1962

Pianists who won the 1962 APCA (São Paulo Association of Art Critics) award: Iris Bianchi (in the "Soloist" category), Trio Fritz Jank (Fritz Jank, piano; Gino Alfonsi, violin; and Calixto Corazza, cello) (in the "Chamber Ensemble" category), Dinorá de Carvalho (in the "Special Prize" category), Eudóxia de Barros (among others, in the "Honorable Mention" category). The work "Concerto for Piano and Organ" by an unnamed composer was awarded in the "Symphonic Work" category. January 25th.

January 25. Souza Lima solos and conducts the 1st Brazilian Fantasy by Francisco Mignone with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra. [access the program here] February 8th.

February 8. Recital by Fritz Jank as part of the complete Cycle of Beethoven's 32 Sonatas. TMSP. February 12th.

February 12. Recital by Fritz Jank as part of the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Sonatas. TMSP. February 15.

February 15. Recital by Fritz Jank as part of the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Sonatas. TMSP. February 23. The Municipal String Quartet, formed by Alfonsi, Schaffman, Oelsner and Corazzar, Lothar Gebhardt (violin) and Fritz Jank (piano) perform Chausson's Concerto Op.

February 23. 21 for piano, violin and string quartet. TMSP. March 1. Recital by Fritz Jank as part of the complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 Sonatas (last recital of the cycle), with sonatas No.

March 1. 19, No. 6, No. 11, No. 15 and No. 32. TMSP. March 4. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet, Lothar Gebhardt (violin) and Fritz Jank (piano).

March 4. TMSP. March 15. Recital by Aida Stephany Hovnanian (vocals) and Fritz Jank (piano).

March 15. TMSP. April 2. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet and Fritz Jank (piano).

April 2. TMSP. April (perhaps the 6th). Eudóxia de Barros solos Camargo Guarnieri's Concerto No.

1 [perhaps Concerto No. 2] with an unidentified orchestra and conductor. São Paulo. April 24. Guiomar Novaes solos Beethoven's Concerto No.

April 24. 4 with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMSP. [access the program here] [access another copy of the program here] April 27. Guiomar Novaes performs Beethoven's Concerto No. [access here]

April 27. 4 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMSP. [access the program here] April 28. Jacques Klein performs Beethoven's Concerto No.

April 28. 3 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. April 30. Recital by Friedrich Guida with works by Bach.

April 30. TMSP. May 2. Recital by Friedrich Guida with works by Bach (Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, and 5 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier Vol.

May 2. 2), Haydn (Fantasy in C major and Sonata in E-flat major), Camargo Guarnieri (Black Dance), Debussy (5 Preludes and Suite for the Piano). TMRJ. May 5. Jacques Klein performs Bach's Concerto in E major (referenced as "No.

May 5. 11") and Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. May 7. Recital by Hans Richter-Haaser with works by Beethoven (Sonatas No.

May 7. 12, No. 6, No. 17, and No. 30). TMRJ. May 11. Recital by Luís Alberto de Sousa Tomaszéck (at age 11) with works by Bach (3 pieces), Mozart (Sonata No.

May 11. 16), Villa-Lobos (The Right Hand Has a Rosebush, The Poor Little Country Girl, The Saci), Beaumont, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Luís Alberto de Sousa Tomaszéck (The Ballerina in the Music Box, Hungarian Dance, Prelude No. 1, Prelude in March Form, Prestissimo, Theme with Variations, Sonatina Theme, Improvisation in D minor, Improvisation in C minor, Study "Water Jets"). Clube Ponta-grossense, Ponta Grossa, PR. May 17th. Recital by Pierre Fournier (cello) and Fritz Jank (piano) by the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society.

May 21. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet and Fritz Jank (piano) with works by Brahms (String Quartet No.

May 21. 3) and Henrique Oswald (Quintet Op. 18 for piano and string quartet). TMSP. May 26. Guiomar Novaes solos Beethoven's Concerto No. 4 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

May 26. TMRJ. May 27. Maria Francisca de Albuquerque Gonçalves de Pinho solos Mendelssohn's Concerto No.

May 27. 1 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. May 29. Recital by Anna Stella Schic. TMSP. June 1-17. The 3rd Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition was held (not to be confused with the 3rd National Competition of the Brazilian Musicians' Union, held in the same year).

