Basic
First Name:
Leonardo
Last Name:
Altino
City:
Madison
State:
WI
Country:
USA
First Year:
1989
Last Year:
1993
Biography
Birthday:
2/26/1972
About:
Born in Pernambuco, Brazil, cellist LEONARDO ALTINO began his musical studies at the age of six and gave his orchestral debut performing the Saint-Saens Concerto No. 1 at age eleven. His national breakthrough came when Leonardo was the youngest winner at the Jovens Concertistas Brasileiros, a prestigious competition in Rio de Janeiro, which led to performances with every major orchestra in his home country. Praised by the Strad Magazine for his “exceptional musical intelligence and an exceptionally cultivated sound," Leonardo won the first prize winner at the International Cello Competition in Viña Del Mar, and has since appeared as soloist and in recitals throughout Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Uruguay, Venezuela and the United States. A dedicated pedagogue, Leonardo has taught in numerous festivals around the world and is Associate Lecturer of Music at Wheaton College in Chicago. Highlights of the upcoming season incude return performances with the Odense Symphony and the Minas Gerais Filarmonica performing Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertance and Gulda’s Concerto for Cello and Jazz Ensemble. Leonardo studied at the New England Conservatory of Music, the Detmold Musihöchschule, and at the University of Illinois. His main teachers include Francisco Pino, Aldo Parisot, Marcio Carneiro, Suren Bagratuni and Laurence Lesser.
Current Primary Activity(ies):
Soloist, teacher
Education:
NEC
Degree:
BM