Please join the Latin Grammy-nominated Duo Pilger/Fialkow for an evening of music by some of Brazil's most noted composers, past and present, including the U.S. premiere of Sonata para violoncelo e piano: "Figuras de 22" by Marcos Lucas (b. 1964). This event is free and open to the public. 

Hugo Pilger and Ney Fialkow have been playing as a duo since their debut in Berlin, in 2006. They have been featured in important concert halls of Brazil and Latin America with a repertoire centered in Brazilian music.

Internationally acclaimed cellist Hugo Pilger has performed in South America, North America, and Europe, appearing as a soloist with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra (OSB), Campinas Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of the City of Curitiba, Bahia Symphony Orchestra, Petrobras Symphony Orchestra, Ouro Preto Orchestra, Brazil’s National Symphony Orchestra, Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro’s Orchestra, and Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra. He performed both the 2006 Brazilian premiere of Henri Dutilleux’s prestigious Tout un Monde Lointain, for cello and orchestra, and in the 2009 Latin-American premiere of Arvo Pärt’s cello concerto, Pro et Contra. Pilger began his cello studies with Milton Bock at Fundarte (Arts Foundation of Montenegro - Rio Grande do Sul), before moving to Rio in 1987. He completed his BM, MM, and DMA degrees at Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), where he studied with Marcio Malard and Alceu Reis. A member of the Porto Alegre Trio, Pilger is also professor of cello at Federal University of State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). Pilger is the dedicatee of numerous works, including Sortilégios by Marcos Lucas. His active career as a recording artist has graced him with several awards. The double-album, DVD, and Blu-Ray titled Presença de Villa-Lobos na Música Brasileira para Violoncelo e Piano, performed by Pilger and pianist Lúcia Barrenechea, was the first recording to feature the composer’s own cello (a 1779 Martin Diehl), and was a finalist of the 2015 Brazilian Music Award. The second volume of this project received Açorianos Prize nominations for Best Performer (Pilger), and Best Classical CD in 2016/2017. In 2020, he released the CD "Claudio Santoro: the complete works for cello and piano", with Ney Fialkow. This album was nominated to Latin Grammy 2021. In 2018, Pilger was awarded the Music Professionals Prize in the category of “Classical music instrumentalist”. He also authored the book Heitor Villa-Lobos, o violoncelo e seu idiomatismo, released in 2013.

Winner of several piano competitions, including the much-coveted Eldorado Music Prize in São Paulo, pianist Ney Fialkow conciliates a busy career as soloist and collaborative pianist with that of Full Professor in the Music Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), where he also obtained his BM performance degree. His recital appearances have captivated audiences in many distinguished concert halls in his country and abroad. Fialkow has taught piano master classes at music schools and festivals throughout Brazil and internationally; he has also served as jury member for several reputed piano competitions. Under sponsor[1]ship by the Brazilian Government, he holds a MM degree from the New England Conservatory (Boston), and a DMA degree, with distinction, from the Peabody Conservatory. Fialkow explores the repertoire of many styles and historical periods, and has premiered new works for piano in solo, chamber music and concerto genres. He made his debut at the age of 18 with the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra. He has since appeared as soloist with prominent orchestras in Brazil and abroad, and distinguished conductors. A devoted chamber musician, Fialkow has collaborated extensively with a great number of internationally acclaimed musicians. In 2006 he performed Brazilian chamber music with the Porto Alegre Trio and was chosen to be among the few select chamber groups to present concerts in Berlin. He made his début in Paris in 2016, appearing in a two-piano concert with Georgian pianist Guigla Katsarava. As recording artist, he released the CD Sonatas Brasileiras in collaboration with Cármelo de los Santos, which received the Açorianos Prize for Best Classical CD in 2009. In 2010 he was soloist in the premiere of Mahavidyas by Vagner Cunha, as well as in the CD recording. His album Metamorfora, released in collaboration with double bassist Marcos Machado, was praised in Strad Magazine. In 2020, the CD "Claudio Santoro: the complete works for cello and piano", released with Pilger, was nominated to the Latin Grammy Award 2021.

Repertoire:

Cláudio Santoro (1919-1989)

Introdução e Dança 

Marcos Lucas (b. 1964)

Sonata para violoncelo e piano: "Figuras de 22”

Nelson Ayres (b. 1947)

Perto do coração

Cláudio Santoro

Sonata 2

I- Allegro moderato

II- Lento

III - Allegro deciso

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

Suíte Típica Brasileira

I - O canto da nossa terra

II - O canto do capadócio

III - O trenzinho do caipira