IN LOVING MEMORY of FELIX AYO
Sestao (Spain) 01.07.1933
Rome (Italy) 24.09.2023
Violinist Felix Ayo received his diploma at just 14 years old and subsequently undertook further study in Paris, Siena, and Rome.
At 18, he became a founding member of I Musici and continued to perform with the en-semble as its leader and soloist for a further sixteen years.
In addition, Ayo was the founder of the Quartetto Beethoven di Roma in 1970, which became one of the world's most renowned piano quartets. As part of the ensemble, Ayo appeared in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, the Berliner Philharmoniker, La Scala, Teatro Colón, the Musikverein, and the Concertgebouw.
Ayo was also renowned for his discography. His recording of Vivaldi's The Four Sea-sons received the Grand Prix du Disque, and his other recordings received the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (on three occasions), the Edison Award (twice), the Mar del Plata prize, and the Italian Critics' Award.
Ayo was also a respected pedagogue and taught at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He also regularly gave seminars in Canada, Australia, USA, Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy, and Denmark, and frequently served on the jury at international competitions.
Ayo spent much of his career performing on a Guadagnini violin of 1744.
CANTABILE
For Violin and Piano - Niccolò Paganini
In the comparatively few compositions written by Paganini primarily for his own diversion rather than for purposes of public performance, the composer generally appoints the accompanying part to the guitar which, as is well known, was the violinists other favourite instrument, mastered by him with no lesser degree of skill than the violin. Among the vast number of manuscripts discovered after Pagani-ni's death and now in the possession of Wilhelm Heyer's Museum of Musical Historics in Cologne (see Preface), there was found only one piece originally written for Violin and Piano. This was the Cantabile in D major, allegedly composed for a special occasion, and now published for the first time. It is a comparatively easy piece combining melodic charm with absolute fidelity to the form and, though tho-roughly instrumental in character, still possesses the graceful line peculiar to the operatic cavatinas of its time. It awakens memories of Bellini and other composers of that period.
Violin Felix Ayo - Piano Marco Grisanti
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