May 29. Among the pieces in the qualifying rounds were works by the following Brazilian composers: Camargo Guarnieri (Lundu), Claudio Santoro (Sonata No.

3), Francisco Mignone (Dança do Botocudo), Fructuoso Vianna (Corta-Jaca), Henrique Oswald (Estudo No. 1), Lorenzo Fernandez (Three Studies in Sonatina Form), Souza Lima (Prelude No. 5), and Villa-Lobos (Festa no Sertão). Among the piano concertos for the final rounds were works by the following Brazilian composers: Villa-Lobos, Camargo Guarnieri, Claudio Santoro, and Francisco Mignone. Jury: Alexander Sienkiewicz (president), Anna Stella Schic, Arnaldo Estrella, Eurico Nogueira França, Souza Lima, Grace Ward Lankford, Pantscho Wladigeroff, Jacques Février, József Gát, Joseph Weingarten, Rodolfo Caporalli, Zbigniew Drzewiecki, Josef Palenicek, and Yakov Zah. 1st place: Bernard Ringeissen; 2nd place: Czilla Szabó and David Wilde (tied); 3rd place: Arthur Moreira Lima, Alberto Gimenez, and Thérèse Castaing (all 3 tied); 4th place: Anton Dikov; 5th place: Alberto Colombo; 6th place: Martha Sosinska; 7th place: Dale Bartlett; 8th place: Eugenia Hyman; 9th place: Remo Remoli. TMRJ June 1st. Inaugural concert of the III Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition (not to be confused with the III National Competition of the Brazilian Musicians' Union, held in the same year).

June 1. Jacques Février solos Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho, June 3. Lina Maria de Castro Lôbo solos Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho, TMRJ, June 9.

June 3. Maria Regina de Vasconcellos solos Haydn's Concerto in D major with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho, TMRJ, June 10. Clotilde Mafalda Pereira Carneiro solos Mozart's Concerto No.

June 9. 21 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho, TMRJ, June 13. Anna Stella Schic performs Villa-Lobos's Momoprecoce as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Schnorrenberg.

June 10. TMRJ. June 16. Closing concert of the III Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition (not to be confused with the III National Competition of the Brazilian Musicians' Union, held in the same year).

June 13. Guiomar Novaes performs Schumann's Concerto as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

June 16. TMRJ. June 17. Recital by Bernard Ringeissen, winner of the III Rio de Janeiro International Piano Competition (not to be confused with the III National Competition of the Brazilian Musicians' Union, held in the same year), with works by Bach-Liszt, Chopin, Ravel (Gaspard de la nuit).

June 17. As an encore, works by Villa-Lobos (Festa no sertão), Rameau and Chopin were performed. TMRJ. June 20. Recital by João Carlos Martins. TMSP. June 22. Recital by Therèse Castaing ("laureate of the 3rd International Virtuosity Competition") with works by Bach (Toccata in D major), Brahms (Variations on a Theme of Paganini, 2nd booklet), Bartok (Suite Op.

June 20. 14), Liszt (Sonata).

June 22. Auditorium of the Palácio da Cultura, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] June 23. Rodolfo Caporali performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. June 25th. Recital by Jacques Février featuring works by Debussy (12 Preludes from Book 1, Complete Prints, Complete Images, 2 Studies, and L'Isle Joyeuse).

June 23. Encore performances included pieces by Debussy and Milhaud (Corcovado, from Saudades do Brasil).

June 25. TMRJ. June 27th. Recital by Rodolfo Caporali featuring works by Cimarosa, Platti, Bach-Busoni, Beethoven (Sonata No. 18), Casella (11 children's pieces), and Chopin. Encore performances included works by Beethoven, Chopin, and Schubert.

June 27. TMRJ. June 30th. Iris Bianchi performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino. TMRJ. July 4th. Recital by Maria Clodes Jaguaribe Dhority.

June 30. TMSP. July 7th. Odette de Faria performs Rimsky-Korsakoff's Concerto as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino.

July 4. TMRJ. July 9th (or June).

July 7. Alberto Gimenez performs Prokofiev's Concerto No. 3 as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francisco Mignone.

July 9. TMRJ. July 13th. Fritz Jank performs Brahms' Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMSP. [access the program here] July 14th.

