At the conservatory, he studied with Luigi Rossi, to whom he would later dedicate his Tre grandi duetti per contrabasso. He prepared a successful audition for the double bass scholarship in a matter of weeks. Only two positions were available: double bass and bassoon. ![]() His father sought a place for him in the Milan Conservatory, but due to the Bottesini family's lack of money, Bottesini needed a scholarship. He studied violin with Carlo Cogliati, and probably would have continued on this instrument except for a unique turn of events. Born in Crema, Lombardy, he was taught the rudiments of music by his father, an accomplished clarinetist and composer, at a young age and had played timpani in Crema with the Teatro Sociale before the age of eleven.
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