Pina Carmirelli

Pina Carmirelli
Background information
Born	(1914-01-23)23 January 1914 Varzi, Italy
Died	26 February 1993(1993-02-26) (aged 79) Capena, Italy
Instruments	Violin

Pina Carmirelli (23 January 1914 in Varzi – 26 February 1993 in Capena) was an Italian violinist.^[1]

She started studying music and playing in public when she was very young. She was a pupil of , and graduated from the Milan Conservatory in violin (1930) and composition (1935). She won the in 1937 and the Premio Paganini in 1940. She married the cellist .

She starred in a long concert career, both as soloist and in chamber groups, some of which she co-founded herself:

• The Boccherini Quintet (1950) with and (violins), Luigi Sagrati and (viola) and her husband (first cello) and (second cello).
• The (1954) with Arturo Bonucci (cello), (second violin) and Luigi Sagrati (viola). (1954)^[2]
• The (1979) with Maureen Jones (piano), Federico Agostini (second violin), (viola) and Francesco Strano (cello).

She was a tenured professor of advanced studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia from 1941. She performed in recitals with Rudolf Serkin and and as a soloist under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini. She was also first violin of I Musici. As musicologist she edited the critical edition of the work of Boccherini.

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External links[]

• Premio Pina Carmirelli
• Quintetto Boccherini 1959 acclaimed tour of Southern Africa
• Quintetto Carmirelli di Roma 1960 invited again to Southern Africa