BIO

Brazil-born Diego Caetano was considered by the Italian newspaper La Stampa "a gifted pianist with a brilliant technique and musicality."Dr. Caetano performs widely as soloist and chamber musician and has appeared throughout the USA, Brazil, Chile, Europe, Asia and Africa, including performances at New York's Carnegie Hall, Yokohama's Philia Hall, Lisbon's Palacio da Foz, Rio's Sala Cecília Meireles and London's Royal Albert Hall. He has performed Villa- Lobos's Momoprecoce with Orquestra Sinfônica do Conservatório de Tatuí; Chopin's Second Piano Concerto with Orquestra Sinfônica de Goiânia, New York Concert Sinfonietta; Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with  Boulder Philharmonic; Ronaldo Miranda's Concertino with Orquestra Sinfônica de Barra Mansa; Luigi Nono's Como una Ola de Fuerza y Luz with Orquestra Filarmônica de Goiás. 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, Belo Horizonte's PianoFest, 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, and Roger Goeb. The current season includes performances in the USA, Spain, UK, China, Taiwan, Romania, Portugal, Serbia, Russia, Brazil, and Switzerland.

Dr. Caetano received the top prizes in more than fifty national and international piano competitions, including: Bucharest Romania International Piano Competition (2018), London's Grand Prix Virtuoso (2016), "Shining Stars" International Concerto Competition (2014), Conservatory Music in the Mountains Concerto Competition (2013), Jefferson Symphony International Piano Competition (2013), Snowy Range Piano Competition (2012), MTNA - Steinway & Sons (2011), "Spartacco Rossi" Piano Competition (2010), "Arnaldo Estrella" Piano Competition (2008) 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. His academic interests include research on famed Brazilian/French pianist Magda Tagliaferro, writing an annotated translation of excerpts from her book of memoirs written in Portuguese and French into English, and research on piano works of renowned Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre. 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.  He is a member of Duo Lispector with Russian violinist Evgeny Zvonnikov, and a member of Resch-Caetano Duo with German tenor Richard Resch. 

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. Dr. Caetano was also able to study with Dr. Nadezhda Eysmont at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, in Russia. He maintains an active schedule as an educator having taught courses at the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Wyoming, and Casper College. Currently, he is Associate Professor of Piano at Amarillo College, where he teaches piano and music literature. Caetano is a Shigeru Kawai Artist. 

MEDIA

F. Schubert - Winterreise with Richard Resch, tenor 

F. Chopin - Etude Op.10 N.10

Kapustin - Jazz Etude Op.40 N.07

Mozart - Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major 

Liszt - Gnomenreigen

J.Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Op.5

“Diego Caetano gave an assertive and virile performance of Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto... He manifested a confident, fluent technique, maintaining momentum and bringing out inner voices...”

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The Epoch Times

“Excellent performance...Powerful sound control, extreme clarity and rhythmic precision...evident virtuosity... ”

Marlos Nobre, composer

"Caetano played... with authority"

The Durango Herald

“Diego Caetano gave an assertive and virile performance of Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto... He manifested a confident, fluent technique, maintaining momentum and bringing out inner voices...”

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The Epoch Times

"With the touch of his fingers, he brings the piano to life..."

Steven Kiggins

“Excellent performance...Powerful sound control, extreme clarity and rhythmic precision...evident virtuosity... ”

Marlos Nobre, composer

"Caetano played... with authority"

The Durango Herald

“Excellent performance...Powerful sound control, extreme clarity and rhythmic precision...evident virtuosity... ”

Marlos Nobre, composer

"Caetano played... with authority"

The Durango Herald

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