Anton Torello (Catalan: Antoni Torelló i Ros, 30 June 1884, Sant
Sadurnà d'Anoia â€" 1960, Los Angeles) was a Catalan double bass
player. He was Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1914
until 1948, and was the first bass professor at Philadelphia's Curtis
Institute of Music. He taught what became the Philadelphia school of
double bass playing, strongly influencing American bass
playing.Torello began studying double bass with his father and his
older brother Peter. Warren Benfield recalls this anecdote about
Torello's early schooling in talking about experimental
fingerings:Torello's professional orchestral career began in 1897. His
first solo concert followed the next year. By 22 he was already
professor at Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and principal
in the orchestra in Liceu.In 1909, Torello moved to the United States
of America. He found work first in New York and later as Principal
Bass in an opera orchestra in Boston before being hired by Leopold
Stokowski as Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1914.
Sadurnà d'Anoia â€" 1960, Los Angeles) was a Catalan double bass
player. He was Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra from 1914
until 1948, and was the first bass professor at Philadelphia's Curtis
Institute of Music. He taught what became the Philadelphia school of
double bass playing, strongly influencing American bass
playing.Torello began studying double bass with his father and his
older brother Peter. Warren Benfield recalls this anecdote about
Torello's early schooling in talking about experimental
fingerings:Torello's professional orchestral career began in 1897. His
first solo concert followed the next year. By 22 he was already
professor at Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and principal
in the orchestra in Liceu.In 1909, Torello moved to the United States
of America. He found work first in New York and later as Principal
Bass in an opera orchestra in Boston before being hired by Leopold
Stokowski as Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1914.
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