Camillo Sivori
(
b1815;
d1894), Italian, Violinist
Born in
Genoa, Oct. 25th, 1815, died 1894.
Violin virtuoso, instructed at the age of
five by a musician named Restano, then
by Costa, and, finally, by Paganini, who
happened to hear the youth on his return
to Genoa, and composed for him a concertino,
and six sonatas with viola, 'cello,
and guitar. Sivori thenceforth took
Paganini as his model, and excelled in
the performance of the great master's
works. In 1827 Sivori went to Paris,
played at several concerts and won great
applause by his marvellous use of the
left hand ; about the same period he
visited England. On his return from
this tour, he entered upon a serious
course of study and placed himself under
Serra for composition. In 1839 he commenced
an artistic tour through Italy,
Germany, and Russia ; was in Brussels
in 1841, and in Paris in 1843, where he
played at the Conservatoire Concerts
with unbounded enthusiasm, and received
the medal of honour. He then revisited
England, and in 1846 went to the United
States, and travelled through Mexico and
various parts ot South America, returning
to Genoa after an absence of eight years.
An unfortunate business speculation,
however, compelled him to resume his
artistic career, and he undertook a concert
tour, visiting the principal cities on
the continent. In 1853 he visited
England for the third time, also Ireland
and Scotland, thence to Switzerland,
Germany, Holland, Spain, Portugal, &c.
In 1862 he was heard in Paris at a
concert given by Count Walewski for a
public benefit, where he had to play
immediately after Alard, then the popular
favourite. Sivori, notwithstanding,
awakened the greatest enthusiasm by his
performance of Paganini's Concerto in
B flat. Towards the latter end of his
life Sivori lived in comparative retirement.
Compositions : 2 Concertos for
violin and orchestra ; Fantasie-Caprice
for do. ; Neapolitan tarantella for do. ;
Fleurs de Naples, grande fantaisie for
do. ; 2 Duos concertants for pianoforte
and violin ; 3 Romances sans paroles, for
do. ; Les folies espagnoles ; Carnaval de
Cuba ; Carnaval de Chili ; Carnaval
Américain ; Souvenir de Norma, with
quartet ; Fantasias, Variations, &c. (biographical data comes from the "Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers"
(1895) by Mason A. Clarke.
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