July 13. Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1 is presented with an unidentified soloist, performed by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino. [access the program here]

July 14. TMRJ. July 15. Fritz Jank performs Brahms' Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMSP. [access the program here] July 15.

July 15. Jacques Klein performs Haydn's Concerto in D major as a soloist with the Radio MEC Chamber Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky. [access the program here]

July 15. TMRJ. July 16 and 17. Final rounds of the III National Competition of the Union of Musicians of Brazil (Piano, Violin and Singing) (not to be confused with the III International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro, held in the same year).

Jury of the piano competition: José Siqueira (president), Arnaldo Estrella, Francisco Mignone, Aloysio de Alencar Pinto, Oriano de Almeida, João de Souza Lima, Arnaldo Rebello, Ilara Gomes Grosso, Arthur Kauffman. 1st place: Sonia Goulart; 2nd place: Miriam Ciarline Marinho de Souza; 3rd place: Sônia Maria Vieira. TMRJ. [access the candidates' book here] July 20th. Souza Lima solos Francisco Mignone's 1st Brazilian Fantasy with the São Paulo Municipal Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction. [access here]

July 20. TMSP. [access the program here] July 22nd. Souza Lima solos Francisco Mignone's 1st Brazilian Fantasy with the São Paulo Municipal Symphony Orchestra under the composer's direction.

July 22. TMSP. [access the program here] July 26th. Recital by Alberto Jaffé (violin) and Daisy de Luca (piano). Auditorium of the Pelotas Conservatory of Music (RS).

July 26. July 29th. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet and Fritz Jank (piano). TMSP. July 31st. Recital by Witold Malcuzynski with works by Liszt (Sonata), Beethoven (Sonata No.

July 29. 23), Chopin (Sonata No. 2). TMRJ.

July 31. August 1st. Arnaldo Estrella solos Brahms' Concerto No. 1; De Falla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain; and Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

August 1. 2 with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky. TMRJ. August 2nd. Recital by Witold Malcuzynski with works by Beethoven (32 Variations in C minor), Brahms, Prokofiev (Sonata No. 7), Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin (4 pieces).

August 2. TMRJ. August 3rd. Sebastian Benda solos Weber's Konzertstück and Liszt's Concerto No. 1 with the São Paulo Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima.

August 3. TMSP. [access the program here] August 5th. Sebastian Benda solos Liszt's Concerto No. 1 with the São Paulo Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMSP. [access the program here] August 5th.

August 5. Leila Regina Kfouri solos Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino. TMRJ. August 12th. Arthur Moreira Lima solos Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. [access the program here]

August 5. TMSP. [access the program here] August 13th.

August 12. Witold Malcuzynski performs Beethoven's Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. August 14. [access the program here]

August 13. Sergei Dorensky's recital features works by Beethoven (Sonatas No. 20 and No. 32), Chedrine, Villa-Lobos (A lenda do caboclo), and Chopin (8 pieces).

August 14. TMRJ. August 16. Maria Clodes' recital features works by Beethoven (Sonata No. 30), Schumann, Villa-Lobos (Choros No. 5 "Alma brasileira"), Haydn (Sonata in A-flat major), and Chopin (Sonata No.

August 16. 2). TMRJ. August 17. Magda Tagliaferro performs Saint-Saëns' Concerto No. 5 as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Sternefel.

August 17. TMRJ. August 18. Rosana Martins performs Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by H. J. Koellreuter.

August 18. TMRJ. August 20. Sergei Dorensky's recital features works by Beethoven (Sonatas No. 12 and No. 31), Shostakovich (5 Preludes), Camargo Guarnieri (Black Dance), Liszt (3 pieces), and Debussy (3 pieces).

August 20. TMRJ. August 25. Heitor Alimonda performs Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlos Chavez.

August 25. TMRJ. August 27. Alberto Jaffé (violin) and Daisy de Luca (piano) perform Debussy's Sonata for Violin and Piano. The trio formed by Daisy de Luca (piano), Alberto Jaffé (violin), and Sílvio Oliani (horn) performs Brahms' Trio Op.

