“His execution is spontaneous and moving, for a temperament that is generous and effusive.”

So began master cellist Aldo Parisot's travel to the U. S. He had the ticket from the first violinist of the Iacovino Quartet, who knew a general in Brazil. Parisot flew on the propeller plane for twenty-four hours, with a stopover in Cuba.

One can see from this incident the enormous determination and strength of character that characterize Aldo Parisot. But to understand events leading up to this point, we must go back to his beginnings in the nordeste of Brazil. Parisot was born in Natal, in the beautiful but poor nordeste region on the Atlantic coast, to Luis Theodore Parisot and Angela Simões, on 30 September. The year of his birth is uncertain, as his mother did not register the birth, but it was probably at some time around the end of the second decade of the twentieth century. He also had an uncle, Eduardo, who went to Rio de Janeiro to live. Parisot's father's side of the family was French Basque. His grandmother and grandfather came from a town called Pau, in the Basque area in the south of France. The surname has several possible origins, according to an explanatory plaque that Parisot keeps on the wall in his hallway. It may be from the name Paris, which was a popular form of Patrice or Patrick, it may refer to inhabitants of Paris, France, or it may be related to the name of an ancient Gallic tribe called the Parisii that lived in the region of Paris, France.

Luis Parisot was born and studied in Paris and was an engineer. Aldo believes Luis and his brother were invited by the Brazilian government to come to Brazil, and that they worked for the government there.