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English composer George Frederick Pinto (1786-1806) was a child prodigy on violin and piano, playing his first violin concerto at the age of 11. His untimely death at age 21 prompted his teacher and mentor, the famous impresario Salomon to say: “If he had lived…England would have had the honour to produce a second Mozart”.
- Marek Toporowski piano
- George Frederick Pinto
- PCL10177
- 2 CD
This is an excerpt from a thesis of just over 20,000 words entitled “A Study of the Piano Music of George Frederick Pinto” written by Jonathan Delbridge for his FNCM diploma. To receive the complete thesis, please email info@jonathandelbridge.com. 5 The Harmonica, 1828, pp. 215-216.
Named a"er Handel, George Frederick Pinto was born in Lambeth, London, on 25 September 1785. His father, Samuel Saunders, who was an equilibrist (or tightrope-1 Memoirs of Samuel Wesley, f. 154, quoted in Nicholas Temperley, ‘George Frederick Pinto’, !e Musical Times, Vol. 106, No. 1466 (April 1965), p. 266. 2 Quoted in ibid., p. 266.
Freida Selena Pinto (born 18 October 1984) is an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. Born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, she resolved at a young age to become an actress. As a student at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai she took part in amateur plays. After graduation, she briefly worked as a model and then as ...
death the sonata was as unfashionable as the periwig, in England at any rate. Men like Ayrton who kept alive the classics of keyboard music (and Pinto with them) were working against the tide, as well they knew. Sonatas had a revival in the 1840s with the introduction of the piano recital", and in that period a few musicians tried to bring ...
Dec 23, 2021 · Pinto’s musical upbringing came through his grandfather, Thomas Pinto (1717-c.1780), who was a well-known violinist and composer in London. 1 It was Thomas’ second wife, the singer Charlotte Brent (1735-1802), who encouraged the young George to have music lessons. 2. Pinto studied the violin from the age of eight with Johann Peter Salomon ...
The only available recording on fortepiano of violin and piano sonatas by an ‘English Mozart’. George Frederick Pinto (1786-1806) was a child prodigy on violin and piano, playing his first violin concerto at the age of 11. His untimely death at the age of 21 prompted his teacher and mentor, the famous impresario Salomon, to say: ‘If he had lived…Engl
