Artur Cimirro
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Artur Cimirro (born September 30, 1982) is a Brazilian pianist, composer and art critic.Mosman Daily, Sydney/Australia, article by Kate Crawford - 18/05/2011
Biography
Born in Bagé, Brazil, Artur Cimirro started his musical studies in 1995 with the acoustic guitar and in 2001 focused on the piano.{{Cite web|title=Do rock à elite erudita|url=http://www.revistabrasileiros.com.br/2012/07/24/do-rock-a-elite-erudita/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130219180447/http://www.revistabrasileiros.com.br/2012/07/24/do-rock-a-elite-erudita/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-19|date=2013-02-19|website=archive.vn|access-date=2020-05-28}}
As a composer, Cimirro is strongly influenced by the composer/pianists of different languages such as Franz Liszt, Leopold Godowsky, Ferruccio Busoni, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.{{Cite web |last=Publications |first=Master Music |date=2020-03-27 |title=Interview with Artur Cimirro {{!}} Master Music Publications |url=https://mastermusicpublications.com/2020/03/interview-with-composer-pianist-artur-cimirro/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=mastermusicpublications.com |language=en-GB}}
Compositions
Among Cimirro's works is a Piano Sonata (his Op. 3) which takes two hours to be played in six movements,Article on PianoInforum{{Failed verification|date=May 2020}} as well as symphonic works including two Symphonic Poems (No. 1 "The Masque of the Red Death" based on Edgar Allan Poe's tale with the same name, and No. 2 "Curupira").
Cimirro wrote his second set of Eccentric Preludes Op. 13 for Stuart & Sons 102-key pianos and he was the first composer to make piano pieces using the range limits of 108 keys from contra C to the top b in his Eccentric Preludes Op. 20.{{Failed verification|date=May 2020}}
Cimirro was described by the director of the French Les Amis Des Cabardièses music festival as "The Reincarnation of Liszt".
In 2018, sheet music publisher Master Music Publications released a selection of Cimirro's works.{{Cite web|title=Meet Our Artist Artur Cimirro {{!}} Master Music Publications|url=https://mastermusicpublications.com/artists/artur_cimirro/|last=Publications|first=Master Music|date=2018-09-07|website=mastermusicpublications.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-03}}
Performance
In 2008, Cimirro was the first foreigner to win the “V Konkurs na Projekt Nagraniowy Zapomniana Muzyka Polska”,{{Cite web |title=Artur Cimirro (Piano, Composer, Arranger) - Short Biography |url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Cimirro-Artur.htm |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=www.bach-cantatas.com}} an award issued by Polish record label Acte Préalable for the most interesting recording project devoted to "forgotten Polish music."{{Cite web|title=Zapomniana muzyka polska|url=https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/zapomniana-muzyka-polska/nxm77|date=2003-08-01|website=Onet Wiadomości|language=pl|access-date=2020-05-28}} Acte Préalable released Cimirro's proposal, a recording of the complete piano works of Karol Tausig, on CD.{{Cite web|title=Karol Tausig (1841-1871) - Complete Original Piano Works|url=http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0359.html|website=www.acteprealable.com|access-date=2020-05-28}}
In May 2010 Cimirro received in Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil) the trophy “Bravo – Álvaro Godoy”.
Cimirro was the first international pianist to play on the biggest piano in the world, a 5.7-metre long piano made by the 23-year-old New Zealander Adrian Mann, performing two concerts in a shed on Timaru's countryside (New Zealand).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/?vid=4199533|website=www.tvnz.co.nz|access-date=2020-05-28}}
Discography
- 2011 - Artur Cimirro plays Stuart & Sons in Terra Australis
- 2016 - Karol Tausig (1841-1871) - Complete Original Piano Works (AP 0359) [http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0359.html]
- 2016 - Aleksander Michałowski (1851-1938) - Piano Works 1 (AP 0365)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0365.html]
- 2016 - Géza Zichy (1849-1924) - Complete Piano Works (AP 0371)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0371.html]
- 2016 - Géza Zichy (1849-1924) - Complete Piano Transcriptions (AP 0372)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0372.html]
- 2017 - Tivadar Szántó (1877-1934) - Complete Piano Works 1 (AP 0386)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0386.html]
- 2017 - Tivadar Szántó (1877-1934) - Complete Piano Works 2 (AP 0387)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0387.html]
- 2017 - Artur Cimirro (1982-) - Piano Works 1 (AP 0400)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0400.html]
- 2017 - Józef Wieniawski (1837-1912) - Piano Works 4 (AP 0406)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0406.html]
- 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 1 (AP 0431)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0431.html]
- 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 2 (AP 0432)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0432.html]
- 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 3 (AP 0433)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0433.html]
- 2018 - Joaquim Antonio Barrozo Netto (1881-1941) - Works for Piano 1 (AP 0451)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0451.html]
- 2018 - Joaquim Antonio Barrozo Netto (1881-1941) - Works for Piano 2 (AP 0452)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0452.html]
- 2019 - Aleksandra Garbal (1970) - Selected Works for Piano (AP 0465)[http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/ap0465.html]
References
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External links
- [http://www.arturcimirro.com.br/ Official Website]
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