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ALEXANDRE LEVY (1864 -1892)
PIANO WORKS - STUDY AND RECORDINGS
Papillonage
Only one Papillonnage manuscript has been discovered. Over the title there is an “n” in a different handwriting than the one used in the manuscript. Given that the correct spelling of the word is Papillonnage, with double “n”, and that the spelling in the manuscript is Papillonage, with single “n”, this symbol could mean the necessary spelling correction. Another hypothesis is that it is not the letter “n”, but the Roman numeral “IV”. In that case, this piece would be the 4th in a hypothetical collection. Levy left this work incomplete and the manuscript was completed by Ezequiel Ramos Júnior, Alexandre's brother-in-law. A list of his works published by Casa Levy in 1929 uses op. 23 and the name Papillonne, as does the musicologist Arnaldo Senise, who leaves it undated (s.d). This is one of the most virtuosic pieces composed by Alexandre Levy. Unlike those composed in a style reminiscent of Chopin, Schumann or Mendelssohn, this one is closer to Liszt's writing. The recording made for this project is the first known of this work.
Paulo Almeida
Paulo Almeida holds a bachelor's degree in music with a major in piano from the University of São Paulo (2011), under the guidance of pianist Eduardo Monteiro. In his academic career, he also had the guidance of pianist Ricardo Ballestero (collaborative piano). He won important prizes in piano competitions in the country and performed with several orchestras, such as the Brazilian Symphony, Amazonas Philharmonic Symphony and Porto Alegre Symphony, under the baton of conductors such as Isaac Karabtchevsky, Roberto Minczuk and Kirk Trevor. In parallel with his work as a soloist and chamber musician, he developed an intense activity as a collaborative pianist in opera productions both in Brazil and abroad. In 2010 he joined the Companhia Brasileira de Ópera. From 2012 to 2016 he was a collaborative pianist at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo and collaborated in several productions at Teatro São Pedro and at the Amazonas Opera Festival. He is currently a collaborating soloist pianist at the Leipzig Opera (Germany), where he performed as a soloist, playing Ravel's Concerto in G with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Since 2019 he has been working as staff member of the Sächsische Sängerakademie Festival in Torgau, Germany, and since 2020 he has been working as a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy in Leipzig.
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