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Boris Odio de Granda grew up backstage at Severance Hall, home of The Cleveland Orchestra, his father Alvaro serving as Assistant Concertmaster for most of his four-decades with the acclaimed ensemble. But it wasn’t until he was an adult did Boris fully comprehend the depth of talent and culture in which he had been steeped as a child.

Naturally Boris took violin lessons as a youth, but not demonstrating the prodigious talent of his virtuosic father, after several years his interest waned and would not be re-discovered until later in life and from a new perspective- conceiving the intersection of fine arts and music.

Following a University BFA degree and a decade spent as a professional Visual Artist, Boris eventually came to view the violin as a masterwork example of Fine Art, a highly detailed exercise in aesthetic, creative, and functional construction.

Already deeply interested in many violin-related topics /physics, aesthetics, culture, history, music/ he pursued his passion