
Pianist
Diego Caetano
ABOUT

Brazilian-American pianist Diego Caetano was considered by the Italian newspaper La Stampa "a gifted pianist with a brilliant technique and musicality." He has been performing widely as soloist and chamber musician throughout the USA, Brazil, Chile, Europe, Asia, and Africa, including performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, Yokohama's Philia Hall, Lisbon's Palácio da Foz, Rio de Janeiro's Sala Cecília Meireles, and London's Royal Albert Hall.
He has worked with conductors such as Michael Palmer, Paul Hostetter, Neil Thomson, Rodrigo de Carvalho, Guilherme Bernstein, Joaquim Jayme, Daniel Guedes, and others. He has been featured in recitals and concerto appearances at the Grand Teton Music Festival, Louisiana International Piano Series, Durango's Conservatory Music of the Mountains, Bangkok's Asia Pacific Saxophone Academy, and Brasília's International Music Festival. An advocate for contemporary music, he has premiered works by composers Robert Spillman, Anne Guzzo, Marlos Nobre, Roger Goeb, and Guilherme Bernstein.
Diego Caetano maintains an active schedule as an educator. He has frequently served as a masterclass clinician and competition adjudicator in various universities and conservatories around the globe and has presented at various national and international conferences about pedagogical works by Brazilian composers, effective practicing techniques, and performance anxiety. His students have received prizes at national and international piano competitions. He is a member of Duo Lispector with Russian violinist Evgeny Zvonnikov and a member of Resch - Caetano Duo with German tenor Richard Resch. He has recently released the CD “French Connection: Violin Sonatas of the 20th Century” with violinist Evgeny Zvonnikov for the Italian-Japanese label DaVinci Classics.
Dr. Caetano received the top prizes in more than fifty national and international piano competitions, including Città di Massa Concorso per Giovani Musicisti, Bonn Prize International Music Competition, Bucharest Pro Piano International Piano Competition, International Piano Competition HR Princess Lalla Meryem, MTNA Young Artist - Steinway & Sons, "Arnaldo Estrella" Piano Competition, and many more. He has also won special awards including Best Interpreter of Brazilian Composers, Best Interpreter of Spanish Composers, and Prix d'Excellence in Performance.
Dr. Caetano graduated with a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Music degree from the University of Wyoming, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil). Caetano has studied under the guidance of Dr. David Korevaar, Bob Spillman, Dr. Theresa Bogard, Dr. Maria Helena Jayme, and Lílian Carneiro de Mendonça. He also studied with Dr. Nadezhda Eismont at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, in Russia.
He is the co-founder and Artistic Director at Ávila International Music Festival in Ávila (Spain).He was the President of the World Piano Teachers Association - Texas Chapter from 2016 - 2021. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Piano at Sam Houston State University, and a Shigeru Kawai Artist.

EVENTS
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Wyoming Symphony Orchestra
May 13, 2023
Wyoming, USA

Poulenc Double Concerto
Sam Houston State University Symphony Orchestra
Diego Caetano, piano
ILonka Rus, piano
Kayoko Dan, conductor
February 18, 2023
SHSU GPAC Concert Hall

Prokofiev Concerto No. 3
Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra
Kayoko Dan, conductor
November 17, 2022
Chattanooga, TN

Solo Recital
University of Wyoming
Works by Poulenc, Chaminade and Villa-Lobos
August 29, 2022
Laramie, WY

Chamber Music Recital
Snake River Music Festival
Hammers, Reeds and Strings
Henrique Oswald - Piano Quintet
Carpe Diem String Quartet
August 26, 2022
Dillon, CO

Solo Recital
Works by Liszt, Poulenc, Chopin, Rachmaninov
July 20, 2022
Rome, Italy

Solo Recital
Ciclos da Lua Nova - Série Internacional de Recitais de Piano e Música de Câmara.
Works by Poulenc, Chopin, Francisco Mignone
July 1, 2022
Águeda, Portugal

Solo Recital
Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie
June 25, 2022
Krakow, Poland

Solo Recital
Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina.
June 23, 2022
Nowy Sacz, Poland

Solo Recital
Works by Chaminade, Poulenc, Chopin
June 18, 2022
Avila, Spain

Solo Recital
Casa da Música, POA
May 29, 2022
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Solo Recital
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
May 24, 2022
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Piano Masterclass
UNIRIO
May 19, 2022
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Piano Masterclass
University of Campinas
May 18, 2022
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Guilherme Bernstein's Double Concerto (cancelled)
Guilherme Bernstein - Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Orchestra
Diego Caetano, piano
Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin
Eliel Ferreira, conductor
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
March 13, 2022
Moscow, Russia

Prokofiev Concerto No. 3
Texas Medical Center Orchestra
Libi Lebel, conductor
February 26, 2023
Houston, Texas

Moszkowski Piano Concerto
Orquestra Filarmônica de Goiás
Neil Thomson, conductor
December 15, 2022
Goiânia, Brazil

Brazil's Independence Day Concert
Works by Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Marlos Nobre
featuring Caio Diniz, cello
September 7, 2022
Rice University, Houston, Texas

Schubert - The Trout
Snake River Music Festival
Schubert - Piano Quintet in A Major, "The Trout"
August 28, 2022
Dillon, CO

Chamber Music Recital
Imago Music Festival
Lana Kuscer, flute
Diego Caetano, piano
July 21, 2022
Ljubljana, Slovenia

III Avila International Music Festival
July 3rd to July 10th
July 3, 2022
Ávila, Spain

Solo Recital
World Piano Conference
Works by Chaminade
June 27, 2022
Novi Sad, Serbia

Piano Masterclass
PSM im. F. Chopina
June 23, 2022
Nowy Sącz, Poland

Solo Recital
Vienna International Pianists
Works by Chaminade, Guarnieri and Poulenc
June 21, 2022
Vienna, Austria

Saint- Saëns Concerto No. 2
Orquestra Sinfônica do Espírito Santo
Helder Trefzger, conductor
June 9, 2022
Vitória, Brazil

Solo Recital
Casa Thomas Jefferson
May 27, 2022
Brasília, Brazil

Masterclass
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
May 23, 2022
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Solo Recital
UNICAMP - University of Campinas
May 18, 2022
Campinas, São Paulo

Solo Recital
Shigeru Kawai Piano Series
Works by Chaminade and Poulenc
Kawai Houston
May 15, 2022
Houston, Texas

Judge for MTNA - Houston
March 12, 2022
Houston, Texas
