Victor Cayres,
pianist
www.victorcayres.com
Hailed
as “spirit of a leader!” by La Liberté (Fribourg, Switzerland),
Brazilian pianist Victor Cayres has earned praise for concerts with
the Sine Nomine string quartet and as soloist with such orchestras
as the Boston Pops and Brno Philharmonic in the Czech Republic.
He has been a guest artist at Banff Center for the Arts in Canada,
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Boston University Tanglewood Institute,
Claflin University, Western Washington University, and has released
CDs for Albany Records, Parma Records, Centaur Records, with works
by American contemporary composers David Owens, Joseph Summer, and
John H. Wallace. Mr. Cayres frequently performs in Brazil, Europe,
and in prestigious venues in the U.S., such as Weill Hall at Carnegie
Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall, and Chicago’s Preston
Bradley Hall. His concerts have been broadcast live at Brazil’s
TV Cultura channel, Boston’s WGBH 99.5 All Classical, and Chicago’s
WFMT Fine Arts Radio.
Victor Cayres has appeared as soloist with NEC Philharmonia, Sioux
City Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Pro-Musica, Boston University
Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Petrobras Pró-Música, Orquestra Sinfônica
Brasileira, Orquestra Sinfônica and Orquestra de Câmera at University
of São Paulo, collaborating with such conductors as Ronaldo Bologna,
Mark Churchill, Marc David, Ryan Haskins, Gil Jardim, Keith Lockhart,
Norton Morozowisk, Donald Palma, Roberto Tibiriçá, and Jan Zbavitel.
Under the direction of Theophanis Kapsopoulos he has toured Czech
Republic and Switzerland with the Orchestre des Jeunes de Fribourg.
Mr. Cayres has gathered several prizes in national and international
piano competitions, including the 8th Iowa Piano Competition, Boston
University Concerto Competition and Richmond Piano Competition,
18th Leoš Janáček International Piano Competition in Brno (Czech
Republic), Gina Bachauer South American Competition, Nelson Freire
International Competition, Petrobras International Competition,
Magdalena Tagliaferro Competition, Artlivre International Competition,
as well as European competitions such as Sommerfestspiele Klavier
Wettbewerb in Murten, Switzerland.
Mr. Cayres studied with Brazil’s leading pianists: Roselys Alleoni,
at the school of music Maestro Ernst Mahle, and Gilberto Tinetti
and Eduardo Monteiro at the University of São Paulo. He also studied
for one year at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany,
while appearing in concert venues in Switzerland. He has performed
in masterclasses for John O’Connor, Steve Drury, Philippe Entremont,
Stephen Kovacevich, Dai Uk Lee, Ronan O’Hora, and John Perry, among
many others. He currently serves on the piano faculty at New England
Conservatory Preparatory School and at Boston University School
of Music.
B.M., University of São Paulo, with Gilberto Tinetti and Eduardo
Monteiro; independent studies at Staatliche Hochschule für Muzik
in Karlsruhe, Germany; M.M. and G.D., New England Conservatory,
with Wha Kyung Byun, chamber music with Richard Stoltzman; D.M.A.,
Boston University, with Anthony di Bonaventura and Boaz Sharon;
D.M.A Dissertation advisor: David Kopp, "The Piano Works by Leopoldo
Miguez (1850-1902)." |