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Pianists who won the 1996 APCA award (São Paulo Association of Art Critics): Maria José Carrasqueira (category "Recitalist"). February 6th. “Ernesto Nazareth, revelations”.

February 6. Recital by Pedro Amorim (mandolin) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano) with works by Ernesto Nazareth (Rayon d’or, Saudade, Zizinha, Fon-Fon!, Confidências, Matuto, Nenê, Fidalga, Tupinambá). Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. March 20th.

March 20. Arthur Moreira Lima is soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaiah Jackson. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. March 21st. Concert by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Isaiah Jackson with Arthur Moreira Lima as soloist.

March 21. TMRJ. March 25th. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra with soloist Mikhail Rudy.

March 25. TMRJ. March 30. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá with soloist Arnaldo Cohen.

March 30. TMRJ. March 31. Recital by Luli Oswald with works by Mozart (Sonata No.

March 31. 11), Schumann (Fantasia), Debussy, Prokofiev (Sonata No. 3), Liszt. DEF Auditorium, Federal University of Viçosa (MG). [access the program here] April 23. Recital by Heitor Alimonda (piano), José Botelho (clarinet) and Alceu Reis (cello).

April 23. Cecília Meireles Hall, Rio de Janeiro. April 27. Recital by Aloysio Fagerlande (bassoon) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano).

April 27. Petrópolis (RJ). May 7th (at 12:30 PM and then at 6:30 PM, same program).

May 7. Recital by José Carlos Cocarelli with 10 works by Liszt, as part of the Liszt Cycle. CCBB, Theater II, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete cycle program here] May 14th (at 12:30 PM and then at 6:30 PM, same program). [access the program here]

May 14. Recital by Tamás Ungár with 6 works by Liszt (including the Dante Sonata), as part of the Liszt Cycle. CCBB, Theater II, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete cycle program here] May 21st (at 12:30 PM and then at 6:30 PM, same program). [access the program here]

May 21. Recital by Mikhail Rudy with 9 works by Liszt, as part of the Liszt Cycle. CCBB, Theater II, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete cycle program here] May 22nd. "Visit of Catulo - Catulo da Paixão Cearense and Brazilian Popular Music". [access the program here]

May 22. Illustrated lecture with speaker Ary Vasconcelos, pianist Aloysio de Alencar Pinto and singer Fátima Alegria (soprano). Casa de Rui Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] May 27. Recital by Ivo Pogorelich. TMRJ.

May 28 (at 12:30 and then at 18:30, the same program).

May 28. Recital by Leonid Kusmin with 4 works by Liszt (including the Sonata), as part of the Liszt Cycle. CCBB, Theater II, Rio de Janeiro. [access the complete cycle program here] May 31. Recital by the duo formed by Harold Emert (oboe) and Irany Leme (piano) with works by José Siqueira (Sonatina for oboe and piano), Fructuoso Vianna (Six Troubadour Songs, with the vocal part arranged for oboe by Harold Emert) and Poulenc (Sonata for oboe and piano). [access the program here]

May 31. Irany Leme performed the South American Suite by Aloysio de Alencar Pinto on solo piano. Harold Emert performed Two Poems for Narrator and Oboe, with the participation of Claudio Portela (narrator). Guiomar Novaes Auditorium, Cecília Meireles Hall, Rio de Janeiro. [access the program here] June 1st. Recital by Arthur Moreira Lima with works by Ernesto Nazareth, Pixinguinha, Chopin, and others.

June 1. Municipal Theater of Niterói (RJ). [access the promotional pamphlet here] June 3rd. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Duarte, with Linda Bustani as soloist, in the Villa-Lobos Cycle. [access here]

June 3. TMRJ. June 8th. Paulo José Campos de Melo performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

June 8. 2 as a soloist with the Symphony Orchestra of the IX International Chamber Music Festival of Pará. Belém, Pará. June 14th. Recital by Lena Verani (clarinet) and Jeaninne Renó (piano) with works by Villa-Lobos, Schumann, Radamés Gnattali, and others.

