ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 4月12日 11時55分

The photographer @alessandro.grassani took a look inside this opulent retirement home for musicians in Milan. Casa Verdi, which is run by the Giuseppe Verdi Foundation, was completed in 1899 as a sanctuary for musicians who found themselves poverty-stricken in old age — “old singers not favored by fortune, or who, when they were young, did not possess the virtue of saving,” as Verdi wrote in a letter at the time. Nowadays, pensions and social security have reduced the economic necessity of a refuge like this one. Residents pay on a sliding scale, according to their means. Still, Casa Verdi is inundated each year with applications from composers, conductors, singers, orchestral players, music teachers and anyone else who has “exercised the art of music as a profession,” as the foundation’s website puts it. Once applicants establish their professional bona fides, Casa Verdi’s board makes choices based on who they think will be a good fit. The successful applicants get to spend their last years in a place where, in addition to room, board and medical treatment, they have access to concerts, music rooms, 15 pianos, a large organ, harps, drum sets and the company of their peers. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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