Santórsola: Music for Violin/Viola & Piano

Guido Santórsola (1904–1994) began his musical studies at the age of five, taught by his father, a sculptor, trumpeter and double bassist who moved from Southern Italy to São Paulo, Brazil in 1909, with the rest of the family joining him the following year. He enrolled at the São Paulo Conservatory of Music, then travelled to Naples to hone his violin technique and later London, where he studied at the Trinity College of Music under Alfred Mistowsky. His eventual return to Brazil coincided with a visit from Pietro Mascagni. At a concert in the great composer’s honour Santórsola, accompanied at the piano by Mascagni himself, performed his own compositions for violin and piano for the first time. Composer: Guido Antonio Santórsola Artists: Gran Duo Italiano Mauro Tortorelli (5-string violin) Angela Meluso (piano) 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music):