Alessandro Besozzi

Alessandro Besozzi (22 July 1702 – 1775) was an Italian composer and virtuoso oboist. He lived at the court of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia in Turin and played concerts in various European cities with his brothers Antonio and Girolamo. He wrote many concertos, but only one of them was published in his lifetime. Besozzi is also the author of about a hundred of chamber works, composed for various groups of instruments. He had many students that became successful musicians themselves, like Johann Christian Fischer and Georg Druschetzky.