Aldo Parisot
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Aldo Simoes Parisot is a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello
teacher, was formerly a member of the Juilliard School
faculty, and currently is serving as a professor of music at the Yale School of Music
.
, Parisot began studying cello at age seven with his stepfather, Tomazzo Babini. From Babini, he learned the importance of playing without unnecessary tension—something he credits as the foundation for the rest of his career. At the age of 12 he gave his professional debut as a cellist. From there, he moved on to become principal cellist of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
in Rio de Janeiro
. During one of the concerts, Carleton Sprague Smith, the attaché
to the American embassy was in attendance. Upon witnessing Parisot's performance of Brahms's Double Concerto
with violinist Ricardo Odnoposoff, he proceeded to come backstage, and invited Parisot to attend a party thrown for Yehudi Menuhin
. At the party Smith told Parisot he would arrange for Parisot to study at the Curtis Institute of Music
with Emanuel Feuermann
. However, Feuermann died unexpectedly on May 25, 1942, three months before Parisot's intended arrival to the US.
Sometime later, Smith again approached Parisot, this time with an offer to pursue studies of music theory
and chamber music
at Yale University on scholarship. Accommodations were to be made such that Parisot could avoid taking lessons, as Feuermann was the only one Parisot was interested in studying with. Parisot accepted, and began at Yale in 1946.
at the festival in Tanglewood
. He embarked on his first European tour the following year. Following this he earned a degree from Yale School of Music
and toured throughout the United States, Canada, and South America. According to Margaret Campbell, in her book The Great Cellists,
In the 1950s Parisot appeared in numerous solo concerts and soloed in many concertos with orchestras. During this time he also premiered works by composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos
, Camargo Guarnieri
, Jose Siqueira, Quincy Porter
, Mel Powell
, Claudio Santoro
, Donald Martino
as well as other works that where written and dedicated to him. He is recognized for his musicality, temperament and virtuoso playing as well as his teaching abilities.
Parisot has given first performances of composers such as Carmago Guarnieri, Quincy Porter, Alvin Etler, Claudio Santoro, Joan Panetti, Ezra Laderman
, Yehudi Wyner, and Heitor Villa-Lobos
always trying to enlarge the cello repertoire. The 2nd Cello Concerto by Villa Lobos was written and dedicated to him and the first performance was played by Parisot at his debut with the New York Philharmonic
. Orchestras such as the Amsterdam
, Berlin, Chicago
, London, Los Angeles, Munich
, Paris, Pittsburgh, Rio de Janeiro
, Stockholm
, and Warsaw
, have played with him with prestigious conductors such as Stokowski
, John Barbirolli
, Leonard Bernstein
, Eleazar de Carvalho
, Zubin Mehta
, Claude Monteux
, Paul Paray
, Victor de Sabata
, Sawallisch, Hindemith, and Heitor Villa-Lobos
.
He toured for five weeks in Poland during the first half of the year in 1976. In this period he was cellist with the Yale Quartet
, with Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki and Walter Trampler
.
From 1956-96 Parisot was the owner of one of the finest cellos: the De Munck Stradivarius
.
Parisot's performance at Tanglewood of Donald Martino
's Parisonatina al'Dodecafonia
for solo cello—a piece written for Parisot—received many favorable reviews, including from Harold Schonberg of the New York Times and from the Boston Globe.
Parisot is renowned for his teaching, having held posts at Peabody Conservatory, Mannes College of Music
, the Juilliard School
, and the New England Conservatory in addition to his current position at Yale, which he holds since 1958. Throughout the years, his students have gone on to careers as prominent concert artists, teachers and players in major symphony orchestras. Some better-known former students of his include Shauna Rolston
, Bion Tsang
, Ralph Kirshbaum
, Han-na Chang
, Robert deMaine
, Johann Sebastian Paetsch
, Jian Wang
. According to Kirshbaum:
In addition to the private instruction of his students, Parisot has also conducted the Yale Cellos
since 1983. Formed as an ensemble of his current students, the group has since released a number of award-winning CDs, one of which received a Grammy nomination.
in Canada since 1980. Until 2007 he returned each summer to teach young musicians and perform. In addition, he often appears at the Yale Summer School in Norfolk
and at several other summer festivals. He gave master classes at the Sibelius Academy
in November 1991. In Seoul
, South Korea
Parisot has offered courses of master classes at the Chung-Ang University
since May 1994. He also holds master classes at the Manchester International Cello Festival, where he additionally conducts a large cello ensemble. In January 2000 he toured Taiwan
performing with the teaching staff to aid earthquake
relief victims. Performances and classes are planned for Mexico, Venezuela
, and Korea
in the near future.
