Pina Carmirelli

Italian violinist, born in Varzi, 23 January 1914 - died in Capena, 26 February 1993. 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 won the Premio Stradivari in 1937 and the Premio Paganini in 1940. She married the cellist Arturo Bonucci.