Aldo Parisot

Origin

Natal, RN

Genres

classical music, chamber music

Instruments

cello

Biography

Aldo Simões Parisot was a renowned Brazilian-American cellist, born in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. He began studying the cello at age seven with his stepfather, Tomazzo Babini, and made his professional debut at just twelve years old, later becoming the principal cellist of the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro. Moving to the United States, he studied at Yale University under Paul Hindemith and built an extraordinary international career as a soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue.

Throughout his illustrious career, Parisot collaborated with legendary conductors such as Leopold Stokowski and Leonard Bernstein, and premiered works written specifically for him by prominent composers including Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, and Cláudio Santoro. Villa-Lobos even composed his Cello Concerto No. 2 especially for Parisot, who debuted it with the New York Philharmonic. In addition to his performing career, Parisot was a legendary teacher who held positions at prestigious institutions like the Juilliard School and the Yale School of Music, where he taught for six decades and led the famous Yale Cellos ensemble.

Parisot received numerous honors throughout his life, including the United Nations Peace Medal and the Chevalier du Violoncelle award. Aside from his immense contributions to classical music, he was also a talented painter who donated the proceeds of his artwork sales to a scholarship fund. He passed away in 2018 at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, leaving behind a profound legacy in the world of classical music and cello performance.

Discography

• Handel - John Wummer, Aldo Parisot, Fernando Valenti – Ten Flute Sonatas (1954)
• Aldo Parisot, Leopold Mittman – Variations Concertantes, Op 17; Sonata In A Minor, "Arpeggione"; Sonata In G Minor, Op 65 (1957)
• Aldo Parisot, Leopold Mittman – Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Op. 58; Sonata No. 1 In D Minor; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (1957)
• Aldo Parisot, Baltimore Conservatory Orchestra, Reginald Stewart, Boccherini / Vivaldi – Cello Concerto In B Flat Major / Cello Concerti In e Minor & a Minor (1958)
• Kodaly Sonata For Cello Alone / Bach Suite #5 For Cello Alone (1959)
• Schumann - Lili Kraus, Aldo Parisot, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper – Klavierkonzert / Cellokonzert (1961)
• Elliott Carter, Leon Kirchner / Ralph Kirkpatrick, Charles Rosen, Gustav Meier, Tossy Spivakovsky, Aldo Parisot – Double Concerto For Harpsichord And Piano With Two Chamber Orchestras - Concerto For Violin, Cello, Ten Winds And Percussion (1962)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos / Camargo Guarnieri, Aldo Parisot · Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Gustav Meier – Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto (1963)
• Tchaikovsky, Vienna Festival Orchestra Conducted By Jean-Marie Auberson, Tibor Varga, Aldo Parisot – Violin Concerto (1966)
• Luigi Boccherini, Antonio Vivaldi, Aldo Parisot, The Baltimore Conservatory Orchestra, Reginald Stewart – Cello Concerti In B Flat Major, In e Minor & a Minor (1968)
• Beethoven, The Yale Quartet, Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki, David Schwartz, Aldo Parisot – Quartet No. 12 In e Flat Op. 127 (1969)
• Brahms - Aldo Parisot, Elizabeth Sawyer – Sonata In e Minor, Op. 38 For Cello And Piano / Sonata In F Major, Op. 99 For Cello And Piano (1972)
• Brahms: Two Cello Sonatas (1972)
• Aldo Parisot Interpreta Bach - Seis Suites para Violoncelo Solo (1977)
• Bach Bachianas (1986)
• Villa-Lobos: Bach Bachianas (1986)
• The Sound Of Cellos - The Yale Cellos Play Favorites (1987)
• The Sound of Cellos (1987)
• Vivaldi, Ravel, Bach, Corelli, Joplin, Rachmaninov, Moussorgski, Aldo Parisot, Yale Cello Ensemble – L 'Art Du Violoncelle (2001)
• Cello, Celli! (Twenty Cellos Play Bach And Brubeck) (2005)
• Cello, Celli! – The Music of Bach and Brubeck Arranged for Cello Ensemble (2005)
• Tchaikovsky, Aldo Parisot – Variations Sur Un Thème Rococo
• Aldo Parisot, Lester Taylor, Oliver Colbentson, Ernest Ulmer, Walter Goehr – Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano
• Luigi Boccherini, Antonio Vivaldi, Aldo Parisot, The Baltimore Conservatory Orchestra, Reginald Stewart – Cello Concerti In e Minor & a Minor
• César Franck, Claude Debussy - Warschauer Quintett, Aldo Parisot, Lester Taylor – Klavierquintett, Sonate Für Cello Und Klavier
• The Music Of Ezra Laderman, Vol. 4