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Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program sponsored by Birmingham Art Music Alliance that includes works by Marlene Woodward-Cooper (Lost Reasons) Ed Robertson (Three Movements for Two Pianos), Michael Coleman (Limited Transit), Monroe Golden (So I can See Willy), Aurelia Gooden (Impetuosity), Katie Lott (Little), Cynthia Miller (Frequent Flyer), Adriana Perera (Spain in my Mind), and William Price's (Left of Center). For more information, please visit the BAMA website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program for Middle and High School students that will include works by Mozart, Debussy, and Terry Winter Owens (Ariadne's Crown).
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra performs at their home base in a program TBA. More information will be available soon.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program that includes works by Mozart, Rubin ("broken crystal..."), Schubert, Debussy, Lacerda ("Brasiliana no. 4"), and Miranda ("Variações sérias).
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra's premiere at this prestigious musical series will feature a program of duet classics side by side with contemporary works. On the program, pieces by Mozart, Rubin ("broken crystal..."), Schubert, Debussy, Woodward-Cooper ("Deceptions"), and Miranda ("Variações sérias). For more info, please visit Riversounds homepage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will host the fourth edition of this free multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary event. The first concert on Saturday evening features Brazilian guitar virtuoso Roberto Capocchi with pieces by Brazilian, Argentinian, Paraguayan, and Spanish composers. The second concert, on Sunday afternoon will feature Duo Gastesi-Bezerra and PBA singers performing a varied repertoire.
For more info, visit the festival's home page.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform in the 2012 Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns in a program celebrating the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy,. They will also feature works by Osvaldo Lacerda (Brasiliana 4), Ronaldo Miranda (Variações Sérias), and the Brazilian premiere of Somnis, especially written for the duo by Catalan composer Gerard López-Boada. More information will be available soon at the festival's website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra performs at their home base in a program that will feature 4 works commissioned by them, including 2 world premieres. Compositions will include "Structure in C" by Ivan Elezovic, "Remembrance Suite" by Leonard Lehrman, "Left of Center" by William Price, "Meditations" by Justin Rubin, "Somnis" by Gerard López-Boada, and "Obsessió" by Carme Fernández-Vidal. For more information visit the Frontwave New Music Festival.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a lecture recital entitled "The Evolution of Brazilian Postmodernism Through the Piano Ensemble Works of Ricardo Tacuchian” at the 2012 Southern Chapter Regional Conference of The College Music Society. The lecture recital will include "Estruturas Gêmeas" and "Agua Forte." On the same day, the duo will perform "Left of Center" by William Price, at the conference first recital. For more information, please visit the conference's webpage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be featured in the opening concert of free this multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary event. Among the works on the program, selections by Carme Fernández-Vidal (“Obssessio”), Dinah Menezes (“Contrastes”), Ronaldo Miranda (Variações sérias), Ricardo Tacuchian (Aguaa-forte) as well as works by Isaac Albeniz, Manuel de Falla, and Carlos Guastavino. For more information, please visit the Cultural Festival webpage.
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will a post modern program in conjunction with the exhibit “Altered States.” More information will be soon available at the Norton Museum of Art
In a performance commemorating their 5 year appearance at this prestigious festival, Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will showcase new piano ensemble music from around the globe. For more information, please check UMD’s events calendar.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra performs at their home base in a program TBA. For more information visit PBA’s webpage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will join the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony in a performance of the exciting Concerto for Two Pianos by Paul Bowles and the world premiere of “Rayos de Esperanza” by their long time collaborator Marlene Woodward-Cooper. For more information visit PBA’s webpage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will have the honor to participate for a second consecutive year at this historical concert series featuring a mixed repertoire which will include selections by Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, Villa- Lobos, Dinah Menezes, Marlene Woodward Cooper, and Dennis Kam. For more details, visit the For the Love of Music series webpage.
