Welcome to my homepage. I'm Pedro Persone, Braziliam Harpsichordist and Fortepianist | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pedro Persone was born in Tiet�, SP, Brazil, and started his harpsichord study at the Conservat�rio Musical "Dr. Carlos de Campos", Tatu�, SP, with Maria Jos� Carrasqueira. He studied privately with Roberto de Regina in Rio de Janeiro, and received his Bachelor degree in Harpsichord at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in the class of Dr. Helena Jank. In Europe, he attended courses with Felipe Nabuco-Silvestre (Brazil/Portugal), Christophe Rousset (France), and Rinaldo Alessandrini (Italy). In 1977 Mr. Persone studied with Huguette Dreyfus at the �cole Nationale de Musique de Bobigny, France; in 1988 with Jacques Ogg, at the Academie voor Oude Muziek, Amsterdam; and with a scholarship from the Funda��o Vitae, he attended the "Primer Curso de M�sica Barroca Ciudad de Segovia" in the fortepiano class of Patrick Cohen (Fance). He is the fortepianist of the "Klassisch!" duo (with the soprano Andrea Kaiser). There is no other active performer of Fortepiano besides Persone in Brazil. As teacher, he has worked at the Festival de Londrina, Oficina de M�sica de Curitiba, Festival de Artes de Itu, and is the professor of harpsichord, chamber music, and thoroughbass at the Conservat�rio Dram�tico e Musical "Dr. Carlos de Campos", Tatui. In 1996, he received his Master of Musical Arts from UNICAMP, with research on non-mesur�s works. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) - As Quatro Esta��es Camerata Fukuda Elisa Fukuda, violin Pedro Persone, harpsichord Label: "Regia Musica" - COMEP, S�o Paulo, 1991. Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) - "Trios para Fortepiano, Flauta e Violoncelo" Hob.XV:15-17. Pedro Persone, fortepiano Bernardo Toledo Piza, traverso Maria Alice Brand�o, violoncello Label: PAULUS, S�o Paulo, 1994. "M�sica Francesa para Cravo" (French Harpsichord Music) - works by: Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667), Louis Couperin (1626-1661), Gaspard Le Roux (1660-1707), Jacques Duphly (1715-1789), Jean Barri�re (ca. 1705-1747), Claude-Benigne Balbastre (1727-1799) e Pancrace Royer 1705-1755). Pedro Persone, harpsichord Label: PAULUS, S�o Paulo, 1994. Edson Beltrami - VIII Pr�mio Eldorado de M�sica Edson Beltrami, flute Pedro Persone, harpsichord Orquestra de Cordas Conservat�rio Dram�tico e Musical "Dr.Carlos de Campos", Tatui Label: Eldorado, S�o Paulo, 1996. Haydn Joseph (1732-1809) - "Trios for Fortepiano, Flute and Cello" Hob.XV: 15-17 Pedro Persone, fortepiano Bernardo Toledo Piza, traverso Maria Alice Brand�o, cello Label: Society of Saint Paul, New York, 1997. Joaquim Manoel da C�mara / Sigismund Neukomm (1778-1858) - 20 Modinhas Luiza Sawaya, soprano Pedro Persone, fortepiano Independent label, Lisboa, Portugal, 1998. | |||||||||||||||||||
| My interests: Baroque and Classical Music / Historically Informed Performance | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Some comments on PEDRO PERSONE. "...It's about a researcher, performer, owner of a wide knowledge of the instrument and its literature. He reached a way approved level as an interpreter and is aware of the problems that have to do with the harpsichord: ornamentation, improvisation, accompaniment, etc..." Roberto de Regina, harpsichordist (Rio de Janeiro-Brazil). "...He is a musician of wide skills and a refined good taste..." Huguette Dreyfus, harpsichordist and fortepianist (Paris-France). "...He has an accurate sensibility and fine musicality, together with a wide perfect knowledge so as an instrumentalist as in ability and deepness in early music." Achille Picchi, pianist, conductor and composer (S�o Paulo - Brazil). "I consider him a great musician with a broad collection of music skills. He distinguished himself by his excellent work. His musical resources are abundant and talking intellectually his scholar approach is clearly obvious..." Jacques Ogg, harpsichordist and fortepianist (Amsterdam - The Netherlands) " The difference is that there are cravistas (harpsichordists), cembalists and clavecinistes. The cravistas plays indifferently a harpsichord or a modern piano, the cembalists quit the piano and dedicate themselves to the harpsichord, but only the clavecinistes can dominate thoroughly the art of this instrument. Pedro Persone is a claveciniste!" Felipe Nabuco-Silvestre, harpsichordist and conductor (Porto-Portugal) "... At the harpsichord..., his musical track has been of a large and appreciated artistic consistence. Beside that, following the track of his studies on the pre-classical and classical music literature, Pedro Persone is the only fortepianist in activity in Brazil." Benito Juarez, conductor (Campinas - Brazil) "In the fall of 1997, I met and heard Pedro Persone during his audition for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UCLA. I also examined his background, programs of concerts, etc. It was evident that Pedro Persone was a wonderfully accomplished musician and we at UCLA were delighted to accept him as one of our graduate students... For these reasons, I am happy to strongly recommend Pedro Persone. Dr. Walter Ponce, Head of Piano Area at UCLA (Los Angeles) | |||||||||||||||||||
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