Featuring four musical pieces by Brazilian composers, written for viola and piano, and rarely executed, AMOROSO marks the recording debut of Brazilian-Canadian violist, Fabíola Amorim.

The album, recorded at the Convocation Hall of the University of Alberta in Canada, explores a nationalist-inspired repertoire, composed at different times and by different creative personalities. Presenting musical elements that refer to the traditions of folklore and popular Brazilian rhythms, Sonata Para Viola e Piano by Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (written in 1950), Três Valsas Brasileiras by Francisco Mignone (1968), Sonata by Radamés Gnattali (1969) and Sonata No. 2 by Claudio Santoro (1982), highlights the vision of the violist, from the unusual choice of repertoire to her precise and exquisite interpretations.

Since 2012, Amorim has lived in Canada, where she currently teaches viola and violin at the MacEwan University Conservatory of Music. The artist has been performing in recitals and concerts as a soloist, with the Amorim-Rufino Duo (renowned duo with the violinist Vladimir Rufino) and with the Vaughan String Quartet.

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The duo presents an exquisite selection of pieces written for violin and viola, by different composers and periods.