Cello students throughout the globe have, since 1977, come to Brazil to take part in the Aldo Parisot International Competitions: the Josef Gingold Violin Competition, the Bruno Giuranna Viola Competition, and the Aldo Parisot-Janos Starker Cello Competition. Additionally, international students are invited to take part in master classes by these respected musicians. In 1984, Parisot gave a months worth of master classes in China, where he auditioning prospective students, and the following year he was invited back. Since 1987, he has been encouraged to spend each spring giving two weeks of master classes and performances at the Jerusalem Music Center in Israel
. Since 2005 he has been returning every August to the Great Mountains Music Festival and School at the Yongpyong resort.
Alan Rich
of the New York Magazine has commented about these master classes:
, Florence
, Chile
, Brazil, Evian
, and Paris (Rostropovich Competition), in addition to various others throughout the US and Canada. In November 1991, he traveled to Helsinki
, Finland to participate as a member of the jury in the first Paulo International Cello Competition. He constantly returns to Morelia
to judge the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition.
In August 2007 he presided over the jury at the First Aldo Parisot International Competition in Yongpyong, South Korea
. In December 2008 he will be on the jury of the First International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in Poland.
, New Haven and Palm Beach
. During his tour in Poland he included the exhibitions of his abstract paintings made from acrylic. He uses his painting talents exclusively for philanthropic purposes, the proceeds going to the Aldo Parisot Scholarship Fund (recently renamed "Cello Enrichment Fund"), which grants financial breaks to his enrolled students. The main source of revenue for the Fund is a silent auction, held in mid-April at the annual Yale Cellos concert.
and Brazil.
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
teacher, was formerly a member of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
faculty, and currently is serving as a professor of music at the Yale School of Music
Yale School of Music
The Yale School of Music is one of the twelve professional schools at Yale University and one of the premier music conservatories in the world....
.
Early Life and Musical Training
Born in Natal, BrazilNatal, Rio Grande do Norte
-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...
, Parisot began studying cello at age seven with his stepfather, Tomazzo Babini. From Babini, he learned the importance of playing without unnecessary tension—something he credits as the foundation for the rest of his career. At the age of 12 he gave his professional debut as a cellist. From there, he moved on to become principal cellist of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. During one of the concerts, Carleton Sprague Smith, the attaché
Attaché
Attaché is a French term in diplomacy referring to a person who is assigned to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency...
to the American embassy was in attendance. Upon witnessing Parisot's performance of Brahms's Double Concerto
Double Concerto (Brahms)
The Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102, by Johannes Brahms is a concerto for violin, cello and orchestra.- Origin of the work :The Double Concerto was Brahms' final work for orchestra. It was composed in the summer of 1887, and first performed on 18 October of that year in the Gürzenich in Köln,...
with violinist Ricardo Odnoposoff, he proceeded to come backstage, and invited Parisot to attend a party thrown for Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...
. At the party Smith told Parisot he would arrange for Parisot to study at the Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. According to statistics compiled by U.S...
with Emanuel Feuermann
Emanuel Feuermann
Emanuel Feuermann was an internationally celebrated cellist in the first half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
. However, Feuermann died unexpectedly on May 25, 1942, three months before Parisot's intended arrival to the US.
Sometime later, Smith again approached Parisot, this time with an offer to pursue studies of music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
and chamber music
Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
at Yale University on scholarship. Accommodations were to be made such that Parisot could avoid taking lessons, as Feuermann was the only one Parisot was interested in studying with. Parisot accepted, and began at Yale in 1946.
Solo career
At age 26, during the start of his studies at Yale, he made his United States debut with the Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
at the festival in Tanglewood
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. It was the venue of the Berkshire Festival.- History...
