Norina Semino

Norina Semino (1901—1980) was a British cellist of Italian origins. She married cellist and conductor, Livio Mannucci, in 1928, and settled in the UK. Semino gave her debut radio broadcast performance in 1929 at Savoy Hill. Semino performed with the Hastings Municipal Orchestra under Julius Harrison and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra under Dan Godfrey and Richard Austin. She was a member of the New London Trio, established in 1932 with violinist David Wise and pianist John Pauer, and the original member of Zorian String Quartet in 1942.