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Detail of the work entitled "Mechanisch concert" by Joseph de Longueil, kept at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (does not depict the Bembo). - (Rijksmuseum)

Wife of the nobleman Lorenzo Bembo and friend of Louis XIV, the Sun King, Antonia Bembo would, however, go down in history above all as a singer, musician and composer. Her story is emblematic of what women have always been able to express in music.

Antonia was born in Venice, probably in 1642. An only child, she enjoyed a high-level education. From an early age, she proved lively, intelligent, and particularly gifted in music. Her parents entrusted her to the best teachers of the time, including Francesco Cavalli; Antonia also had teachers of grammar, poetics, rhetoric, history, Latin and Greek.Strong-willed and unconventional - but rich in talent - the young woman gave a lot of satisfaction to her parents at first, but soon proved too determined and independent when she did not accept the marriage that they proposed to her with Francesc

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