August 27. 40. Daisy de Luca and Gilberto Tinetti (two pianos) perform Camargo Guarnieri's Dança Negra. Daisy de Luca and Gilberto Tinetti (two pianos) and Ernesto de Luca (percussion) perform Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. TMRJ. August 29. Recital by Sergei Dorensky with works by Beethoven (Sonata No. 12), Villa-Lobos (A lenda do caboclo), Camargo Guarnieri (Dança negra), Shostakovich (3 Preludes), Chedrine, Liszt (3 pieces), Chopin (7 pieces).

August 29. This recital was broadcast by Rádio MEC. TMRJ. August 31. Recital by Fou Ts'Ong. TMSP. September 4th. Concert by the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Diogo Pacheco, with Jocy de Oliveira as soloist.

August 31. TMSP. September 4th to 14th. The 3rd International Piano Competition in Bahia, organized by the Bahian Association of Art, took place.

September 4. Jury: Norma Appel Bojunga, Aloysio de Alencar Pinto, Oriano de Almeida, Margarida Valente, Cyro Brizzola, Henry Jolles, Herminia Roubaud.

1st place: João Carlos Assis Brasil (who received a scholarship to study in Paris); 2nd place: Carlos Gregório; 3rd place: Hamilton Teixeira de Godoy [Amilton Godoy]; 4th place: Maria Beatriz Teixeira Leite; 5th place: Breno Lucena Marques de Sá. Of the Bahian candidates, Maria Eugênia Lira was the highest placed and received a scholarship to study in Europe, offered by the State government. Auditorium of the Rectorate of the University of Bahia, Salvador (BA). [access the candidates' book here] September 4th. Inaugural concert of the 3rd International Piano Competition in Bahia (see above). Norma Appel Bojunga performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. [access here]

September 4. 2 as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Bahia, conducted by H. J. Koellreutter. Auditorium of the University of Bahia, Salvador (BA). September 5th. Recital by Lêda Coelho de Freitas (soprano) and Fructuoso Vianna (piano) performing songs by Fructuoso Vianna: Madrigal, Six Troubadour Songs, Sleepwalker, Disenchantment, Sabiá, Sem-fim, Toada No.

September 5. 3, Pilgrims of Joazeiro, Un ami and When we two parted. Brazilian Society of British Culture, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] September 7th. Jacques Klein performed Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Sternefel.

September 7. TMRJ. September 11th. Debussy Festival - concert entirely dedicated to his works. Maria Vischnia (violin) and Souza Lima (piano) perform the Sonata for violin and piano.

September 11. The Municipal String Quartet performs the Quartet Op. 10. The recital was preceded by a lecture by Caldeira Filho entitled "Debussy and his historical moment". TMSP. [access the program here] September 12. Presentation by The Modern Jazz Quartet. TMRJ. September 13. Recital by Cannela Saghy (violin) and Fritz Jank (piano). TMSP.

September 20. Recital by Guiomar Novaes with works by Bach-Siloti, Mozart (Sonata No.

September 13. 11), Beethoven (Sonata No. 14), Villa-Lobos (The Pierrot's Little Horseman, from The Children's Carnival), Chopin (12 Preludes and Scherzo No.

September 20. 3). Municipal Theater of Campinas (SP). [access the program here] September 26. Recital by Magda Tagliaferro with works by Debussy (Suite pour le piano, 3 Preludes, Clair de lune, L’isle joyeuse), Chopin (1 Nocturne, Scherzo No.

September 26. 3, Sonata No. 2). In homage to the 50th anniversary of the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society. TMSP. September 27th. Commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society. Concert by the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Armando Bellardi with Fritz Jank as soloist.

September 27. TMSP. September 28th. Recital by Magda Tagliaferro with works by Debussy (Suite pour le piano), Chopin (Sonata No. 2, among other pieces), Debussy (3 Preludes, among other pieces).

September 28. This recital was broadcast by Rádio MEC. TMRJ. September 29th. Vera Astrachan, Luiz Medalha Filho, and Luiz Carlos de Moura Castro perform Mozart's Concerto for 3 Pianos as soloists with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

September 29. TMRJ. [access the program here] September 30th. Sônia Goulart performs Chopin's Concerto No. 2 as soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

September 30. TMRJ. October. World premiere of Breno Blauth's Sonata for Oboe and Piano, with musicians Walter Bianchi (oboe) and Estela Schwartz (piano).

