Álvaro Cassuto
Álvaro Cassuto is often ranked as Portugal's top orchestral conductor, and he has been active frequently both in the U.S. and in other European countries as well as in Portugal. He is also a noted composer. Cassuto was born in Porto, Portugal, on November 17, 1938. He studied composition in Lisbon, and in the 1960s he became one of Portugal's few members of the international compositional avant-garde. His Sinfonias breves of 1960 were Portugal's first compositions to make use of the serial method. He has continued to compose, mostly in orchestral genres. Cassuto earned a law degree from the University of Lisbon and then, armed with marketable skills, he enrolled as the Vienna Conservatory as a conducting student. Among his teachers was Herbert von Karajan. His conducting career took off quickly and for some years followed dual tracks in Portugal and the U.S., where he landed a post as assistant to Leopold Stokowski at the American Symphony Orchestra. Cassuto was promptly awarded the Koussevitzky Prize, a prestigious American conducting award, in 1969. He went on to music director positions at the University of California Symphony Orchestra from 1974 to 1979, the Rhode Island Symphony from 1979 to 1985, and the National Orchestra of New York from 1981 to 1987. He has also appeared with the symphony orchestras of Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Savannah, Buffalo, and Tucson, as well as the Philharmonic Orchestra of North Carolina. In Portugal he was subdirector of the RDP Philharmonic from 1970 to 1975, when he was named conductor. He remained in that post until the orchestra's demise in 1989. Prior to that, he established the New Portuguese Philharmonic Orchestra and served as its conductor. Cassuto has also been conductor and artistic director of the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and the Algarve Orchestra. His European (and Middle Eastern) career includes stints as music director of the Raanana Symphony Orchestra in Israel (2000-2002) and the Bari Symphony Orchestra in Italy (2009-2011). He has made numerous guest appearances with top orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic in London, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Symphony Orchestra of the Berlin Radio, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra, and the Philharmonica Hungarica. His many recordings include series on the Marco Polo and Naxos labels, including, on the latter label in 2018, a reading of the Piano Concerto of Portuguese composer Joly Braga Santos, with pianist Goran Filipec.
© James Manheim /TiVo
Similar artists
Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
-
Symphonies n°1 & 5
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 27 mrt. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Braga Santos : Orchestral Works
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Goran Filipec, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 14 sep. 2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies n° 3 & 6
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Ana Ester Neves, Álvaro Cassuto, Joao Paulo Santos, Sao Carlos National Theatre Chorus
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 11 nov. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 2 / Encruzilhada
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 dec. 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (Excerpts) (Live)
Álvaro Cassuto, Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa
Klassiek - Released by First Hand Records on 12 mei 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (volume 3)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 25 mei 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 4 / Symphonic Variations
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 jun. 2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 2)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 27 jan. 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 1)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 29 jul. 2008
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Silly Girl's Dance
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 4 mrt. 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Braga Santos: Sinfonietta for Strings / Violin Concerto
Northern Sinfonia, Sue Blair, Álvaro Cassuto, Bradley Creswick, Alexander Somov
Concertmuziek - Released by Marco-Polo on 5 nov. 2001
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Œuvres orchestrales (Volume 4)
RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 dec. 2010
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Viana da Motta: À pátria – Sinfonia
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 25 sep. 2015
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonie - Suite Rústica
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 30 apr. 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Álvaro Cassuto: 3 Portuguese Orchestras (Live)
Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa, Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 27 mei 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Return to the Future
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Antonio Rosado, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 5 nov. 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Braga Santos: Cello Concerto / Divertimentos Nos. 1 and 2
Algarve Orchestra, Jan Bastiaan Neven, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Marco-Polo on 1 aug. 2004
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
3 Symphonies
Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 12 dec. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 1 okt. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Spanish and Portuguese Orchestral Music
Algarve Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto
Klassiek - Released by Naxos on 29 sep. 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo