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Birth Anniversary: Tomaso Albinoni — June 8, 1671

08 June 2027

Born in Venice on 8 June 1671, the eldest son of Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant and patrician citizen. Describing himself as a dilettante veneto, he cultivated composition independently of church or court appointments, producing pioneering oboe concertos and instrumental sonatas that circulated widely across Europe and were studied and transcribed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A note on this date. Early sources cited 1750 as year of death due to the Venetian more veneto calendar; parish registers of San Barnaba verified by Michael Talbot confirm 17 January 1751. We publish it with the warning rather than leave the page out, and if you can point us to a register or an archive that carries it we will confirm or correct it.

Dates verified on Michael Talbot, Tomaso Albinoni: The Venetian Composer and His World, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, ISBN 978-0193152458, pp. 1-28; Treccani, DBI, vol. 2 (1960), voce "ALBINONI, Tommaso" (https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/tommaso-albinoni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/).

Travel tips from CHO

Go on the first Sunday of the month

State museums, archaeological parks and monuments across Italy open free of charge on the first Sunday of every month. It covers state-run sites only — civic and private museums set their own prices — and there is nothing to claim: you simply walk in.

The ministry’s free days →

In September, the doors that are usually shut open

For one long weekend every September, some fifty European countries run the European Heritage Days together: palaces, workshops, archives and private houses that are closed the rest of the year let visitors in, almost always for nothing. Italy sets its own dates, and they are published a few weeks ahead.

Dates, country by country →

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Maps, opening hours and tickets all need data, and roaming outside your own network still costs more than the ticket. A travel eSIM for Italy installs on your phone before you leave home and works the moment you land — no queue at the airport, no physical card to swap.

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