Aldo Parisot

Aldo Simoes Parisot (September 30, 1918 – December 29, 2018) was a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher. He was first a member of the Juilliard School faculty. He was a music professor at the Yale School of Music for sixty years (1958 to July 2018), retiring at age 99. He was born in Natal, Brazil.

Personal life
Parisot was married twice. His first marriage, to the former Ellen Lewis, produced three sons, one of whom is film director Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot. His second marriage, to the pianist Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, lasted 52 years, until his death. Parisot died at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, on December 29, 2018, aged 100.

References

Further reading 
 Aldo Parisot, The Cellist: The Importance of the Circle, Susan Hawkshaw, Pendragon Press, Hillsdale, New York (2018), 

Category:1918 births
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Category:Brazilian musicians
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Yale University faculty
Category:American centenarians
Category:American cellists
Category:Musicians from New Haven, Connecticut
Category:People from Rio Grande do Norte
Category:20th-century musicians