CAIO PAGANO, Pianist and Teacher
CAIO PAGANO is a Brazilian-born American
concert pianist and teacher. Born in São Paulo, at 16, he
soloed with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra before undertaking
extensive studies in Germany, Paris, and Salzburg.
He has performed throughout the world with conductors such as Morton Gould and Sergiu Comissiona, and has appeared alongside internationally renowned musicians such as Maria João Pires, Pierre Fournier, and János Starker. He has been regularly heard in America on National Public Radio, in Britain on the BBC, and National Broadcasting in Portugal, to name a few, and his many recordings have been highly praised by BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and Fanfare.
For years he has also been recognized as a distinguished teacher on several continents, and he has given masterclasses throughout the world. He is now Regents' Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University.
He has performed throughout the world with conductors such as Morton Gould and Sergiu Comissiona, and has appeared alongside internationally renowned musicians such as Maria João Pires, Pierre Fournier, and János Starker. He has been regularly heard in America on National Public Radio, in Britain on the BBC, and National Broadcasting in Portugal, to name a few, and his many recordings have been highly praised by BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone, and Fanfare.
For years he has also been recognized as a distinguished teacher on several continents, and he has given masterclasses throughout the world. He is now Regents' Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University.
(All Portrait Photos by Fred Weling)
"The Beethoven was absolutely first-class: technically commanding, interpretively considered, simultaneously idiomatic and original. It was a performance that let one see into Beethoven's grand design without ever slighting the moment-to-moment spontaneity of his invention." —The New York Times
"Pagano is such a fine performer that any opportunity to hear him should be seized." —The Washington Post
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