1990

Pianists who won the 1990 APCA award (São Paulo Association of Art Critics): Giuliano Montini (Soloist category), Yukie Nishikawa (Recitalist category), Laís Figueiró (Revelation category). January 25th.

January 25. Antonio Guedes Barbosa performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Nova Filarmonia Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo.

March 4. March 4th. Recital by José Luiz do Nascimento (tenor) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). Museum of the Republic, Rio de Janeiro.

March 6. March 6th. Recital in honor of International Women's Day, with pianist Maria Teresa Madeira. Other musicians likely participated in this recital. Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro. March 12th.

March 12. Nelson Freire performs Villa-Lobos's Momoprecoce as a soloist with the Municipal Theater Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Silvio Barbato.

March 17. TMRJ. March 17. Nelson Freire performs Villa-Lobos's Momoprecoce as a soloist with the Claudio Santoro National Theater Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Silvio Barbato, at the reopening of the Amazonas Theater in Manaus (AM).

April 16. Concert by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Dmitri Kitayenko, with Vladimir Krainev as soloist, by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

April 18. Concert by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by maestro Dmitri Kitayenko, with Vladimir Krainev as soloist, by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

April 25. Recital by Helder Teixeira (flute) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). School of Music of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.

May 7. Hyung Sook Tami Kim performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the OSESP orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Latin America Memorial, São Paulo.

May 8. Recital by Giulio Gianelli Viscardi (flute) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). IBAM Auditorium, Rio de Janeiro.

May 10. Recital by Giulio Gianelli Viscardi (flute) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro.

May 14. Recital by Giulio Gianelli Viscardi (flute) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). UFRJ School of Music, Rio de Janeiro.

June 5. Recital by Antonio Del Claro (cello) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). IBAM Auditorium, Rio de Janeiro.

June 17. World premiere of Camargo Guarnieri's Sonatina No. 7, performed by pianist Belkiss Carneiro de Mendonça, in Goiânia.

July 10, 11 and 13. Jacques Klein Week (a posthumous tribute to the pianist's 60th birthday). See the program for each day below. School of Music of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program here] July 10. [access the program here]

July 10. Round table discussion on pianist Jacques Klein, coordinated by Sérgio Menge de Freitas. Participants included Aloysio de Alencar Pinto, Cesarina Riso, Cláudio Vettori, Daniela Klein, Heitor Alimonda, Homero de Magalhães, Isaac Karabtchevsky, Jacqueline Klein, Lilian Barreto, Luiz Paulo Sampaio, Mordehay Simoni and Robert Fuchs, as part of Jacques Klein Week. On this day, the opening of the exhibition about Jacques Klein also took place, with script and visual programming by Arlete Monck (MIS), research by Marluce Barucki (School of Music of UFRJ), and production assistant Paulo Eleutério de Albuquerque (School of Music of UFRJ). The round table was in the Congregation Room and the exhibition in the Foyer of the Leopoldo Miguez Hall, School of Music of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program here] July 11th. [access the program here]

July 11. Recital with Beethoven Sonatas, as part of the Jacques Klein Week. Sérgio Tavares performed Sonata No. 32, Sérgio André performed Sonata No. 13, and Guilherme Quintaes performed Sonata No. 23. Leopoldo Miguez Hall, School of Music, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program here] July 12. [access the program here]

July 12. Recital by Maria Teresa Madeira with Brazilian music. School of Music, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro.

July 13. Recital as part of Jacques Klein Week. Heitor Alimonda and Homero de Magalhães performed Schubert's Fantasy in F minor Op. 103 and Characteristic March Op. 121 as a four-hand piece. The duo formed by Michael Bessler and Sônia Goulart (piano) performed Mozart's Sonata in B-flat major for violin and piano and Brahms' Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano. Leopoldo Miguez Hall, School of Music, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. [Access the complete program here] July 16. [access the program here]

July 16. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky with Miguel Proença as soloist.

July 22. TMRJ. July 22. Recital by Lulu Pereira (bass trombone) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro.

July 29. Recital by Margarita Schack (mezzo-soprano), Myrna Herzog (cello) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano). Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro.

July 30. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky with Nelson Freire as soloist. TMRJ. August 3.

August 3. Death of the Rio de Janeiro pianist and composer Eunice Katunda.

