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2015

In Brazil

Launch of the CD "Seresta, Choro e Homenagem a Fructuoso Vianna – Camargo Guarnieri" by pianist Karin Fernandes, conducted by Wagner Polistchuk, with the USP Symphony Orchestra. The album "Brahms e Liszt: Piano Sonatas" by pianist Luiz Guilherme Pozzi wins the 26th Brazilian Music Award in the "Revelation - Album" category.

February 27th. Inauguration of the Minas Gerais Hall, in Belo Horizonte (MG).

February 27. March 26th. Recital "Ernesto Nazareth: 150 + 2: The arrangements of Radamés Gnattali".

March 26. Maria Teresa Madeira and Alexandre Dias (two pianos) performed 14 pieces by Ernesto Nazareth in arrangements by Radamés Gnattali for two pianos (Fon-Fon!, Matuto, Carioca, Fidalga, Labirinto, Pairando, Improviso, Batuque, Confidências, Digo, Nenê, Odeon, Elegantíssima, Apanhei-te cavaquinho). Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro. April 7. Recital by Angela Hewitt with Bach's The Art of Fugue.

April 7. Sala São Paulo, São Paulo. April 26. Olga Kiun solos Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

April 26. 2 with the USP Symphony Orchestra (OSUSP) conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Sala São Paulo, São Paulo. June 14. Recital by Evgeny Kissin with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Albéniz and Larregla.

June 14. Sala São Paulo, São Paulo. June 17. Recital by Evgeny Kissin with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Albéniz and Larregla.

June 17. Sala São Paulo, São Paulo. June 23. Recital by Evgeny Kissin with works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Albéniz.

June 23. TMRJ. July 22. Recital by Alexandre Dias with works by Claudio Santoro (Paulistana No.

July 22. 1), Fructuoso Vianna (Jogos pueris), Villa-Lobos (Prelude No. 1, in a transcription for solo piano by José Vieira Brandão), Alexandre Levy (Brazilian Tango), Alberto Nepomuceno (Sonata in F minor Op. 9), Camargo Guarnieri (Ponteio No. 49), Francisco Mignone (Tango), Jorge Antunes (Tanguinho do Alexandre, in its world premiere), Edino Krieger (Passacaglia para Nazareth, in its world premiere), Lorenzo Fernandez (Batuque (in a transcription for solo piano by Souza Lima)). BNDES Space, Rio de Janeiro. August 12. Eduardo Monteiro solos Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

August 12. 2 with the Espírito Santo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Carlos Gomes Theater, Vitória (ES). August 13. Eduardo Monteiro solos the Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.

August 13. 2 with the Espírito Santo Symphony Orchestra conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá. Carlos Gomes Theatre, Vitória (ES). August 17. The Brazilian Piano Institute - IPB, founded and directed by Alexandre Dias, is inaugurated.

August 30. Recital by Alexandre Dias with works by Claudio Santoro (Paulistana No.

August 30. 1), Fructuoso Vianna (Jogos pueris), Villa-Lobos (Prelude No. 1, in a transcription for solo piano by José Vieira Brandão), Alexandre Levy (Brazilian Tango), Alberto Nepomuceno (Sonata in F minor Op. 9), Camargo Guarnieri (Ponteio No. 49), Francisco Mignone (Tango), Jorge Antunes (Tanguinho do Alexandre), Edino Krieger (Passacalhau para Nazareth), Amaral Vieira (Five Variations on a Theme by Marcello Tupynambá, in its world premiere), Lorenzo Fernandez (Batuque (in a transcription for solo piano by Souza Lima). Instituto Ling, Porto Alegre (RS). October 20. Recital by Alexandre Dias featuring works by Claudio Santoro (Paulistana No.

October 20. 1), Fructuoso Vianna (Jogos pueris), Villa-Lobos (Prelude No. 1, in a transcription for solo piano by José Vieira Brandão), Alexandre Levy (Brazilian Tango), Alberto Nepomuceno (Sonata in F minor Op. 9), Henrique Oswald (Il Neige!...), Camargo Guarnieri (Ponteio No. 49), Francisco Mignone (Tango), Jorge Antunes (Tanguinho do Alexandre), Edino Krieger (Passacalhau para Nazareth), Leandro Braga (Um baile, in its world premiere), Amaral Vieira (Five Variations on a Theme by Marcello Tupynambá), Lorenzo Fernandez (Batuque (in a transcription for solo piano by Souza Lima)). Villa-Lobos Hall, UniRio, Rio de Janeiro. November 11th. Fructuoso Vianna (Childish Games), Villa-Lobos (Prelude No.

November 11. 1, in a transcription for solo piano by José Vieira Brandão), Alexandre Levy (Brazilian Tango), Alberto Nepomuceno (Sonata in F minor Op. 9), Henrique Oswald (Il Neige!...), Camargo Guarnieri (Ponteio No. 49), Francisco Mignone (Tango), Jorge Antunes (Alexandre's Little Tango), Edino Krieger (Passacaglia for Nazareth), Leandro Braga (A Ball), Amaral Vieira (Five Variations on a Theme by Marcello Tupynambá), Lorenzo Fernandez (Batuque (in a transcription for solo piano by Souza Lima). CTJ Hall, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília. November 21. Recital by Alexandre Dias with works by Henrique Alves de Mesquita (Turkish March and Tango, from the magical "Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves", Tango of the Country Folk, from "The Republic", Polka, From the operetta "Trunfo às avessas", A baiana, A faísca, Batuque, A surpresa, Dolce ricordo, A vaidosa, A vaidosa, Aurora, Mayá, Os sonhos d'ouro, Souvenir de Bahia, Quebra quebra minha gente).