São Paulo, October 1st. Recital by Guiomar Novaes with works by Mozart (Sonata No. 11), Beethoven (Sonata No. 14), Brahms (2 pieces), Villa-Lobos (The Pierrot's Little Horseman, from The Children's Carnival), Debussy (2 pieces), Chopin (3 pieces).

October 1. Coliseu Theatre, Santos (SP). [access the program here] October 2nd. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet and Fritz Jank (piano). TMSP. October (possibly the 5th). Recital by Eudóxia de Barros.

October 2. Rio de Janeiro, October 10th. Recital by Natan Schwartzman (violin) and Fritz Jank (piano) by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture, October 10th.

João Carlos Martins performs Ginastera's Concerto as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Diogo Pacheco.

October 10. TMRJ.

October 14. Eliane Cardoso performs Villa-Lobos's Momoprecoce as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

October 14. TMRJ. October 17. Berenice Menegale performs Mozart's Concerto No. 24 as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Francisco Mignone.

October 17. TMRJ. October 17. Recital by Bettina Rivero. Auditorium of the Conservatory of Music, Pelotas (RS).

October 19. Concert by the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Bahia conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho with Jacques Klein as soloist.

October 19. Salvador (BA). October 20. João Carlos Assis Brasil performs Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino.

October 20. TMRJ. October 21. Myriam Ciarlini Marinho de Souza performs Concerto No. 1 by an unidentified composer as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino.

October 21. TMRJ. October 22. Recital by Homero de Magalhães featuring works by Bach (Toccata in C minor), Haydn (Sonata in C major), Villa-Lobos (6 Cirandas: Terezinha de Jesus; Pobre cega; Xô, xô, passarinho; O pintor de Cannahy; Nesta rua, nesta rua; and Que lindos olhos), Liszt (Sonata Dante).

October 22. Debussy was performed as an encore. TMRJ. October 28. Arnaldo Cohen performs Mendelssohn's Concerto No. 1 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino.

October 28. TMRJ. October 28. Esther Fuerte Wajman performs Schumann's Concerto as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima.

October 28. TMSP. [access the program here] October 30. Recital by the Rio de Janeiro Quartet, composed of Mariuccia Iacovino (1st violin), Salomão Rabinovitz (2nd violin), Henrique Nirenberg (viola), Peter Dauelsberg (cello) with works by Villa-Lobos (Quartet No.

October 30. 1), Francisco Braga (Bendengó), Grainger, and Sinigaglia (Concert Study). Together with pianist Belkiss Carneiro de Mendonça, they performed Schumann's Quintet. Conservatory of Music, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO. November 7th. Recital by Jacques Klein with works by Bach-Siloti, Haydn (Sonata in C major), Beethoven (Sonata No.

November 7. 23), Liszt, Rachmaninoff (3 Preludes), Claudio Santoro (Sonata-fantasia No. 4). Encore performances included works by Debussy, Moszkowski, and Prokofiev. TMRJ. November 10th. José Vieira Brandão performs Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 3 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

November 10. TMRJ. November 16th. Recital by Madalena Lebeis (vocals) and Fritz Jank (piano). TMSP.

November 16. November 17th. Arnaldo Estrella performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.

November 17. 1 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho. TMRJ. November 17th (same day as the concert above, but at a different time).

November 17. Sônia Maria Strutt performs Villa-Lobos' Concerto No. 1 as a soloist; Arnaldo Estrella performs Villa-Lobos' Concerto No. 3 as a soloist, both with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. TMRJ. November 18th. Ana Maria Basilone Lyra de Arruda performs Schumann's Concerto as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho.

November 18. TMRJ. November 18th. Recital by Oscar Borgerth (violin) and Fritz Jank (piano) with works by Villa-Lobos.

November 18. TMSP. November 19th. Recital by Dina Gombarg with works by Bach (English Suite No.

November 19. 3), Beethoven (Sonata No. 3), Chopin, Ravel, Alberto Nepomuceno (Galhofeira), Liszt, as part of the Piano Festival, which took place between November 19 and 23. Auditorium of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná, Curitiba (PR). [access the complete series program here] November 20. Recital by Eudóxia de Barros with works by Scarlatti (4 Sonatas), Beethoven (6 Variations Op. [access the program here]

November 20. 34), Chopin, Villa-Lobos (A prole do bebê No. 1 complete), Camargo Guarnieri (Estudo No. 4, Ponteios No. 45 and No. 49), as part of the Piano Festival, which took place between November 19 and 23. Auditorium of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná, Curitiba (PR). [access the complete series program here] November 20. [access the program here]

November 20. Recital by the Municipal String Quartet and Fritz Jank (piano). TMSP. November 21st.

