Bruno Bandini (musician)

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Bruno Bandini (* 1889 in Faenza , † 1969 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine violist, conductor and music teacher of Italian origin.

Bandini came to Argentina as a child with his parents, who settled in Buenos Aires. He studied at the Instituto Musical Santa Cecilia, with Ercole Galvani , Cataneo and G. Troiani and received the diploma as professor for viola in 1905. In the same year he started teaching at the Instituto Musical.

In 1909 he gave a solo concert in the Salon of the Unione Operai Italiani , which is considered the first concert by a violist in Buenos Aires. He performed with various regional orchestras and worked under the direction of Arturo Toscanini , among others . The orchestra of the Teatro Colón engaged him as principal violist, and in the same capacity he became a member of the philharmonic orchestra of the Asociación del Profesorado Orquestal .

In 1914 Bandini became professor at the Instituto Nacional de Ciegos , and in 1916 at the Conservatorio de Música Thibaud-Piazzini . In 1924 he was one of the founding members of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música y Arte Escénico , to whose professors he was until his retirement; from 1930 he also taught at the Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla . With José María and Juan José Castro , Manuel Almirall , and Francisco Amicarelli , he founded the Sociedad del Cuarteto in 1924 .

With the support of the Sociedad Lago di Como , Bandina founded the Orquesta Miguel Gianneo with young musicians , which he directed for several decades and with which he enabled many young composers to perform their works and young musicians the start of a solo career. In 1945 he was commissioned to found the Chamber and Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Nacional , which he developed into a respected orchestra in Argentina. His recording of the Impresiones de la Puna by Alberto Ginastera was named the best album of 1951.

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SURNAME Bandini, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine violist, conductor and music teacher of Italian origin
DATE OF BIRTH 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Faenza
DATE OF DEATH 1969
Place of death Buenos Aires