Vitor Araújo on TORÓ: 'I did 90 per cent of the concert with nine fingers' | Songlines
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Vitor Araújo on TORÓ: 'I did 90 per cent of the concert with nine fingers'

Brazilian pianist and composer Vitor Araújo shares how an ambitious work combining a symphony orchestra and Afro-Brazilian rituals almost cost him his finger

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Vitor Araújo (photo: Luan Cardoso)

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