DEBUT is the first album and recording by Amorim-Rufino Duo, created in 2005 by Brazilian-Canadian musicians Vladimir Rufino on violin and Fabíola Amorim on viola. Featuring a cohesive repertoire that reflects the musicians’ history of harmony and partnership, the album features pieces composed for the instruments between 1788 and 2021, including Canadian composer Frank Horvat´s world premiere, Two Hearts in Concert, written especially for the duo.

The selection, carefully crafted, included reference pieces in the violin and viola format. In fact, when performing works as distinguished as Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Viola in D Major (1789), by the Moravian composer Paul Wranitzky; Duo for Violin and Viola, Op. 19 No.4 in C Major (1788) by the German Franz Anton Hoffmeister; Duo for Violin and Viola (1946) by Heitor Villa-Lobos and Three Madrigals (1947) by Czech Bohuslav Martinů (in addition to the original piece by Horvat), the duo demonstrate extraordinary synergy of deep lyrical beauty and virtuoso technique.

The couple currently resides in Canada, where they have been building a solid international career in chamber music. They have a BA in Music from the Federal University of Paraíba (Brazil), a master’s degree from Azusa Pacific University (USA) and a PhD from the University of Alberta (Canada) and are members of the acclaimed Vaughan String Quartet.