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

Chamber Music Recital with Carpe Diem String Quartet

First Community South
REZA VALI Esfahan (with video)
HENRIQUE OSWALD Piano Quintet in C Major, Op. 18
FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “Trout”
with guests Diego Caetano, piano and John Pellegrino, bass
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April 29, 2023

Columbus, Ohio

Solo Recital

Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts

March 8, 2023

Houston, TX

Prokofiev Concerto No. 3

Texas Medical Center Orchestra
Libi Lebel, conductor

February 26, 2023

Houston, Texas

Solo Recital

Ball State University

January 20, 2023

Muncie, Indiana

Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 / Fábio Neves - Allegro Scherzando

World Premiere of Fábio Neves - Allegro Scherzando with Orquestra Filarmônica UFRN
Diego Caetano, piano
André Muniz, conductor

December 10, 2022

Natal, Brazil

Prokofiev Concerto No. 3

Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra
Kayoko Dan, conductor

November 17, 2022

Chattanooga, TN

Chamber Music Recital

Emporia State University
Works by Still, Poulenc, Brahms

October 7, 2022

Emporia, Kansas

Musical Arts Series - Solo Recital

Southeastern Oklahoma State University

September 22, 2022

Durant, OK

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

Solo Recital

Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina.

June 23, 2022

Nowy Sacz, Poland

Chamber Music Recital with Carpe Diem String Quartet

First Unitarian Universalist Church
REZA VALI Esfahan (with video)
HENRIQUE OSWALD Piano Quintet in C Major, Op. 18
FRANZ SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “Trout”
with guests Diego Caetano, piano and John Pellegrino, bass
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April 30, 2023

Columbus, Ohio

Solo Recital

2023 Trester Festival for Latin American Music
University of Arizona

March 31, 2023

Tucson, AZ

Solo recital

Asociación Filarmonia Ávila

March 4, 2023

Spain

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

Moszkowski Piano Concerto (postponed by the orchestra)

Orquestra Filarmônica de Goiás
Neil Thomson, conductor

December 15, 2022

Goiânia, Brazil

Solo Recital

All-Brazilian Music Solo Recital

December 1, 2022

Uberlândia, Brazil

Chamber Music Recital

Evgeny Zvonnikov, violin
Diego Caetano, piano
Wichita State University
Works by Still, Poulenc, Brahms

October 8, 2022

Wichita, Kansas

Solo Recital

Works by French Composers
Houston Community College

September 30, 2022

Houston, Texas

Piano Duo Recital

Diego Caetano and ILonka Rus
Works by Schubert and Mozart
Kawai Piano Gallery

September 17, 2022

Houston, TX

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

Piano Masterclass

PSM im. F. Chopina