June 14. Municipal Theater of Niterói (RJ). [access the promotional pamphlet here] June 24th. Recital by Nelson Goerner for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture. [access here]

June 24. June 25th. Recital by Nelson Goerner for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

June 25. June 26th. Recital by Nelson Goerner for the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

June 26. June 29th. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yureham Scharovsky with Arthur Moreira Lima as soloist.

June 29. TMRJ. July. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rachael Worby, with soloists Luis Fernando Benedini, Bernardo Bessler (violin), and Cláudio Jaffé (cello).

TMRJ. July 2nd. "Music of the Nations". Recital by Maria Teresa Madeira.

July 2. Other musicians participated in this recital. FINEP, Rio de Janeiro. July 13th. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá, with soloist José Feghali.

July 13. TMRJ. July 20th. "Villa-Lobos in Paris". Chamber works by Villa-Lobos.

July 20. Maria Teresa Madeira (piano) was one of the musicians participating in this recital. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. July 21st. "Villa-Lobos in Paris". Chamber works by Villa-Lobos.

July 21. Maria Teresa Madeira (piano) was one of the musicians participating in this recital. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. July 26. Recital by Antonio Augusto (horn) and Maria Teresa Madeira (piano).

July 26. Cecília Meireles Hall, Rio de Janeiro. July 27. Arnaldo Cohen solos Mendelssohn's Concerto No.

July 27. 1 and Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. TMRJ. August 4. Annotated recital by Marcelo Bratke on "The Group of Six," with works by Poulenc, Tailleferre, Auric, Durey, Milhaud, and Honegger.

August 4. MuBE, São Paulo. August 10. Masterclass on "The Lied in German Romanticism," by Walter Weiszflog (baritone).

August 10. Magda Tagliaferro Foundation, São Paulo. August 11. Annotated recital by Homero de Magalhães and guests on "Debussy's Piano Preludes." MuBE, São Paulo.

August 17. Recital by Katrin Filck with works by Brahms, Bartók, and Scriabin. MuBE, São Paulo.

August 18. Commentary recital by Paulo Álvares on the work Profilis Écartelés by Flo Menezes, with commentary by the composer.

August 18. MuBE, São Paulo. August 20. Recital "Berio-Bartok - Duo Diálogos", with Carlos Tarcha (percussion), Joaquim Abreu (percussion), Rosana Civile (piano), and Paulo Alvares (piano), by the Sociedade de Cultura Artística de São Paulo.

August 24. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fábio Mechetti with Bruno Gelber as soloist.

August 24. TMRJ. August 25. Concert by the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Theatro Municipal conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá with Wagner Tiso as soloist, closing the Villa-Lobos Cycle.

August 25. TMRJ. August 27th. Arnaldo Cohen performs Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá.

August 27. TMRJ. September 1st. Recital by Gilberto Tinetti featuring works by Mozart, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Ravel.

September 1. MuBE, São Paulo. September 2nd. Concert by the National Orchestra of France conducted by Charles Dutoit, with Pascal Rogé as soloist, presented by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

September 2. September 3rd. Concert by the National Orchestra of France conducted by Charles Dutoit, with Pascal Rogé as soloist, presented by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

September 3. September 4th. Concert by the National Orchestra of France conducted by Charles Dutoit, with Pascal Rogé as soloist, presented by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

September 4. September 14th. Masterclass by Marco Antonio de Almeida focusing on the prevention of repetitive strain injuries (RSI).

September 14. Magda Tagliaferro Foundation, São Paulo. September 15th. Recital by Marco Antonio de Almeida (piano) and Anne Leek (oboe) with works by Mozart (2 Sonatas).

September 15. MuBE, São Paulo. September 18th. Latin American Music Recital with Antonio Carlos Carrasqueira (flute), Maria José Carrasqueira (piano), Marco Pereira (guitar), Watson Clis (cello), and Sergio Gonçalves (bassoon), by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture.

September 21. Nelson Freire solos Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá.

September 21. TMRJ. September 22. Recital by Beatriz Balzi with works by Latin American composers (Ginastera, Aharonián, Ruidíaz, and Aylton Escobar).