. He embarked on his first European tour the following year. Following this he earned a degree from Yale School of Music
Yale School of Music
The Yale School of Music is one of the twelve professional schools at Yale University and one of the premier music conservatories in the world....
and toured throughout the United States, Canada, and South America. According to Margaret Campbell, in her book The Great Cellists,
In the 1950s Parisot appeared in numerous solo concerts and soloed in many concertos with orchestras. During this time he also premiered works by composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
, Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri was a Brazilian composer.-Name:He was registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother's maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed...
, Jose Siqueira, Quincy Porter
Quincy Porter
Quincy Porter was an American composer and teacher of classical music.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he went to Yale University where his teachers included Horatio Parker and David Stanley Smith. Porter received two awards while studying music at Yale: the Osborne Prize for Fugue, and the...
, Mel Powell
Mel Powell
Mel Powell was a jazz pianist and composer of classical music.Mel Epstein was born to Russian Jewish parents, Milton Epstein and Mildred Mark Epstein, and began playing piano as a child. He performed jazz professionally in New York City as a teenager...
, Claudio Santoro
Cláudio Santoro
Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro was an internationally renowned Brazilian composer and violinist.-Early life:...
, Donald Martino
Donald Martino
Donald Martino was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer.Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino studied composition with Ernst Bacon, Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, and Luigi Dallapiccola...
as well as other works that where written and dedicated to him. He is recognized for his musicality, temperament and virtuoso playing as well as his teaching abilities.
Parisot has given first performances of composers such as Carmago Guarnieri, Quincy Porter, Alvin Etler, Claudio Santoro, Joan Panetti, Ezra Laderman
Ezra Laderman
Ezra Laderman is an American composer of classical music.-Biography:His parents, Isidor and Leah, both emigrated to the United States from Poland. Though poor, the family had a piano. Ezra writes, "At four, I was improvising at the piano; at seven, I began to compose music, writing it down...
, Yehudi Wyner, and Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
always trying to enlarge the cello repertoire. The 2nd Cello Concerto by Villa Lobos was written and dedicated to him and the first performance was played by Parisot at his debut with the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
. Orchestras such as the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Berlin, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, London, Los Angeles, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Paris, Pittsburgh, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, and Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, have played with him with prestigious conductors such as Stokowski
Stokowski
Stokowski is surname of:* Ferdynand Ignacy Stokowski , a Polish officer* Leopold Anthony Stokowski , a British-born American orchestral conductor** Olga Samaroff Stokowski...
, John Barbirolli
John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli, CH was an English conductor and cellist. Born in London, of Italian and French parentage, he grew up in a family of professional musicians. His father and grandfather were violinists...
, Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
, Eleazar de Carvalho
Eleazar de Carvalho
Eleazar de Carvalho was a Brazilian conductor and composer.-Biography:De Carvalho's parents were Manuel Alfonso de Carvalho and Dalila Mendonça...
, Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of western classical music. He is the Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Claude Monteux
Claude Monteux
Claude Monteux is an American flutist and conductor.-Career:As a flutist Claude Monteux played under the batons of Arturo Toscanini, Bruno Walter, Thomas Beecham, Leopold Stokowski, Pablo Casals, Igor Stravinsky, and his father Pierre Monteux...
, Paul Paray
Paul Paray
Paul Paray was a French conductor, organist and composer. He is best remembered in the United States for being the resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for more than a decade. He married Yolande Falck on 25 August 1944.-Biography:Paray's father, Auguste, was a sculptor and organist...
, Victor de Sabata
Victor de Sabata
Victor de Sabata was an Italian conductor and composer. He is widely recognized as one of the most distinguished operatic conductors of the twentieth century, especially for his Verdi, Puccini and Wagner. He is also acclaimed for his interpretations of orchestral music...
, Sawallisch, Hindemith, and Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
.
He toured for five weeks in Poland during the first half of the year in 1976. In this period he was cellist with the Yale Quartet
Yale Quartet
The Yale Quartet is a string quartet based at Yale University composed of musicians in the Yale School of Music and originally led by Broadus Erle from the time he arrived in Yale in 1960...
