1993

Pianists who won the 1993 APCA award (São Paulo Association of Art Critics): Achille Picchi ("Soloist" category), Marina Brandão ("Recitalist" category), Trio Dell'Arte (Giuliano Montini, piano; Elisa Fukuda, violin; Peter Dauelsberg, cello) ("Instrumental Ensemble" category), Roberto Marialva Bomilcar ("Revelation" category). January 13. Death of composer, pianist, and conductor Mozart Camargo Guarnieri.

April 12. Midori Maeshiro solos Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the OSESP under the direction of Roberto Tibiriçá.

April 12. Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo. April 17. Concert by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Vassily Sinaisky with José Carlos Cocarelli as soloist.

April 17. TMRJ. April 20. Irany Leme performs works by Aloysio de Alencar Pinto (Tirana) and Granados (Allegro de Concierto).

April 20. Sônia Maria Vieira performs the Valsa Caprichosa by Vianna da Motta. The program also featured the declaimer Maria Regina Câmara and a lecture by Professor Ovídio Cunha. Congregation Hall, School of Music of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] April 24. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maximiniano Cobra with Arnaldo Cohen as soloist.

April 24. TMRJ. April 26. Aloysio de Alencar Pinto and Irany Leme (piano four hands) perform Sarau de Sinhá, by Aloysio.

April 26. Brazilian Press Association (ABI), Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] May 3. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maximiniano Cobra with Jean-Louis Steuerman as soloist. [acesse o programa aqui]

May 3. TMRJ. May 9th. Emilio Terraza solos Tango M. 39, of his own composition, with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Julio Medaglia.

May 9. Martins-Penna Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. May 13th. Vera Astrachan solos Villa-Lobos' Concerto No.

May 13. 5 with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo. May 24th and 29th. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hubert Soudant, with Arthur Moreira Lima as soloist.

TMRJ. May 26th. Recital by Lazar Berman for the São Paulo Artistic Culture Society.

May 26. May 31st. Death of the Rio Grande do Sul composer Breno Blauth.

May 31. June 1st. Recital by Maria Teresa Madeira (piano).

June 1. IBAM Auditorium, Rio de Janeiro. June 12. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mario Tavares, with João Carlos Assis Brasil as soloist.

June 12. TMRJ. June 16. Recital by Lazar Berman for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

June 24. Recital by the piano duo Marcelo de Alvarenga and Zaida Valentim with works by Rachmaninoff, Dvorák, Mussorgsky, Villa-Lobos, Brahms, Debussy, Poulenc, Gershwin, and Ronaldo Miranda ("Tango", in its world premiere).

June 24. Sala Cecilia Meireles, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] June 26. Nelson Freire performs Chopin's Concerto No. 2 and Grieg's Concerto as soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mário Tavares.

June 26. In the first part, Freire performed six Chopin pieces as a solo piano. TMRJ. [access the program here] July 24. Arnaldo Cohen performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.

July 24. 1 and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 as soloists with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky. In the first part, Cohen performed Chopin's Scherzos Nos. 1 and 2 as solo piano performers. TMRJ. [access the program here] August 14th. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky with soloist Jean-Louis Steuerman.

August 14. TMRJ. August 14. Recital by Noel Devos (bassoon), Paulo Nardi (oboe) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano).

August 14. Bookmakers Bookstore, Rio de Janeiro. August 21. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaac Karabtchevsky with soloist Nelson Freire.

August 21. TMRJ. August 24. Recital by Nelson Freire for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

August 26. Recital by Nelson Freire for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

August 30. Concert in homage to Mariinha Fleury with pianists Gilberto Tinetti (Haydn: Sonata in B minor, Ravel: Sonatina), Jean Louis Steuerman (Beethoven: Sonata No.

August 30. 5, Schumann: Toccata Op. 7), Yara Bernette (Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9), André Carrara (Szymanowski: Variations Op. 3), Antonio Guedes Barbosa (Schubert - Liszt: Ave Maria and Wohin?; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13), and Nelson Freire (Chopin: Barcarolle Op. 60, Introduction and Rondo Op. 16). Note: this was the last concert of Antonio Guedes Barbosa, who would pass away three days later. Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo. September 2nd. Antonio Guedes Barbosa passes away in São Paulo, at the age of 50.

September 2. September 11th. José Carlos Cocarelli performs Prokofiev's Concerto No.

September 11. 1 and Brahms' Concerto No. 1 as soloists with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mário Tavares. In the first part of the program, Cocarelli performed Chopin's Sonata No. 3 as a solo piano. TMRJ. [access the program here] September 12. Ana Flávia Silvia Frazão performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

September 12. 2 as a soloist with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. September or October.

Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino with José Feghali as soloist. TMRJ. October 11.

October 11. Marina Brandão performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 1 as a soloist with the OSESP under the direction of Roberto Tibiriçá. Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo.

October 13. October 13th. "Romantic Night" - recital by Celine Imbert (soprano), Achille Picchi (piano), Cláudio Cruz (violin), Paulo Gori (piano), Roberto Minczuk (trumpet) and Sergio Burgani (clarinet), by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

October 14. October 14th. "Romantic Night" - recital by Celine Imbert (soprano), Achille Picchi (piano), Cláudio Cruz (violin), Paulo Gori (piano), Roberto Minczuk (trumpet) and Sergio Burgani (clarinet), by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

October 16. October 16th. Arthur Moreira Lima performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 and Liszt's Hungarian Fantasy as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alceo Bocchino. In the first part, Moreira Lima performed Chopin's 24 Preludes as a solo piano. TMRJ. [access the program here] October 21st.

October 21. Recital by Marcos Câmara with works of his own composition (Morgen Stund hat Gold im Mund, E por si muove, Coral, Batucada, ...Sed cum tempore..., Movimento eterno, Vielen trôpfen machen einem Bach, Dança, Lo stregatto, Três vazios (I. Portas e janelas são atravessadas, II. Modela-se a barro, III. Trinta raios convergem para o cubo). In the second part, Celso Mojola performed Three Inventions of his own composition (Four Variations on a Theme by Schoenberg, Study on a Fragment by Debussy, and Orpheus and the Sorrels). Finally, Marcos Câmara and Celso Mojola performed Improvisation Lato Senso for two pianos. Carlos Gomes Music Faculty, São Paulo. [access the program here] October 25.

October 25. Recital by Nelson Freire.

November 12. TMRJ. November 12. Recital by Maria Teresa Madeira. Clube Caiçaras, Rio de Janeiro.

November 26. Death of composer César Guerra Peixe.

December 14. Lecture by Aloysio de Alencar Pinto on Luciano Gallet, with illustration by the UFRJ Piano Duo, formed by Sonia Maria Vieira and Maria Helena de Andrade, who performed 6 of Gallet's 12 Brazilian Studies in a four-hand arrangement. Alexandre Tarik (vocals) and Sonia Maria Vieira (piano) performed the following songs by Gallet: Fotorototó, Morena morena, Bambalelê, Foi numa noite calmosa, A perdiz piou no campo, Acorda donzela!, Tayêras. Congregation Hall, UFRJ Music School, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here]