September 22. MuBE, São Paulo. September 25. Cristina Ortiz solos Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

September 25. 2 with the Bahia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Castro Alves Theater, Salvador. September 29. Valdilice de Carvalho's recital featuring works by Mompou, Andriessen, Orthel, Levy (Alexandre or Luiz), Francisco Mignone, and others.

September 29. MuBE, São Paulo. October 5. Concert by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá, with Cristina Ortiz as soloist.

October 5. TMRJ. October 6. Olga Kliun's recital featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, and Prokofiev.

October 6. MuBE, São Paulo. October 8. Joel Bello Soares performs Liszt's Piano Concerto No.

October 8. 2 with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ligia Amadio. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. October 11. Fernando Lopes' recital. Opening of the XIII "Paulo Giovanini" Piano Incentive Competition.

October 11. Araçatuba Shopping Center, Araçatuba (SP). October 10-16. XIII "Paulo Giovanini" Piano Incentive Competition, as part of the 6th Araçatuba Classical Music Week.

Judges: Maria Francisca Paez Junqueira, Lilian Meire Silva Carneiro de Mendonça, Custódia Annunziatta de Oliveira Campos. The competition had the following categories: children (up to 7 years old), I (8 to 9 years old), II (10 to 11 years old), III (12 to 13 years old), IV (14 to 16 years old), V (17 to 19 years old) and VI (20 years and older). Santa Cecília Music Conservatory, Araçatuba (SP). [[access here] the material with the names of the competitors, works that were played, and texts about the competition] October 13. Yara Bernette's recital ("Yara Bernette Encores") featured works by Bach, Schumann, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Villa-Lobos, and others.

October 13. The second part consisted of a masterclass. MuBE, São Paulo. October 19. Two-piano recital with Aracy Pereira da Silva and José Carlos Vasconcellos dos Reis featuring works by Bach (Sicilian, 2nd movement of the Sonata for flute and harpsichord in E-flat major, transcribed by Guy Maier), Cramer (Etudes No.

October 19. 1, No. 28, No. 41, No. 20, with second piano by Arthur Napoleão), Chopin (Etude Op. 25 No. 2, first piano composed by Louis Victor Saar), Francisco Mignone (8th Corner Waltz, 2nd piano composed by Aracy Pereira da Silva), Ernesto Nazareth (Heart that Feels, 2nd piano composed by Aracy Pereira da Silva), Lecuona (Malagueña, transcribed by Grace Helen Nash), Debussy (Clair de Lune, transcribed by Henri Dutilleux) and Richard Addinsell (Warsaw Concerto, orchestral part adapted for a second piano by Percy Grainger). Brazilian Conservatory of Music, Rio de Janeiro. October 20th. Recital "Newest Talents" with Maurício Feroldi Valer, Liz Mara Fuzisaka Mello, Anderson Brenner, Lucy de Carvalho Ferreira, and Alfeu Rodrigues Araújo Filho, participants in the special scholarship program of the Magda Taglaiferro Foundation.

October 20. MuBE, São Paulo. October 27th. Recital by Maria Lúcia Pinho (piano) and Noel Devos (bassoon) with works by Galliard, Hindemith, Dutilleux, Osvaldo Lacerda, and others.

October 27. MuBE, São Paulo. (probably November) V Souza Lima National Piano Competition, coordinated by Antonio Bezzan.

Jury: Achille Picchi, Marcilda Oliveira Clis, Anna Claudia Agazzi, Ciro Gonçalves Dias Júnior. The competition was divided into the following levels: Category I - Stimulus Shift (6 and 7 years old), Shift I (children 8 to 9 years old), Shift II (10 and 11 years old), Shift III (pre-teen 12 and 13 years old), Shift IV (14 to 16 years old), Shift V (teen 16 to 19 years old), Shift VI (20 years old and older). In Shift VI, the results were: 1st place (tied): Letícia Moreira de Faria and Vagner Ferreira; 2nd place: Ângela Lima Soares; 3rd place: Ronal Xavier Silveira. Souza Lima Musical Conservatory, São Paulo. [access the candidates' book here] November 19th. [access here]

November 19. Recital "The Group of Six", with Marcelo Bratke, by the São Paulo Society of Artistic Culture. November 22nd. Silvia Cápová-Vizvaryová performs Ján Cikker's Concertino as soloist with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lígia Amadio.