August 4. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky, with soloist Arnaldo Cohen, in homage to Jacques Klein (his former teacher). TMRJ. August 4th: Recital by pianist Alicia de Larrocha with works by Schubert (2 Improvisations and Sonata in A minor, unspecified), Granados (Poetic Waltzes and Sonata in D major), Albéniz (La Vega and Navarra).

August 4. TMRJ.

August 6. August 6th. Recital by Alicia de Larrocha for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture. August 8th.

August 8. Recital by Alicia de Larrocha for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture. August 7th.

August 7. Ney Salgado (piano), Michael Bessler (violin), and Alceu Reis (cello) perform Beethoven's Triple Concerto with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Silvio Barbato. Martins Penna Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. August 14.

August 14. Alessandro Santoro performs Bach's Piano Concerto No. 4 in A major with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gerald Kegelmann. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. August 16.

August 16. Recital by the UFRJ Piano Duo, formed by Sonia Maria Vieira and Maria Helena de Andrade, with works by Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (Sarau de Sinhá), Osvaldo Lacerda (Brasiliana No. 4), Aylton Escobar (Seresta), Francisco Mignone (Lundu and Congada), as part of the 142nd anniversary of the UFRJ School of Music. Leopoldo Miguez Hall, UFRJ School of Music, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program of the entire concert cycle here] August 18. [access the program here]

August 18. Recital by the Trio of the UFRJ School of Music, formed by Heitor Alimonda (piano), Renato Axelrud (flute) and Jorge Armando Nunes (cello) with works by Weber (Trio Op. 63), J. S. Bach (Sonata No. 5 for flute), Martinu (Trio), as part of the 142nd anniversary of the UFRJ School of Music. Leopoldo Miguez Hall, UFRJ School of Music, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program of the entire concert cycle here] August 20th. [access the program here]

August 20. Recital by the Francisco Mignone Piano Duo, formed by Maria Josephina Mignone and Miriam Ramos, with works by Ernesto Nazareth (7 pieces, with second piano composed by Francisco Mignone), Zequinha de Abreu (2 pieces, with second piano composed by Francisco Mignone), Lorenzo Fernandez (Jongo), Francisco Mignone (Valsa elegante, Sai sai and Congada, in versions by the author for two pianos), as part of the 142nd anniversary of the UFRJ School of Music. Leopoldo Miguez Hall, UFRJ School of Music, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete program of the entire concert cycle here] August 20. [access the program here]

August 20. Concert by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by Philippe Entremont, who also performed as solo pianist, for the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society.

September 12. Victor Monteiro Duarte performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Silvio Barbato. Martins Penna Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília.

September 15. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Mechetti, with João Carlos Martins as soloist.

September 23. TMRJ. September 23. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky, with Arnaldo Cohen as soloist, in homage to Jacques Klein (his former teacher).

October 12. TMRJ. October 12. Lílian Barreto and Linda Bustani perform as soloists, probably in Mozart's Piano Concerto for 2, with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília.

October 15. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luthero Rodrigues with soloist Arthur Moreira Lima. TMRJ.

November 9. November 9th. Concert for the 20th anniversary of MALB (Lúcia Branco Artistic Movement). André Dias de Amorim performed works by Chopin and Villa-Lobos (Valsa da dor and Impressões seresteiras). In the first part, Lucia Regina de Lucena recited 5 poems by various authors. Brazilian Conservatory of Music, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] November 10th.

November 10. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky with soloist Arthur Moreira Lima (in homage to Jacques Klein). TMRJ.

November 19. November 19th. Giuliano Montini solos Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 with the OSESP conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo.

December 1. December 1st. Recital by Cristiano Jacques Miosso Rodrigues Mendes (student of Neusa França) with works by Bach, Beethoven (Sonata No. 1), Ernesto Nazareth (Sarambeque), Claudio Santoro (2 Preludes), Chopin, Debussy, Scriabin. Concert hall of the JK Memorial, Brasília. [access the program here] December 1st.

December 1. Death of the São Paulo pianist, conductor and composer Walter Burle-Marx.

December 15. December 15th. Giulio Draghi solos Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. 1 with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Julio Medaglia. Martins Penna Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília.

December 20. December 20th. Alda de Mattos solos Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Silvio Barbato. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília.