Paolo Isotta


Paolo Isotta is an Italian musicologist and writer.

Life

Isotta graduated from the University of Naples, where he studied classic Letters and law. He also studied piano with Vincenzo Vitale and composition with Renato Parodi and Renato Dionisi. From 1971 to 1994 he was ordinary professor of history of music in the Conservatory of Torin and Naples. in february 2019 he was decretated Professor Emeritus
He was the musical critic for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera from 1980 to 2015 and for other journals such as Il Giornale.
In 2013 he published a critical article against Daniel Harding and, indirectly, Claudio Abbado, following which Stéphane Lissner, La Scala's director, declared him "non-pleasant person".
He wrote several books of musical criticism, among these one on the influence of the music in the Works of Thomas Mann and one which is the first ever wrote about the influence of the poetry of Ovid on music from XV to XXI century.

Decorations and awards

osmo, musica, uomo nell'antichità e Dante, Ariano Irpito, Edizioni Biogem, 2019