, with Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki and Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler was a German musician and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore.Born at Munich, he began to study music at the age of 6, learning from his father, a violinist. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet...
.
From 1956-96 Parisot was the owner of one of the finest cellos: the De Munck Stradivarius
De Munck Stradivarius
The De Munck; Feuermann; Gardiner Stradivarius of 1730 is an antique cello crafted by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari....
.
Parisot's performance at Tanglewood of Donald Martino
Donald Martino
Donald Martino was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer.Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino studied composition with Ernst Bacon, Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, and Luigi Dallapiccola...
's Parisonatina al'Dodecafonia
Parisonatina al’Dodecafonia (Martino)
Parisonatina al’Dodecafonia, by Donald Martino , is a piece that was written in 1964 for violoncello solo. It shows a relentless preference in exploring notes in a twelve-tone system. It also consistently approaches the structure and cellistic technique through an imaginative approach...
for solo cello—a piece written for Parisot—received many favorable reviews, including from Harold Schonberg of the New York Times and from the Boston Globe.
Teaching
Mannes College of Music
Mannes College The New School for Music is The New School university's music conservatory. While the university's main campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Mannes maintains its main academic building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....
, the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, and the New England Conservatory in addition to his current position at Yale, which he holds since 1958. Throughout the years, his students have gone on to careers as prominent concert artists, teachers and players in major symphony orchestras. Some better-known former students of his include Shauna Rolston
Shauna Rolston
Shauna Rolston is a Canadian cellist. Rolston was born in Edmonton, Alberta.Rolston was a cello prodigy when young and attended the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland at fourteen, where she studied with Pierre Fournier, and later at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh where she also studied...
, Bion Tsang
Bion Tsang
Bion Yu-Ting Tsang is an American cellist and professor.- Biography :Bion Tsang was born in Lansing, Michigan to Chinese parents...
, Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Kirshbaum
Ralph Henry Kirshbaum is an American cellist currently living in Los Angeles. During his career he has performed solos with major orchestras worldwide, won prizes in several international competitions, and recorded extensively....
, Han-na Chang
Han-na Chang
Han-Na Chang is a South Korean cellist and conductor.-Childhood:She was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano at age 3, and began her study in cello three years later at age 6...
, Robert deMaine
Robert deMaine
Robert deMaine is an American virtuoso cellist.-Biography:Robert deMaine was born into a musical family of French and Polish ancestry...
, Johann Sebastian Paetsch
Johann Sebastian Paetsch
Johann Sebastian Paetsch is an American cellist and musician.-Early musical education:Paetsch began his cello studies with his father, Günther Paetsch , at the age of 5, and gave his first recital when he was 6 years old...
, Jian Wang
Jian Wang (cellist)
Jian Wang began to study the cello with his father when he was four. While a student at the Shanghai Conservatoire, he was featured in the celebrated documentary film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China...
. According to Kirshbaum:
In addition to the private instruction of his students, Parisot has also conducted the Yale Cellos
Yale Cellos
The Yale Cellos is an ensemble at the Yale School of Music consisting of 20 or so cellists, all of whom are students of the famed cello teacher Aldo Parisot. Since its formation in 1983 the group has produced several CDs, one of which earned a Grammy nomination....
since 1983. Formed as an ensemble of his current students, the group has since released a number of award-winning CDs, one of which received a Grammy nomination.
Master Classes
He has been commanding great respect as an artist in master classes at the Banff CentreBanff Centre
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, is an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference complex located in Banff, Alberta...
in Canada since 1980. Until 2007 he returned each summer to teach young musicians and perform. In addition, he often appears at the Yale Summer School in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
and at several other summer festivals. He gave master classes at the Sibelius Academy
Sibelius Academy
The Sibelius Academy is a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It also has an adult education centre in Järvenpää and a training centre in Seinäjoki. The Academy is the only music university in Finland. It is among the biggest European music universities...
in November 1991. In Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
Parisot has offered courses of master classes at the Chung-Ang University
Chung-Ang University
The Chung-Ang University is a private comprehensive institution in South Korea, located over two campuses in Seoul and Anseong. It was founded subsequent to liberation from Japanese colonial rule for the benefit of the nation and advancement of civilization, with the educational philosophy of...
since May 1994. He also holds master classes at the Manchester International Cello Festival, where he additionally conducts a large cello ensemble. In January 2000 he toured Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
performing with the teaching staff to aid earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
relief victims. Performances and classes are planned for Mexico, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, and Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
in the near future.
