antonio
Vivaldi
1678 – 1741

2. Antonio
Vivaldi was
born on
March 4,
1678 in
Venice Italy.

3. He was
born into
a large
family.

4. His father
taught him to
play the
violin.

5. After studying
the priesthood
for 10 years,
he became a
priest in 1703.

6. He was
known as the
“Red Priest”
because of his
bright red
hair.

7. He became a
music teacher at
the Hospital of
Mercy, also
called The Pietà.

8. Girls were not allowed to perform in
public, they would perform using a
gallery.

9. Vivaldi
spent most
of his life
teaching at
the Pietà.
He wrote hundreds of
compositions for the
girls to perform.

10. Later in
life, he
moved to
Vienna. He
died in
1741.