Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido
| Claudio Jose Brindis de Salas Garrido | |
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Claudio Brindis de Salas in 1880 with his Stradivarius and his Prussian decoration "Order of the Black Eagle".
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | El Paganini Negro, El Rey de las Octavas |
| Born | August 4, 1852 |
| Origin | Havana, Cuba. |
| Died | 1 June 1911 (aged 58) |
| Occupation(s) | Concert violinist , Composer. |
| Instruments | Violin |
Claudio Brindis de Salas Garrido (Claudio José Domingo Brindis de Salas Garrido, Havana, Cuba, 4 August 1852 – Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 June 1911) was a Cuban concert violinist. His father was the violinist and bandleader, Claudio Brindis de Salas. The son surpassed his father, and was a violinist of world renown. He studied under his father, and then with maestros José Redondo and the Belgian José Van der Gutch (who lived in Havana). In 1863 he first performed in public, in Havana, with Van der Gutch as accompanist. Ignacio Cervantes also played at the same function.
In 1864 he toured with his father and his brother José del Rosario in the Cuban cities of Matanzas, Cárdenas, Cienfuegos and Güines; in 1869 to Veracruz, México. He went from México to Paris, to study under Hubert Léonard and Charles Dancla, and gained entry to Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prize in 1871. He then toured Florence, Turin and Milan, where he played at La Scala. His tours in Europe brought great critical and public enthusiasm.
In 1875, he returned to the Americas, and was appointed director of the Conservatoire de Haiti. He played in Caracas (1876), in Cuba in Havana (1878) and Santiago de Cuba, then to Veracruz again and México City, where he performed Mendelssohn's Concerto for violin and orchestra. In later years he played in St Petersburg (1881), New York (1887), Barcelona (1889), Santo Domingo (1895), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (1896), Caracas (1899), Tenerife (1902), Ronda, Spain (1911), and ended his career in Argentina.
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