University of São Paulo: International Music Series presents works by Bach and Chopin
The USP International Music Series (SIM-USP) will have another edition this Tuesday, the 18th, at 12:30 pm in the Villa-Lobos Music Room of the Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin. This time, the Italian pianist Gloria Campaner performs. “The event invites high-level international musicians to perform, performing a unique musical exchange, mainly with USP students”, explains Eduardo Monteiro, professor at the Music Department at the School of Communications and Arts (ECA-USP) and curator of the event. .
The presentation has a very traditional repertoire, explains Monteiro. It will begin with the composition for organ Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (BWV 565), by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), in the version by Russian teacher and pianist Tatiana Petrovna Nikoláyeva (1924-1993), who arranged the piano for . “Bach was the first grandmaster who wrote 24 preludes, but in a toccata and fugue style”, explained Gloria Campaner to Jornal da USP . Bach is recognized as the Father of Music for his contributions.
The presentation by the Italian pianist will also include the performance of 24 Preludes op. 28, by Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) for solo piano. This work has 24 parts of different arrangements and chords. “I would like to call this performance an emotional journey”, says Gloria Campaner, motivated by the constant changes in the rhythm of the songs. “The difficulty of interpreting these works is immense, since the chord changes are constant and fast, but that’s what makes everything even more exciting”, describes the artist.
“I was in contact with several different rhythms, which allowed me to open my mind and my heart to become a better musician”, says the pianist.
Who is Gloria Campaner?
Pianist Gloria Campaner is a young Italian woman who, at just 36 years of age, already has awards of international recognition in her career, such as that of the Fundação Cultural Pró-Europa de Freiburg, Germany. Her love for music began in childhood: at just three years old, she received a small red piano as a gift. Soon after, she was enrolled in a school that had a children’s music program. “It started by chance, as a joke, a very beautiful beginning. But the future is not so magical, it needs a lot of work and study”, recalls the pianist.
Campaner’s background is eclectic: in high school, he participated in a rock band and his curriculum includes collaborations with jazz musicians such as Franco D’Andrea and Stefano Bollani. What’s more, the Italian artist has always had contact with other art forms, including painting, visual arts and dance, as she likes to remember. That’s why Gloria’s presentation is important, according to Eduardo Monteiro, from ECA: “That common view that the pianist will only sit down and play the piano, in a traditional way, does not match the reality in which we live. Currently, the pianist has a multifaceted performance”.
While studying in Germany, Gloria Campaner ended up having contact with Brazilian music, thanks to the teacher and pianist from Bahia, Fany Solter, former dean of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Thus, she started, as she remembers, “to love bossa nova, samba and Brazil”. In addition to the presentation at BBM, Gloria Campaner will also teach a masterclass for students in the Department of Music at ECA.