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BIOGRAPHY
Loved
both on and off stage by audiences and critics everywhere
for his "commanding technique," (London Times) and "power
and bravura" (Berlin Die Welt), Brazilian pianist Caio
Pagano is in great demand in major musical and cultural
centers around the world. The New York Times called
his Beethoven "superb, absolutely first-class." Pagano
frequently performs with leading orchestras throughout
Central and South America, the United States and Europe.
He has been presented in more than 500 performances
as recital soloist, chamber musician and orchestra soloist
in such diverse places as Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina,
Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador,
Costa Rica, the United States, Canada, Portugal, Spain,
France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, England, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, China and Czech Republic. Drawing
from the traditional classical repertoire to twentieth-century
music gems and world premieres of noted contemporary
Brazilian composers, his programs consistently receive
rave reviews from music critics wherever he performs.
Mr.
Pagano has performed with many leading conductors, including
Ernest Bour, Szymon Goldberg, Sergiu Comissiona, Morton
Gould, Eleazar de Carvalho, Jose Serebrier, Paul Freeman
and James Sedares.
Pagano's
artistic talent was recognized at the young age of four,
when he began his piano studies in Brazil at Magda Tagliaferro's
school. He continued with this illustrious pianist in
Paris and followed with Helena Costa in Portugal. He
completed his training with Karl Engel in Hanover, and
Conrad Hansen at the Hamburg Hochschule in Germany.
Among
Caio Pagano's many awards are the International Beethoven
Award, Portugal; the International Award in Barcelona;
and the Grand Prix of the National Piano Competition
in Brazil. Other academic credits of the artist include
a law degree from the University of SãoPaulo
and a Doctorate in Music from The Catholic University
of America in Washington, D.C. He is very much in demand
to adjudicate international competitions in Europe,
the United States, and South America.
As
Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil,
Caio created the International Biennial of Music, which
attracted many internationally acclaimed artists who
collaborated with him (including Saschko Gawriloff,
Cristof Caskel, Raphael Hillyer, Werner Taube, Henry
Schuman). He also toured with Pierre Fournier, Janos
Starker, Thomas Friedli, Szymon Goldberg, Albor Rosenfeld
and the Jacques Thibaud Trio. Caio has been a featured
artist at the Miami New World Festival, the Washington
Interamerican Fest, the Grenoble Festival, the Megève
Festival and many others.
Mr.
Pagano has performed with many leading conductors, among
them Ernest Bour, Szimon Goldberg, Sergiu Comissiona,
Morton Gould, Eleazar de Carvalho, Jose Serebrier, Paul
Freeman, and James Sedares.
Presently
as a Regents' Professor of Music at Arizona State University,
Pagano attracts some of the brightest students on the
horizon today. He is also a noted scholar, published
in the United States, Europe and Brazil, delineating
his vast knowledge of twentieth-century music and the
works of composers from Haydn to Schoenberg.
In
2000, Maria João Pires and Caio Pagano co-developed
the Belgais, Centre for the Study of the Arts in Portugal.
The center hosts an ambitiously innovative series of
courses for international students and is ideally located
in Ms. Pires' medieval country home in Portugal.
Caio
Pagano is a Steinway Artist who is regularly featured
on radio, including recent highlights on National Public
Radio, and on television. He has appeared regularly
on BBC in London, Norddeutsche Rundfunk in Hamburg,
Voice of America in Washington D.C., Dutch Radio in
Hilversum, Radio de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, and
National Broadcasting in Portugal, to name just a few.
With more than a dozen recordings heralding his mastery,
Pagano has two CDs produced by Summit Records. His most
recent CD with this label features Guarnieri's "Chôro"
and "Concertino" with the Czech National Symphony, released
simultaneously with the 500th anniversary of Brazil's
discovery. Mr. Pagano also has a CD with Soundset Recordings
featuring Franck's "Variations Symphoniques" (SR 1017)
with the Bratislava Radio Symphony, and a new CD with
Glissando featuring works of Villa-Lobos, released worldwide
in May 2000.
One
of the finest pianists Brazil has produced, his transcendental
technique is accompanied by exuberant lyricism, intellect
and a polished sense of style. Caio Pagano combines
a profound knowledge of the arts, literature and music
which characterizes his interpretations as authoritative
and unique.
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