Numerous sources list these 18 Italian composers as the most important in history (below, in chronological order). dCS has already named products after six of them: Vivaldi, Scarlati, Rossini, Paganini, Verdi and Puccini. What is your guess for the name of Vivaldi’s successor? ; )
dCS will definitely not repeat a name. If it is not Italian, I agree with @AMdeC that Mozart seems interesting, and fitting, given the high bar for anything that can succeed the Vivaldi. If it is Italian, it will likely be three syllables, and easy to pronounce/spell. Paganini was a marketing (not technical) mistake, IMHO.
Of this list, IMHO: Salieri, Bellini, Corelli, Monteverde seem interesting…
So, for marketing reasons we eliminate Penderecki, Goubaïdoulina, Glass, Reich, Duruflé, Nono etc…
But Berio or Scelsi if you do think it must be Italian…The last one is Bartok…So, more modern than some Italian names you mentioned…But before that, we may have Vivaldi 3.0, that would be nice !
Chris, this specific topic was covered some months ago. I daresay that some fairly obscure artists or composers can be found but it seems that “Lina” may simply mean “Line” as in it being a new dCS line.
Muzio Clementi (24 January 1752, Rome – 10 March 1832, Evesham, Worcestershire, England) was a celebrated composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer** Born in Italy, he spent most of his life in England. He is best known for his piano sonatas, and his collection of piano studies, Gradus ad Parnassum.