Duo Gatesi-Bezerra will be performing Agua Forte by Ricardo Tacuchian and Reverberations of the Invisble Universe by Terry Owens at the Katzin Concert Hall on the campus of Arizona State University in a program celebrating the 70th birthday of one of their mentors, Brazilian pianist Caio Pagano. For more information, visit the Herberger Institute (http://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/events/)
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be the hosts of the second edition of this multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary event. The Sunday program (at 3:00 p.m.) will feature Brazilian pianist Caio Pagano, while the Monday event will feature mezzo-soprano Sonia Santiago accompanied by Estibaliz Gastesi and Márcio Bezerra. The Festival will also have the participation of poets from the group El Alma Hispana, and the celebrated Colombian painter Jorge Herrera. All events are free to the public with no tickets needed. For more information, please visit the Hispanic Heritage Festival webpage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra performs at Latin America’s most important art museum with an exciting program to include works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Montsalvatge, and Lacerda, as well as the Brazilian premieres of Marlene Woodward-Cooper’s “Lágrimas” and Leonard Lehrman’s “Meditation. For more information, please visit the museum’s website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra returns to the beautiful Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto under the auspices of Centro de Expansão Cultural. On the program, works by Schubert, Ravel, Villa-Lobos, and Montsalvatge, plus the Brazilian premieres of Marlene Woodward-Cooper’s “Lágrimas” and Dennis Kam’s “Twinkle Variations.” For more information, please call (13) 3288-2260.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will celebrate its 10 year residency in Palm Beach County with a full recital at PBA’s New Music '10. The duo will perform new works by Fred De Sena, Leonard Lehrman, Terry Winter Owens, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. For more information, please visit the festival’s page.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program entitled “Piano Duets of the XX and XXI Centuries." The program will include pieces by Ravel (Ma mere l'oye), Carme Fdez-Vidal (Tacomarraco), Ricardo Tacuchian (Agua-forte), Vladimir Tosic (Dual), and Marlene Woodward-Cooper (Sombras).
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform a program of new American and Brazilian music that will include Gene Gutche's Concertino, plus works by Ronaldo Miranda, Terry Winter Owens, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will have the honor to participate at this historical concert series featuring a mixed repertoire which will include selections by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Marlene Woodward Cooper, and Terry Owens. For more details, visit the For the Love of Music series webpage.
Duo Gatesi-Bezerra will be performing Ariadne’s Crown by Terry Owens at the Biosphere 2 in a program celebrating Black History Month. For more information, call 520-838-6100 or visit the Biosphere 2 website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature an exciting mix of classical and contemporary piano duets, including works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ravel, and Ronaldo Miranda. More information can be found on the Wyoming Tourism website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present an afternoon program for elementary school children featuring poems by Petra Britton and pieces by Rodrigo, Dennis Kam, and Ravel.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature an exciting mix of classical and contemporary piano duets based on variations, including works by Mozart, Gutche, Miranda, and works especially written for them by Marlene Woodward-Cooper, Terry Owens, and Ricardo Tacuchian. For more information, please visit the University of Wyoming's website.
The concert will feature the duo performing sets of variations from the “Three Ms:” Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Miranda, along with works by Dinah Menezes, and Debussy.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform “Gentle Steps,” a piece written for them by Ferdinando De Sena. In addition, the program will feature works by the faculty of the New World School of the Arts.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program entitled “Exploring Children’s Classics Through Piano Duets” in collaboration with poet Petra Britton. The program will include pieces by Rodrigo, Saint-Saëns, Villa-Lobos, and Ravel. For more information, please visit the library website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be featured in the opening concert of this multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary event. Among the works on the program, selections by Carme Fernández-Vidal (“Tacomarraco”), Marlene Woodward-Cooper (“Lágrimas”), Alba Rosa Vietor (“Duetto Fugato all’Antica”), Xavier Montsalvage (“Tres Divertimentos”), Astor Piazzolla (“La Muerte del Angel”), Dinah Menezes (“Quilombo”), and Edino Krieger (Sonata). For more information, please visit the Hispanic Heritage Festival webpage.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present an all Brazilian duet recital sponsored by the Brazilian Academy of Music. The program will include works by Dimitri Cervo, Ricardo Tacuchian, Mariza Resende, Edino Krieger, Osvaldo Lacerda, and Ronaldo Miranda. More information will be soon available at the Brazilian Academy of Music website.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra returns to the beautiful Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto under the auspices of Centro de Expansão Cultural. On the program, Mozart’s Variations in G Major, Edino Krieger’s Sonata, Mendelssohn’s Variation in B-Flat Major, Debussy’s Petite Suite and and new works by Charles Griffin and Dinah Menezes. For more information, please call (13) 3288-2260.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform at PBA’s New Music Concert. Among the works featured, the Concertino by Gene Gutche in a performance sponsored by the Schubert Club (MN) and a world premiere of Marlene Woodward-Cooper’s latest collaboration with the duo. For more information, please visit PBA’s home page.
