Americas Society presents a recital by Brazilian violinist Emmanuele Baldini

Posted by Rodrigo Brandão / Text From the Americas Society Website

Americas Society presents a recital by violinist Emmanuele Baldini, concert master of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP). Founded in 1954, the OSESP is the leading Brazilian symphony and one of the most accomplished orchestras in Latin America.  Mr. Baldini will be accompanied by pianist Simone Leitão.

Simone Leitão

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Baldini was born into a family of musicians in Italy and studied in Geneva, Berlin, and Salzburg. He has won several international prizes and presented solo and chamber music recitals in Europe, the Americas, and Japan. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Wiener Kammerorchester, the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He has recorded compact discs for the labels Agorà, Rivoalto and Phoenix, including Sonatas of Franck and Magnard, duets by Viotti, and music by Paganini and Tartini. He has been the concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste. He has worked with conductors Riccardo Muti, Valery Gergiev, and John Neschling and served as a concertmaster at the OSESP since 2005. Emmanuele Baldini performs with an instrument manufactured by Italian luthier Ferdinando Garimberti.

Emmanuele Baldini

The Brazilian pianist Simone Leitão, born in Minas Gerais, lives in the United States where she graduated as DMA (2009) in piano performance at the University of Miami, Frost School of Music, in the studio of Ivan Davis (pupil of Vladimir Horowitz), with a minor degree in Musicology.

For 2010 season, Simone will make a solo piano tour in China, Brazil and USA. All these tours are fully sponsored. She will also make 8 appearances as soloist with orchestras in Brazil and the U.S. while continuing to promote the Symphonic music of her country in the U.S. through her Brazil Classical Series in its second year.

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