Domenico Cimarosa studied under Niccolo Piccinni during his eleven years at the Conservatorio Santa Maria di Loreto in Naples, beginning in 1761. Piccinni, one of the masters of the old Italian school, provided formal instruction in composition and contributed to Cimarosa’s musical development alongside other prominent teachers.
After completing his conservatory studies, Cimarosa may have taken additional composition lessons from Piccinni in 1771, indicating that their teacher‑student relationship extended beyond his formal education and continued to influence his early professional formation.
