Background
Guarnieri was born in Tietê, São Paulo, and registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother"s maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed himself M. Camargo Guarnieri.
Education
He studied piano and composition at the São Paulo Conservatório, and subsequently worked with Charles Koechlin in Paris.
Career
In 1948, he legally changed his name to Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, but continued to sign only the initial of his first name. In 1936 he was the first conductor of the Coral Paulistano choir. His œuvre comprises symphonies, concertos, cantatas, two operas, chamber music, many piano pieces, and over fifty canções.
He is universally recognised as the most important Brazilian composer after Heitor Villa-Lobos.
He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity. Concertante Concerto Number.
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Membership
A distinguished figure of the Brazilian national school, he served in several capacities. Conductor of the São Paulo Orchestra, member of the Academia Brasileira de Música, and Director of the São Paulo Conservatório, where he taught composition and orchestral conducting.