at the Accademia Chigiana. At the time she was 18, and he was 21. They married in the summer of 1941 at the headquarters of the Accademia Chigiana, in the Palazzo Chigi Saracini chapel. Their marriage lasted almost 60 years, and three children were born. They formed a musical duo, and gave concerts through Italy and in Spain, France, Germany and Russia, and got accolades because of this. They recorded the complete Mozart Violin Sonatas for Radiotelevisione Italiana. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Brengolas had a trio with the cellist Benedetto Mazzacurati. Quintetto Chigiano In 1939, Count Chigi-Saracini decided to create a new chamber music group called Quintetto Chigiano, which was formed by choosing the best students of the Accademia. The people chosen were: Riccardo Brengola (first violin); Ferruccio Scaglia (second violin) (later Mario Benvenuti and Angelo Stefanato); Giovanni Leone (viola); Lino Filippini (cello); and Sergio Lorenzi (piano). While in this group, Brengola did not discontinue his solo performances and his activity as conductor alongside his engagement with chamber music. His work as a conductor, in particular, arose after he had studied in Paul van Kempen's classes at the Chigiana. In 1946, Count Chigi-Saracini granted Brengola directorship of the Chamber Music courses at the Accademia Chigiana, a position which he held until 1997. By 1956, the Quintet had recently given more than a thousand concerts in countries including Italy, Germany, England, France, Holland, Belgium and Spain, had taken part in major European festivals, and had newly completed a highly successful tour of Central and South America: their repertoire reflected Brengola's preoccupations both with early Italian chamber music and with the works of contemporary composers. Alberto Ginastera dedicated his Piano Quintet op. 29 (1963) to the Chigiano, who gave the first performance at the Teatro La Fenice in that year. In 1966, the year after Guido Chigi's death, the Quintetto was dissolved and was re-formed as the Sestetto Chigiano d'Archi (): in addition to Brengola, its membership included Felice Cusano (later Giovanni Guglielmo) (second violin); Mario Benvenuti and Tito Riccardi (violas); and Alain Meunier and Adriano Vendramelli (cellos). Teaching In 1941, he was appointed head teacher at the Music Conservatory of Pesaro. He then taught, in turn, at the conservatories in Venice, Bologna, Naples and Rome. In 1946, Count Chigi made him course director of the ensemble music course at the Accademia Chigiana. He taught there until 1997. Brengola taught