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature an exciting program of variations, from Mozart to Ronaldo Miranda. More details to come soon.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a lecture recital entitled "In Search of the Feminine Voice in Recent Piano Duets” at the 2009 Southern Chapter Regional Conference of The College Music Society. The lecture recital will include selections by Carme Fernández-Vidal (“Tacomarraco”), Mariza Resende (Mutações), and Marlene Woodward-Cooper (“Deceptions”). For more information, please go to the conference home page.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will have the honor to participate in a memorial concert for the outstanding composer and close collaborator Terry Winter Owens by performing Ariadne’s Crown. The event will take place at the Elebash Hall. Other performers will include Isabelle O’Connell. Patricia Sonego, and Scot Mayfield. For more information, please visit the composer’s website.
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature an all-American program in conjunction with the exhibit “Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities.” More information will be soon available at the Norton Museum of Art
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a lecture recital entitled "In Search of the Feminine Voice in Recent Piano Duets” at the 51st National Conference of The College Music Society on Saturday morning. The lecture recital will include selections by Carme Fernández-Vidal (“Tacomarraco”), Marlene Woodward-Cooper (“Sombras”), and Terry Winter Owens (“Ariadne’s Crown”). On Friday evening they will be among the guest performers of “50 for the 50th,” a concert of 50 pieces commissioned in commemoration of CMS’s Jubilee. They will be premiering “gnomonic projection” by Lansing D. McLoskey. For more information, please go to the conference’s home page.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be guest artists at 2008 piano festival. They will give two masterclasses and a recital that will include music by Mozart, Brahms, Tosic, Lacerda, and Gene Gutchë. For more information, please visit The University of Florida Young Pianists Festival
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra returns to the beautiful Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto under the auspices of Centro de Expansão Cultural. On the program, Mozart’s Sonata in B-flat, Poulenc’ s Sonata, and new works by Dimitri Cervo, Charles Griffin, Ronaldo Miranda, Osvaldo Lacerda, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. For more information, please call (13) 3288-2260.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform in the LAGV Concert Series at the American Cathedral. On the program, works by Debussy, Poulenc and the French premieres of works by Charles Griffin, Terry Owens, Justin Rubin, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. This concert is sponsored, in part, by the John and Sheila Rinker Faculty Development Fund of Palm Beach Atlantic University. For more information, please visit the American Cathedral.
In a concert sponsored by the Brazilian Embassy in Serbia, Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program of traditional European and contemporary Brazilian and Serbian music. On the program, three Serbian premieres of works by Osvaldo Lacerda, Ricardo Tacuchian, and Ronaldo Miranda. For more information, please visit Guarnerius.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature a program blending traditional and contemporary works. For more information, go to Concertos.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be the guest chamber ensemble at the awards ceremony sponsored by the group El Alma Hispana. On the program, works by Iberian-American composers Osvaldo Lacerda, Manuel de Falla, and Ronaldo Miranda. The event will take place at the Duncan Theatre, Lake Worth at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please visit El Alma Hispana.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform a mixed program that will include works by Mozart, Debussy, Poulenc, Dennis Kam, Terry Winter Owens, and Ronaldo Miranda. For more information, please check the Gators’ Calendar of Events.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra performs at their home base in a program featuring European, Brazilian and American new works for piano ensemble. More information will soon become available.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a lecture recital entitled "Terry Winter Owens' Musical Reverberations: A Lecture Recital" at the 2008 South Central-Southern SuperRegional Conference of The College Music Society. The lecture recital will take place at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, on Friday, February 29, at 3:30pm. For more information, please go to the conference’s home page.
Join Duo Gastesi-Bezerra for a unique Valentine’s Day concert, featuring works by Dennis Kam, Ricardo Tacuchian, Terry Owens, and Rodolfo Coelho de Souza. For more information, please visit the Canes Calendar.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra returns by popular demand! They will present an exciting program blending new with traditional works for duet. On the program, works by Mozart, Debussy, Miranda, Cervo, and Poulenc. For tickets and information, please call (561) 627-6105.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra’s first Serbian tour! They will be playing on 28 December at the Studentski Kulturni Centar in Belgrade at 8:00 p.m. and at Novi Sad’s City Hall on 29 December at 7:00 p.m. Programs will include twelve Serbian premieres! Among them, works by Dimitri Cervo, Carme Fernández-Vidal, Charles Griffin, Piotr Lachert, Terry Winter Owens, Justin Rubin, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza, Ricardo Tacuchian, Tim Thompson , and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. They will also be playing works by distinguished Serbian composer Vladimir Tosic.
