Giulia Daneo Lorimer

Giulia Daneo Lorimer
Born	16 July 1932 Lugano, Switzerland
Died	11 September 2021(2021-09-11) (aged 89)
Nationality	Italian
Other names	Violinist Singer
Years active	1975–2021

Giulia Daneo Lorimer (16 July 1932 – 11 September 2021) was an Italian violinist and singer.[1]

Biography

Born in Switzerland, Lorimer was the daughter of an Italian diplomat and an American mother and spent her childhood in Bulgaria. In 1943, her family returned to Italy on board the Orient Express.[2] In 1947, her father was appointed Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia. While in the United States, she met her husband George Lorimer. The couple married in 1951 and had 11 children together.

Lorimer and her husband moved to Italy in 1955 and settled in Scandicci. In 1975, she was one of the founding members of the band Whisky Trail, which recorded 11 albums and performed in concerts.[3] In the 1990s, she directed the Centro Arles association, which became defunct in 2002. On 22 May 2001, she received the "Filo d'argento" alongside Tina Anselmi, Manlio Cancogni [it], and Rolando Panerai.[4]

Giulia Daneo Lorimer died on 11 September 2021 at the age of 89.[5]

Publications

• Non domandarmi
• La lana rimasta sulle siepi (2022)

Discography

Whisky Trail

• Irish Songs (1975)
• Irish Songs and Dances (1977)
• Miriana (1979)
• Dies Irae (1982)
• Pooka (1986)
• The Frenzy of Suibhne (1992)
• The White Goddess (1997)
• The Great Raid (2002)
• Irlanda in Festa (2005)
• Chaosmos (2007)
• San Frediano, un irlandese a Firenze (2008)
• Celtic Fragments (2013)

Solo

• Nana's Lullabyes (2005)
• Giulia Lorimer & Whisky Trail Nana's Lullabyes (2012)[6]

References

1. "Morta Giulia Daneo Lorimer, voce e violino dei Whisky Trail". la Repubblica (in Italian). Florence. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
2. La lana rimasta sulle siepi (in Italian). Mauro Pagliai. 2022. ISBN 978-88-564-0503-3.
3. Costanzo, Maurizio (11 September 2021). "È morta Giulia Lorimer, voce e violino dei Whisky Trail". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 16 September 2021.
4. "Premiati nel Salone dei Cinquecento i vincitori del "Filo d'argento"". Nove da Firenze (in Italian). Florence. 22 May 2001. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
5. "R.I.P. Maria Mendiola (Baccara)". W M. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
6. "October 2009". Irish Music Magazine.

External links

• Giulia Daneo Lorimer discography at Discogs
• Giulia Daneo Lorimer discography at Discogs for Whisky Trail