

He graduated in 1919 with a diploma as Professor of Violin. In Italy, Bozza studied violin, piano, and solfège in Rome at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. In 1915, at the age of ten, Bozza and his father moved to Italy to avoid the turmoil of World War I. Under such expert tutelage, Bozza became an outstanding young violinist and would occasionally go with his father to performances and play with the orchestra. He began studying the violin with his father when he was only five years old. With a professional musician for a father, Bozza was exposed to music early on.

His father, Umberto Bozza, was a violinist who made his living playing in French casinos along the Mediterranean coast.
