Fábio Caramuru

Biography

Notwithstanding his high level of training and credentials as a young pianist, Caramuru first began his professional career as an architect. It was not too long, however, before he exchanged architecture for music. After being granted a scholarship by the French Government in 1980, Caramuru moved to Paris where he studied under the supervision of the great Brazilian-French pianist Magda Tagliaferro. After his return to Brazil, Caramuru undertook a position at the board of directors of the Magda Tagliaferro Foundation in São Paulo, as well as the Cultural Coordinator of the Brazil-United States Culture Institute. His many musical projects included Camargo Guarnieri and Magda Tagliaferro festivals, a project about the history of the Brazilian music and several records, among which an album about Brazilian composers, and his own piano solo arrangements on Tom Jobim's songs. In 2005, the French pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque performed Tom Jobim’s Chovendo na Roseira, the first of a series of arrangements for two pianos written by Fábio Caramuru. Caramuru formed the Duo Caramuru/Baldanza with the bass player Pedro Baldanza, and they were joined by singer Magda Painno in classical, jazz, popular and even folkloric performances. Among Caramuru's most recent appearances are a Concert with Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra (Stravinsky), São Paulo Symphonic Brass Orchestra (Tom Jobim), São Paulo University Symphonic Orchestra(Poulenc) and Jazz Symphonic Orchestra, the latter performing special arrangements of Nino Rota’s and Richard Rodgers movie soundtracks; the concerts with the singers Fernando Portari and Magda Painno; his double-CD Piano - Tom Jobim por Fábio Caramuru celebrating the 80th Tom Jobim’s anniversary, and the innovative and acclaimed CD Bossa in the Shadows, with the remarkable contribution of bass player Pedro Baldanza. In November 2010, Caramuru made a Brazilian Music Recital in Toronto (Victoria Chapel / Toronto University) and a Brazilian Jazz Show at Zinc Bar in New York City. In 2011, an European tour included two concerts with Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra in Belgium, and shows at JazzStation in Brussels and at Jazz Club Moods in Zurich. In 2012, he performed as soloist with ORTHESP Orchestra in São Paulo, as well as at the International Jazz Festival in Havana, Cuba. In 2013, he performed at the renowned Club Reserva in Gent, Belgium, and started the researchs for the project EcoMúsica, based on the interaction between sounds of nature and the piano. In 2014, he directed and performed as solosit in projects such as the one which marked Tom Jobim's 20 years of absence at Caixa Cultural São Paulo, and "Brazil in Two Pianos", a national tour together with pianist Barco Bernardo, as well as at "Instrumental SESC Brasil". In 2015, Caramuru released his CD "Ecomúsica |Dialogues between a piano and the Brazilian fauna", also available in Japanese edition since September 2016 by Label Flau. In April 2016, Caramuru's innovative video clip "EcoMúsica | Cicada" was released with a concert at Sala São Paulo. For 2017, Fábio Caramuru has eight concerts scheduled in several Japanese cities, as well as concerts EcoMúsica at Auditório Ibirapuera, a new video clip and concerts for "EcoMúsica | Rio de Janeiro" and a two-piano tribute to Tom Jobim at Sala São Paulo.