November 21. Recital at SESC (Espaço Cultural JK), Brasília. November 27-29. Held during the XXIV Souza Lima Piano Competition in São Paulo.

5th Round: 1st Place - Helber Fernandes Ribeiro; 2nd Place - Carlos Vogt and Laura Moraes Umbelino; 3rd Place - Glória Raimondi. 4th Round: 1st Place - Jennifer Alexandra Gomes Rodrigues Pereira; 2nd Place - Carolina Scheffelmeier Marcilio Silva; 3rd Place - José Artur Cunha de Souza. 3rd Round: 1st Place - Jordan Alexander Gomes Rodrigues Pereira; 2nd Place - Giovanna Rocha Lenza; 3rd Place - Ingrid Rodrigues Uemura. Second Round: 1st Place and Best Interpreter of Brazilian Music Award - Aline Fiori Teixeira; 1st Place - Pedro Henrique de Almeida Lisboa; 2nd Place - Julia Fiori Teixeira, João Pedro Carlini Garcia and Tomás Lemos Trancanelli; 3rd Place - Isabela Dias Soares Rinzler, Isabela Martins Arruda and Pedro Klingelfus Ganme. First Round: 1st Place - Rebeca de Oliveira Cunha; 2nd Place - Isabella Pretel Berlendis Bueno and Manuela Poli; 3rd Place - Alex Kawashita Vicente de Azevedo and Yasmin Jolie Gonzaga Silva. December 1st. Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Sala Cecilia Meireles, in Rio de Janeiro, with Nelson Freire interpreting sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin.

December 1. December 3rd to 6th. International Piano Interpretation Competition of the Works of Composer Osvaldo Lacerda, at the Paulista Academy of Letters, in São Paulo.

Winners: 1st place: Lucas Santos Gonçalves (Cubatão-SP); 2nd place: Lucas Thomazinho (São Paulo); 3rd place: Isabella Perazzo (João Pessoa-PB). Honorable mentions: André Pédico (São Paulo); Milena Lopes (Tatuí-SP); Pedro Henrique Nogueira (São Paulo). December (unspecified day). Recital by Arthur Moreira Lima and João Carlos Martins with works by Bach, Chopin, Jobim and Piazzolla.

Theatro São Pedro, Porto Alegre (RS). December 1st. Recital by Arthur Moreira Lima and João Carlos Martins with works by Bach, Chopin, Jobim and Piazzolla.

December 1. Hotel Royal Tulip, Brasília. December 8th. Recital by Arthur Moreira Lima and João Carlos Martins with works by Bach, Chopin, Jobim and Piazzolla.

December 8. Sala São Paulo, São Paulo. December 16th. Opening recital of the "Mackenzie 145 Years" National Piano Competition with pianist Vagner Ferreira, who performed works by Bach (Prelude and Fugue No.

December 16. 2 from the Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 2 and Italian Concerto), Brahms (3 Intermezzi Op. 117), Scriabin (Preludes Nos. 1 to 14 from Op. 11), Ginastera (Sonata No. 1). Auditorium of the American School, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo. December 16th to 19th.

The "Mackenzie 145 Years" National Piano Competition was held in 3 rounds, each with two stages: elimination and final. Jury: Parcial Modolo, Amaral Vieira and Eny da Rocha. Artistic direction: Vagner Ferreira. Winners of the 3rd Round: 1st place - Bruno Leonardo Theiss; 2nd place – João Pedro Josino Cid Camargo; 3rd place – Henrique Peixoto Rabelo; Antônio Bezzan Prize: Vitor Zendron da Cunha. Winners of the 2nd Round: 1st place – José Artur Cunha de Souza; 2nd place – Jennifer Alexandra Gomes Rodrigues Pereira; 3rd place – Jordan Alexander Gomes Rodrigues Pereira. Winners of the 1st Round: 1st place – Estefan Vergara Iatcekiw; 2nd place – Daniel Haruyuki Momo Vespa; 3rd place – Julia Wang Jorg. Auditorium of the American School, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo. [access the candidate booklet here] [access here]

Elsewhere in the world

The album “Alma Brasileira – Chamber Works by Radamés Gnattali”, by Débora Halász (piano) and Franz Halász (guitar), wins the Latin Grammy in the category “Best Classical Music Album”.

February 28. Amateur Classical Musicians Association: "Passion Through Performance". Laura Florman performs Odeon, by Ernesto Nazareth. Several other musicians also participated in this recital. Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, USA.

May 19. Simone Leitão performs works by Bach (Italian Concerto), Scriabin (3 Etudes Op. 8), Villa-Lobos (Choros No. 5 'Alma brasileira', Impressões seresteiras and Dança do índio branco), Ravel (Une barque sur l'océan). Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, USA. June. Ronaldo Rolim comes in 3rd place and receives the Schumann Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich, Switzerland, created in 1979.

First place went to the American Andrew Tyson, and second place to the Russian Aleksandr Shaikin.

June 8th. Vagner Ferreira solos Mendelssohn's Brilliant Rondo for Piano and Orchestra and Francisco Mignone's Brazilian Fantasy No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra; and Hagen Schwarzrock solos Bach's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2; with the Collegium Musicum Potsdam Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cinthia Alireti and Knut Andreas. Potsdam, Germany.

July 27th. Czech pianist Ivan Moravec dies. October 24th.

Marco Antonio de Almeida performs Ronaldo Miranda's Concertino as a soloist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Roberto Tibiriçá.

Simón Bolívar Hall, Caracas, Venezuela.