| The son of a father from
Sicily and a Brazilian mother, Camargo Guarnieri established himself as a musician of
importance in São Paulo, before moving in 1938 to Paris for lessons with Koechlin.
In style he belongs to a third generation of Brazilian composers, after
Braga and then Villa-Lobos, with national traits now fully absorbed into a mature and often passionate
musical language.
His completely violinistic sonatas for violin and piano, Nos. 4-6,
written in 1956, 1959 and 1965, are a fascinating addition to duo repertoire.
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