Pina Carmirelli

Pina Carmirelli (23 January 1914 in Varzi – 27 February 1993 in Capena) was an Italian violinist.

[1] She started studying music and playing in public when she was very young.

She was a pupil of Michelangelo Abbado, and graduated from the Milan Conservatory in violin (1930) and composition (1935).

She starred in a long concert career, both as soloist and in chamber groups, some of which she co-founded herself: She was a tenured professor of advanced studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia from 1941.

She performed in recitals with Rudolf Serkin and Sergio Lorenzi and as a soloist under the direction of Carlo Maria Giulini.