November 22. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília. December. Arnaldo Cohen performs Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.

1 as soloist with the Heliópolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá.

December 13. TMSP. December 13. Neusa França and Alexandre Romariz perform J.S. Bach's Piano Concerto BWV 1061 as soloist with the Claudio Santoro National Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Elena Herrera. Villa-Lobos Hall, Claudio Santoro National Theatre, Brasília.

Elsewhere in the world

Centenary of Clara Schumann's death. March 17.

March 17. Carmen Vitis-Adnet performs works by Chopin (6 Mazurkas, a Nocturne and Polonaise-Fantaisie Op. 61, 6 Etudes from Op. 10 and 25, a Waltz, Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante Op. 22). Vienna Concert Hall [Wiener Konzerthaus] (Schubert-Saal), Austria. May 5. João Carlos Martins solos Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand and Ginastera's Concerto No.

May 5. 1 with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by JoAnn Falletta. Carnegie Hall (large hall), New York, USA. April 14. Cristina Ortiz solos Camargo Guarnieri's Choro (American premiere of the work) with the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.

April 14. Gil Goldstein plays the piano part in Egberto Gismonti's work *Frevo* with the same orchestra and composer (Goldstein replaced Gismonti, who was unable to attend due to illness). Cristina Ortiz and Gil Goldstein perform the piano parts in Villa-Lobos's *Choros No. 8* with the same orchestra and conductor. Carnegie Hall (large hall), New York, USA. August 25. Araceli Chacon performs Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.

August 25. 3 with the Paraná Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mário Tavares. Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto Auditorium, Curitiba. September 7 to October 26.

September 7. Miami Festival, in honor of the centenary of Guiomar Novaes' birth (who was actually born in 1894, and therefore her centenary was celebrated two years earlier). There were several recitals and lectures, six of which were dedicated to Guiomar Novaes (see below). University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [Access the complete festival program here] September 7th. [access the program here]

September 7. Opening of the Miami Festival. Lecture by David Dubal entitled "Novaes Centenary Celebration," in homage to Guiomar Novaes. Following this was a recital by pianist Barry Douglas, who performed works by Schubert (Improvisations Op. 90), Beethoven (Sonata No. 23), Debussy (Suite pour le piano), and Chopin (Sonata No. 3). University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [Access the complete festival program here] September 20th. [access the program here]

September 20. Lecture by Ciro Gonçalves Dias entitled "Remembering Guiomar Novaes," as part of the Miami Festival. Following this was a recital by pianist Katia Skanavi, who performed works by Schumann (Abbeg Variations and Kreisleriana), Chopin (Sonata No. 2), and Liszt (2 pieces). University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [Access the complete festival program here] September 21st. [access the program here]

September 21. Lecture by Frank Cooper entitled "A Comparison: Guiomar Novaes and Rosita Renard," as part of the Miami Festival. This was followed by a recital by pianist Karin Lechner, who performed works by Ravel, Liszt (Sonata), Chopin (3 pieces), Granados (2 pieces), and De Falla (5 pieces). University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [Access the complete festival program here] September 26th. [access the program here]

September 26. Lecture by Robert Rust, with special participation by Ivan Davis, entitled "The Brazilian Novaes," as part of the Miami Festival. This was followed by a recital by pianist Robert Rust, who performed works by Guiomar Novaes (Kindergarten), Villa-Lobos (Choros No. 5 "Alma brasileira" and Rudepoema), Gottschalk (Grand Triumphal Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem), Alexandre Levy, and Francisco Mignone. University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [Access the full festival program here] September 28th. [access the program here]

September 28. "Novaes Centenary Celebration". Arnaldo Cohen performs Grieg's Concerto and Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá, as part of the Miami Festival. University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [access the complete festival program here] October 6th. [access the program here]

October 6. Lecture by Frank Cooper entitled "Novaes Centenary Celebration", as part of the Miami Festival. This was followed by a recital by pianist Bella Davidovich, who performed works by Beethoven, Schumann, and Chopin. University of Miami School of Music, Miami, Florida, USA. [access the complete festival program here] [access the program here]