November 21. French Music Festival. Souza Lima and Fritz Jank performed Debussy's Six Epigraphes Antiques for piano four hands and Poulenc's Sonata for Two Pianos. Lucile Boy-Sendra (vocals) and an unidentified pianist (probably Souza Lima or Fritz Jank) performed Milhaud's Trois Chansons de Négresse. The São Paulo Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Souza Lima, pianist Fritz Jank, and an unidentified narrator, performed Poulenc's Histoire de Babar (first performance in São Paulo, and perhaps in Brazil). Souza Lima also conducted Landowsky's Cantata No. 1 (first performance in São Paulo, and perhaps in Brazil). TMSP. [access the program here] November 21st. Recital by Gilberto Tinetti with works by Mozart (Sonata No.

November 21. 17), Beethoven (Sonata No. 23), Schumann (Sonata No. 2), Ravel (Sonatina), Camargo Guarnieri (Study No. 9, first performed in Paraná and possibly in Brazil), as part of the Piano Festival, which took place between November 19 and 23. Auditorium of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná, Curitiba (PR). [access the complete series program here] November 22. Recital by Estelinha Epstein with works by Mozart, Dandrieu, Carlos Seixas, Soler, Galuppi, Schumann (ABEGG Variations), Chopin, Debussy, Villa-Lobos (The Three Marias), Dohnányi, as part of the Piano Festival, which took place between November 19 and 23. [access the program here]

November 22. Auditorium of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná, Curitiba (PR). [access the complete series program here] November 23. Fernando Lopes' recital featuring works by Mozart, Schubert (Sonata in A minor, Op. [access the program here]

November 23. 164), José Vieira Brandão (Study No. 1), Bartok (6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm), and Brahms (Sonata No. 1), as part of the Piano Festival, which took place between November 19th and 23rd. Auditorium of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná, Curitiba (PR). [access the complete series program here] November 24th. Ivy Improta solos Mozart's Concerto No. [access the program here]

November 24. 23 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Irwin Hoffman. TMRJ. November 28th. Souza Lima solos the 1st and 2nd movements of the Concerto in Brazilian Forms, by Hekel Tavares, with the Associated Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernardo Federowski.

November 28. Concert broadcast on the radio, within the program "Música sempre música" - may have also been broadcast on television. Teatro Tupi, São Paulo. [access the program here] November 29th. Ivy Improta solos Franck's Symphonic Variations with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Camargo Guarnieri.

November 29. TMRJ. December 1st. Recital by Fernando Lopes with works by Chopin (8 pieces).

December 1. TMRJ. December 4th. Recital by Roberto Miranda (tenor) and Waldemar Navarro (piano) with works by Scarlatti, Mozart, Duparc, Debussy, Messiaen, Caturla, Sandi, Baptista Siqueira (Cantiga and Cantiga tapuia), Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (Canto do peregrino; Cantos rituais; Ofulú lorêrê-ê; and O Kinimbá).

December 4. TMRJ. December 7th. Fritz Jank performs Liszt's Piano Concerto No.

December 7. 1 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima, accompanied by a ballet choreography by Marília Franco. TMSP. [access the program here] December 9th. Fritz Jank performs Liszt's Piano Concerto No.

December 9. 1 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima, accompanied by a ballet choreography by Marília Franco. TMSP. [access the program here] December 12th.

December 12. Yara Ferraz and Regina Peña Cabello Campos (two pianos) perform Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals as a soloist with the Associated Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. This performance was likely broadcast on TV Tupi. Teatro Tupi, São Paulo. [access the program here] December 18th. Recital by Fernando Lopes featuring works by Chopin (9 pieces).

December 18. TMRJ. December 23rd.

December 23. Nelson Freire performs Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 as a soloist with the Municipal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Souza Lima. Note: This was Nelson's first performance in Brazil after his return from Vienna.

TMSP.