Cello students throughout the globe have, since 1977, come to Brazil to take part in the Aldo Parisot International Competitions: the Josef Gingold Violin Competition, the Bruno Giuranna Viola Competition, and the Aldo Parisot-Janos Starker Cello Competition. Additionally, international students are invited to take part in master classes by these respected musicians. In 1984, Parisot gave a months worth of master classes in China, where he auditioning prospective students, and the following year he was invited back. Since 1987, he has been encouraged to spend each spring giving two weeks of master classes and performances at the Jerusalem Music Center in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. Since 2005 he has been returning every August to the Great Mountains Music Festival and School at the Yongpyong resort.
Alan Rich
Alan Rich
Alan Rich was an American music critic who served on the staff of many newspapers and magazines on both coasts. Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, he first studied medicine at Harvard University before turning to music...
of the New York Magazine has commented about these master classes:
Member of Competition Juries
Parisot has also served on juries of distinct international competitions, including those in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, Brazil, Evian
Evian
Evian is a French brand of mineral water coming from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva.Today, Evian is owned by Danone Group, a French multinational company...
, and Paris (Rostropovich Competition), in addition to various others throughout the US and Canada. In November 1991, he traveled to Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, Finland to participate as a member of the jury in the first Paulo International Cello Competition. He constantly returns to Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
to judge the Carlos Prieto International Cello Competition.
In August 2007 he presided over the jury at the First Aldo Parisot International Competition in Yongpyong, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. In December 2008 he will be on the jury of the First International Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in Poland.
Paintings
Parisot is well-known for his paintings, which have been shown at numerous galleries in Boston, New YorkBoston, New York
Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts....
, New Haven and Palm Beach
Palm Beach, Florida
The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth...
. During his tour in Poland he included the exhibitions of his abstract paintings made from acrylic. He uses his painting talents exclusively for philanthropic purposes, the proceeds going to the Aldo Parisot Scholarship Fund (recently renamed "Cello Enrichment Fund"), which grants financial breaks to his enrolled students. The main source of revenue for the Fund is a silent auction, held in mid-April at the annual Yale Cellos concert.
Awards and recognitions
Parisot has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors over the years, including gold medals and honorary citizenships from LebanonLebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
and Brazil.
- In 1980 Parisot was awarded the Eva Janzer "Chevalier du Violoncelle" by Indiana UniversityJacobs School of MusicThe Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music...
- In September 1982, he was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal following his performance at its Staff Day ceremonies
- In 1983 he received the Artist/Teacher Award presented by the American String Teachers AssociationAmerican String Teachers AssociationThe American String Teacher's Association is a professional organization based in the United States for music teachers. It is the largest such national organization in the US for string teachers. It promotes learning to play string instruments in the next generation of American students, and...
- A Yale faculty member since 1958, Aldo Parisot was named the Samuel Sanford Professor of Music at Yale in 1994.
- In May 1997, Parisot received the Governor's Arts Award from the State of ConnecticutConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
- In 1999 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Shenandoah University
- In 2001 he received the Award of Distinction from the Royal Northern College of MusicRoyal Northern College of MusicThe Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
in ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England - In 2002 he received the Gustave Stoeckel Award
- In 2002 he was honored as an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Penn State University
Trivia
- Parisot's theory professor at Yale was Paul HindemithPaul HindemithPaul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
, with whom Parisot became close friends. However, after an argument concerning a missed rehearsal, the two got into a fight—Parisot exclaiming to Hindemith "You and your orchestra can go to hell!". A representative of the student union paid him a visit, warning him that he could be deported. Hindemith and Parisot soon after resolved the misunderstanding.
- Parisot has three sons, one of whom is film directorFilm directorA film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
Aldo L. "Dean" ParisotDean ParisotAldo L. "Dean" Parisot is an American film and television director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action for The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which starred comedian Steven Wright...
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