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Alexandre and Adélia with their children, in 1914. From left, Radamés, father Alexandre (with Aída on his lap), mothers Adélia and Ernani. Their children Alexandre and Maria Terezinha were not yet born.
A photo of the symphonic orchestra of the Sociedade Musical Porto-Alegrense, founded by Alexandre Gnattali, being conducted by the great conductor Francisco Braga, on a visit to the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, around 1928. In the photo are, besides Radamés (viola), members of his family, such as his cousin and violin teacher Olga Fossati (spalla), his uncle Camillo (viola), his cousin Pascoal (violin), and his father Alexandre (bassoon).
In 1925, the brothers Aída, Radamés, Ernani and Alexandre were still a boy.
The brothers Radamés, Ernani and Alexandre.
Radamés (playing bassoon) and his brother Alexandre, in 1926.
Bironga, Radamés' cat, in the 1920s, in Porto Algre (RS).
Radamés and his future wife, Vera Maria Bieri, from São Leopoldo, a trained pianist. They married in 1932 and had two children, Alexandre and Roberta.
Alexandre Gnattali, firstborn son of Radamés and Vera, with Alessandro and Adélia, paternal grandparents, and Bulungo, Aída's aunt's parrot, in Porto Alegre, 1937.
After her husband's death in 1942, life becomes difficult in Porto Alegre. Adélia Fossati Gnattali, suffering from progressive and advanced deafness, moves to Rio de Janeiro with her children Alexandre, Aída, and Maria Terezinha. Maria, the youngest, dies early, in 1946, at the age of 20, of sepsis. Aída gets it off her chest: 'Maria played very well. He studied piano all day and had talent. She was a student of mine in Porto Alegre, and later went to Tomás Terán, in Rio de Janeiro. He died so young, I have that stuck in my throat to this day. A shame, really. His mother Adélia died in 1954.
After her husband's death in 1942, life becomes difficult in Porto Alegre. Adélia Fossati Gnattali, suffering from progressive and advanced deafness, moves to Rio de Janeiro with her children Alexandre, Aída, and Maria Terezinha. Maria, the youngest, dies early, in 1946, at the age of 20, of sepsis. Aída gets it off her chest: 'Maria played very well. He studied piano all day and had talent. She was a student of mine in Porto Alegre, and later went to Tomás Terán, in Rio de Janeiro. He died so young, I have that stuck in my throat to this day. A shame, really. His mother Adélia died in 1954.
Radamés and his son Alexandre.
Radamés, Vera Bieri (wife from the 1st marriage) and their children Roberta and Alexandre.
Radamés and his daughter Roberta Gnattali, in 1952.
Radamés, Vera Bieri (wife from the 1st marriage) and their children Roberta and Alexandre.
Radamés and his sister Aída.
Alexandre Gnattali Filho (1918-1990), conductor, composer, and arranger, studied piano with his father and with his sister Aída. Still in Porto Alegre, he studied harmony with conductor Roberto Eggers, from Rádio Gaúcha. In Rio de Janeiro he studied harmony, counterpoint, and composition with Newton Pádua (1894-1966). In 1943 he moved to Rio and started working at Rádio Nacional, alongside his brothers Radamés and Ernani. He remained there as a conductor and arranger until the mid-1960s, when he was hired by the now-defunct Excelsior TV. He went on to collaborate with the CBS record label, where he worked as an arranger and conductor until he retired. He has composed several soundtracks for cinema, theater, and television. Among others, he directed the Brazilian staging of the American musical My Fair Lady, in 1961, with Bibi Ferreira and Paulo Autran, and was musical director for several films, such as Rio Zona Norte, by Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
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Radamés, his brother, maestro Alexandre Gnattali, and wife, singer Juanita Castillo (stage name of Clarisse Noronha Gnattali).
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Nelly and Radamés
Radamés, Nelly and Luiz Antonio, in 1978.
Nelly Gnattali and her son, engineer Luiz Antonio Pereira dos Santos.
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