Resumo

O presente artigo, desenvolvido através de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, procura estabelecer uma biografia, ainda que fragmentada, da violinista paraense Virgínia Sinay, aluna de L. Massart no Conservatório de Paris, e importante docente em seu estado, a partir da análise de uma de suas maiores empreitadas artísticas — a turnê de 1886 —, realizada em conjunto com a sua irmã e pianista Mathilde Sinay e com o célebre violinista holandês Johannes Wolff. As críticas dos concertos realizados durante a turnê evidenciam a grande qualidade técnica e musical dos três artistas, destacam a excelente recepção do público que os assistiu e expõem de maneira clara alguns dos preconceitos da época, muito relacionados à concepção do que significava ser mulher e artista no século XIX.

Life and career of the violinist Virginia Sinay an analysis of the great Sinay-Wolff tour of 1886

This article, developed through bibliographic and documental research, aims at establishing a biography, even though fragmented, of Virgínia Sinay, a violinist from Pará,a L. Massart’s student at the Paris Conservatory, and a prominent professor in her state. This research is based on an analysis of one of her biggest artistic ventures, namely the 1886’s tour, which was carried out with her sister and pianist Mathilde Sinay as well as with the famous Dutch violinist Johannes Wolff.Criticism on the concerts performed during the tour indicates the great technical and musical quality of the tree artists, it also highlights the excellent reception of the audience attending the concerts, and exhibits, in a clear fashion, some of the prejudices of that time, largely related to the concept of what it meant to be a woman and an artist in the nineteenth century.