Artur Cimirro was born in 1982 in the city of Bagé in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). He started his musical studies alone (in 1995), with the guitar; His first contact with a piano was in 1996, but it was not until 2001 when he started to seriously study this instrument. Between the years of 2003 and 2004, he had classes with Maestro Leandro Menezes Faber and participated in master classes by pianists such as Liana Embovika-Rivkin, Silvana Libardo, Mauricy Martin, Gilberto Tinetti (pupil of Alfred Cortot and Friedrich Wührer), Dario Ntaca, and others.
In his first solo recital in Brazil (28/11/2003 Santa Maria/RS) he played an amazing program in two parts:
* 1st part
- Liszt - Après une lecture de Dante
- Liszt - Sonate in b minor
* 2nd part
- Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit
- Stravinsky - 3 Moviments from Petrushka
- Villa-lobos - Rudepoema
* encore
- Cimirro - Valsa nº 1
Artur Cimirro is also a composer and transcriber, and up till now has made a great number of works. He started with piano transcriptions, the first of which was Mozart's Lacrimosa from Requiem done by ear, piano compositions in classical/romantic style, and his first 'improvisations' on famous and popular themes, all of which between 1999 and 2000).
Currently, Artur Cimirro's improvisations are strongly influenced by Franz Liszt, Leopold Godowsky, and Georges Cziffra. His compositions are influenced by J.S. Bach, some romantic composers (Liszt, Chopin, and Alkan), and by some modern composers (Ravel, Stravinsky, Heiss, and Messiaen).
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