Draft:Caio Pagano

Caio Pagano Classical Pianist Father: João Lourenco Pagano Mother: Francisca Junqueira Sampaio Pagano Birth date: 05/14/1940, São Paulo, Brazil Children: Eleonora Pagano, Carolina Pagano

Current position: Regent's Professor at Arizona State University, School of Music

Schooling: 1-Dante Alighieri School, São Paulo, Brazil (K-12 1948-1957) 2-Law School of the University of São Paulo (graduated 1965) 3-Catholic University of America, Washington D.C.: Doctor of Musical Arts (1984)

Languages: Speaks, reads and writes in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German

Musical Education: 1-Magda Tagliaferro School, Brazil 2-Helena Sá e Costa, State Conservatory, Portugal 3-Hochschule Hannover- Karl Engel 4-Hochschule Düsseldorf- Sandor Végh 5-Hochschule Hamburg- Conrad Hansen 6-Catholic University of America- William Masselos

Prizes: 1-State Scholarship of S.Paulo, 1st Prize (1958) 2-National Eldorado Piano Competition, Sao Paulo, Brasil, 1st Prize (1962) 3-International Beethoven Competition, Lisbon, 1st Prize (1970) 4-Regentsʼ Professor at Arizona State University (1999) 5-Professor of the Year at Arizona State University (2010)(finalist)

Organizational Activities:

1-Biennials of Music at University of São Paulo (1973-1975) Coordinator, with the participation of the U.S. Cultural Institute and the Goethe Institute

2-Brazil 500 years Festival, at ASU, Arizona, (2000), Coordinator and participant (under the auspices of the Brazilian Embassy and local Arizona Community Foundation). Highlights: Art show from the Brazilian American Cultural Institute Washington, lecturers K.David Jackson (Yale) José Neistein (BACI) and concerts with Caio Pagano, Ballet groups, guitar groups etc. A commemorative CD was released, with works by Camargo Guarnieri, performing Caio Pagano and the Czech National Symphony, another CD with work by Jose Almeida Prado (“The letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha”) recorded by Caio Pagano and other ASU artists Katie McLinn, Tom Bacon

3-”Evenings with Art and Music”. A series of lectures on Art and Music with the participation of Phoenix Museum and ASU Art Professor Anne Connor. This series has lived for 16 years already, and raises funds for the Avanti Fund (formerly with ASU Foundation, then with MusicaNova, Scottsdale and presently as Avanti Fund Inc (501 c3), to help students pay tuition, record CDs, travel to camps and competitions. (2002-present)

4-Coordinator of the ASU Chamber Music Festival (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) in collaboration with the Avanti Fund, Steinway and Sons and the School of Music

5-Founder and first Artistic Director of “Belgais, Centre for the Studies in the Arts” in Portugal, in collaboration with portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. Concerts throughout Europe, recording of CD for Deutsche Grammophon, lectures, recitals, international workshops. Under the sponsorship of the Secretary of State for Culture, Portugal (2000-2004)

6-Assessor for special projects of the Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs, Portugal (2004-present)

7-Founder and Chairman of Steinway-Avanti Arizona Competition with support from local donors and Steinway Piano in January 2012, April 2013, March 2014, February 2015

Teaching experience: Courses taught at: Juilliard Schol of Music (NY), Indiana University (Champaign-Urbana), Yale, Franklin and Marshall College, Boston University, Musikhochschule Lübeck, Musikhochschule Hamburg, Politechnic Institute Oporto, Serralves Museum Oporto, International Festivals of Campos (Brazil), Paraná (Brazil), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), International Festivals of Teresopolis, Conservatory of Beijing, University of Merida (Spain), Festivals of Grenoble, Megève, Tournon, Champéry, Washington, Miami, Conservatoire of Grenoble, Summer Institute in Duino, Italy, and Sion.

Full time teaching positions at: UNIRIO (Rio de Janeiro where he created the Masterʼs Degree in Performance, 1995 Politechnic Institute of Castelo Branco (he was the founder of the Keyboard Area) Belgais Center for the Arts, Portugal - Musical Director USP - Universidade de Sao Paulo TCU - Texas Christian University ASU - Arizona State University, Regent's Professor