The concert will feature the duo performing works by Justin Rubin and Ronaldo Miranda. They will also collaborate with the church’s choir, playing Christmas music. For more information, please visit the First Presbyterian Church of Jupiter / Tequesta.
Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will perform in concert at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church on Anna Maria Island at 3:00 p.m. The church is located at Palm and Marina Drives two miles north of Manatee Avenue at the free Island Trolley’s northbound stop no. 27. This performance will feature traditional works for piano four hands by Mozart and Debussy plus exciting contemporary duets by Charles Griffin (movements from his From the Faraway Nearby), Marlene Woodward-Cooper (Deceptions), and Ronaldo Miranda (Variações Sérias). For more information, call Carl Parks, Organist-Choirmaster at (341)-778-4820.
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present a program of recent Brazilian and American duets at the BACI’s Recital Hall. The event is sponsored, in part, by Palm Beach Atlantic University.
The Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be performing at the College of Southern Nevada’s 6th International New Music Festival in Las Vegas! Their recital will take place at the Cheyenne Campus on Saturday, Sep. 29 at 4:00 p.m. On the program, works by Charles Griffin, Symeon Waseen, Piotr Lachert, Justin Rubin, Carme Fernández-Vidal, and Marlene Woodward-Cooper. On Sep. 28 they will be featured at the Festival’s Grand Opening Gala performing music by Marlene Woodward-Cooper. For more information, please visit the festival site at INMF.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be featured at UniRio’s New Music Series on 18 June 2007 at 7:00 p.m. On the program, works by Vladimir Tosic, Tim Thompson, Ricardo Tacuchian, Marlene Woodward-Cooper, Piotr Lachert, Symeon Waseen, and Carme Fernández-Vidal. The event will take place at the Museu das Ciências da Terra, Av Pasteur, 404, Rio de Janeiro.
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will play at the beautiful Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto, the last of the many legendary “coffee baron” mansions in Santos, Brazil. On the program, Mozart’s Variations in G, Fauré’s Dolly, Debussy’s 6 Epigraphes Antiques, Terry Owens’ Ariadnes’ Crown and Marlene Woodward-Cooper’s Sombras. For more information, please call (13) 3288-2260
Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will play in the inaugural season of this new and exciting chamber music series. On the program, an eclectic mix of old favorites (Fauré’s Dolly, Brahms’ Waltzes, etc) and new music (Oriental Poppies by Charles Griffin and Caprici by Carme Fdez-Vidal). For more information, please visit Candlelight Concerts
As a part of Wellington’s Cultural Trust of the Palm Beach Inaugural Season, the Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will present an exciting program blending new with traditional works for piano ensemble. They will give the world premieres of works by Terry Owens and Ricardo Tacuchian, who wrote those pieces especially for the duo. For tickets and information, please visit the Cultural Trust of the Palm Beaches
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will feature an all-French program in conjunction with the exhibit “Collecting the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.” More information will be soon available at the Norton Museum of Art
The concert will feature many of the wonderful South Florida musicians who have appeared on the program over the years, including the Duo Gastesi-Bezerra. For more information, please go to WXEL's Anniversary Concert
The Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will join the Palm Beach Atlantic Symphony in a performance of the exciting Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor, by Francis Poulenc at West Palm Beach’s Harriet Theatre. For more information and tickets, please visit the CityPlace
The Piano Duo Gastesi-Bezerra will be performing at CCSN’s 5th International New Music Festival in Las Vegas! Their recital will take place at the Cheyenne Campus on Saturday, Sep. 23 at 2:00 p.m. On the program, works by Dimitri Cervo, Vladimir Tosic, Tim Thompson, Justin Rubin, Rodolfo Coelho de Souza, Michel Lysight, Frederic Devresse, and Piotr Lachert. On Sep. 22 they will be featured at the Festival’s Grand Opening Gala performing music by Terry Owens. For more information, please visit CCSN'S Music Festival