The Festival continues: Evgeny Brakhman plays in the Salão Leopoldo Miguez in the Escola de Música of UFRJ, in Rio, and Fábio Martino plays in Fortaleza

Dec 4, 2011

The first two recitals of the BNDES International Piano Festival, after the opening with Daniil Trifonov in the Rio Opera House, took place on Tuesday November 29 and Wednesday November 30. On Tuesday the Russian pianist Evgeny Brakhman, who won third place in the II BNDES International Piano Competition of Rio de Janeiro in 2010, played in the Salão Leopoldo Miguez of the Escola de Música of UFRJ, playing on the new Steinway acquired by BNDES. “The Salão has wonderful acoustics and the piano is outstanding” Brakhman later declared. The programme was Bach- Busoni (Chaconne in D minor), Rachmaninov (Three preludes op. 23 eand 32), Brahms (Six pieces op. 118) and Prokofiev (Sonata nº 7 in B flat major op. 83 ). Brakhman will play this Saturday, December 3, in the Biblioteca Epifâneo Dórea, in Aracaju.

Fábio Martino, the outright winner of the BNDES International Piano Competition in 2010, inaugurated the series of recitals in the North and North-east playing in the Teatro José de Alencar in Fortaleza. The programme was Brahms  (Sonata nº 1 op. 1), Liszt (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses / Pater Noster / Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude) and  Scriabin (Sonata nº 5 op. 53).

Martino goes next to Belém, where he will play with the Orquestra Altino Pimenta of the Escola de Música of the Universidade Federal do Pará conducted by Phillippe Forget on December 4, in the Teatro da Paz, interpreting  Beethoven’s Concerto no. 5 (the Emperor).

On December 6 he will give a recital in Rio, in the Salão Leopoldo Miguez of the Escola Nacional de Música da UFRJ.