As well as for his many harpsichord and organ recitals presented in Brazil and abroad, Professor Soares is internationally known for his compositions and for his scholarly research in music theory and history (especially early keyboard instruments). He has given many master classes and conference lectures.

See article by Prof. Soares & Dr. Ton van Eck, "Organs of Latin America: A general overview and reconnaissance" in World Concert Artist Directory articles section.

Latest CD

One of the most awaited releases in Brazilian contemporary music reaches the phonographic market: the CD TOCCATA (independent production), with instrumental compositions by Calimerio Soares.

The selected repertoire includes representative works of different styles and phases of the successful composer’s career, initiated in 1970: Toccata, Dois Momentos Nordestinos, Cravocembalada, Bachiana Mineira, Batuccata, Suíte Antiga, Serenata no. 3, Toccata Longa and Trio. This CD also includes Study in D, an electro-acoustic music work.

Several works have been recorded live during concerts which included the music by Calimerio Soares, as well as some compositions have been recorded on studios. The digital edition and mastering works have been supervised by José Luiz Costa (Gato) and Percival Grossi.

The performers on this CD are outstanding Brazilian and international musicians, which preserve the artistic high level of the recording. In the solo instrumental works there are Beatriz Balzi (piano), Rosana Lanzelotte (harpsichord), Myrna Herzog (viola da gamba), Duo Igor Kipnis/Karen Kushner (piano four hands), and Marco Aurélio Lischt (organ). On the chamber works: Quarteto 4 Crescente (Quartet of Guitars), Quarteto Antunes (String Quartet), Duo Charlotte Bird/Martin Dodson (oboe/piano), and the English group Taurean Piano Trio.”

PRICE:
Brasil/Preço: R$ 15,00 (Quinze Reais, incluso despesas de postagem para o território brasileiro).
Other countries: US$ 10,00 (Ten American Dollars, plus US$ 2,00 for packing and postage).

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Publications

Compositions

Articles in arts and music reviews

• Os Órgãos Cavaillé-Coll das Igrejas do Senhor Bom Jesús do Brás e São José do Ipiranga na cidade de São Paulo e da Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo - Salvador - Bahia - Brasil, in Revista Goiana de Artes, vol. 10 número 1, Goiânia, Instituto de Artes da UFG, 1989: 71-93.
• Notice sur les orgues Cavaillé-Coll existants au Brésil, in review La Flûte Harmonique, número 57/58, Paris, Association Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, 1991: 52-65.
• O Grande Órgão Tamburini da Basílica de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora de Niterói - RJ, in review Correspondência Musicológica, número 13-5, São Paulo, Sociedade Brasileira de Musicologia, 1991: 08-16.
• Compondo para Órgão: Uma abordagem técnica, in review Em Pauta nº 12/13, Porto Alegre, UFRGS, 1996/97: 143-150.
• Os Órgãos de fatura Cavaillé-Coll existentes no Brasil, in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 1, Nº 1 (primeira parte), agosto de 1997: 4 e 5 e Ano 1, Nº 2 (conclusão), December/1997: 4 e 5.
• Órgão Cavaillé-Coll do Parr Hall, Warrington (Inglaterra), in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 2, Nº 3, June/1998: 7 e 8.
• O Órgão, sua Música e os Compositores, in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 2, Nº 4, December/1998: 7-9.
• Os Órgãos de fatura Cavaillé-Coll existentes no Brasil, in Caderno de Arte, Uberlândia, Departamento de Artes Plásticas/Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 1998: 15-27.
• Política Cultural: Música Erudita, in Jornal da UFU, Uberlândia, Newsletter of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Nº 50, January/1999: 4.
• IX Encontro Nacional de Organistas Itu (SP) -1999, in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 3, Nº 6, December/ 1999: 6 e 7.
• Organs of Latin America: A general overview and a reconnaissance (with Ton van Eck) in calendar published by the firm Jacques Stinkens - Orgelpijpenmakers B. V. (Zeist-Holland, 2001): 3 p.
• O Cravo no Brasil in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 4, Nº 8, December de 2000: 15-16.
• Artesãos do Cravo no Brasil in review Caixa Expressiva, Piracicaba, UNIMEP/Associação Brasileira de Organistas, Ano 5, Nº 9, July/2001: 18.

Translations

New compositions and 'premieres'

• ENIGMAS (solo trombone & 'electronics')
  Date: 01/11/1997 - XII Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea - Leopoldo Miguez Hall, EM/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro - RJ
  João Luis Areias - trombone
• DOIS MOMENTOS NORDESTINOS (piano solo)
  Date: 28/02/1998 - Universiti Sains (Malaysia)
  Joyce Yeoh - piano
  Date: 28/03/1998 - Conservatoire National de Strasbourg (France)
  Danieli Longo - piano
  Recording: COMPOSITORES LATINOAMERICANOS 4 (Beatriz Balzi) ECHO - 295 [CD].
• TOCCATA LONGA (solo organ)
  Date: 05/08/1998 - Iglesia S. Juan Bautista, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  Luis Caparra - organ
  Date: 04/08/1999 - Festival Internacional de Órgão - Ristinkirkossa (Church of the Cross), Lahti (Finland)
  Date: 14/08/1999 - Kirche St. Peter und Paul, Weil am Rhein (Germany)
  Date: 27/081999 - Concerts de La Collegiale - Neuchatel (Switzerland)
  Elisa Freixo - organ
  Date: 04/10/1999 - ISCM - World Music Days-1999 - Organ Hall, Chisinau (Moldova)
  Anna Strezev - organ
• ODE À SANTA TERESINHA (choir & organ)
  Date: 03/05/1998, Cathedral Santa Teresinha, Uberlândia - MG
  Soloists:
  Sandra Zumpano - soprano
  Vânia Lovaglio - mezzo-soprano
  Flávio Carvalho - tenor
  Sérgio Cunha - bass
  Maria Célia Vieira - organ
• BATUCCATA (one piano, four hands)
  Date: 09/08/1998, Theatre 'Arthur Rubinstein', São Paulo - SP
  Soloists: Igor Kipnis & Karen Kushner
  Recording: FOUR HANDS (Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo) PARNASSUS PACD 96030 [CD]
• TOCCATA (quartet of classical guitars)
  Date: 09/12/1998, 'Sebastião Vitorino' Hall,
  State Conservatory of Music, Uberlândia - MG
  Soloists:
  Adelson Scotti
  Maria Heloísa Mirzeian
  André Campos
  Marcílio Duarte
• FLAUTAS SINCOPANTES (double quartet of recorders)
  Date: 26/06/1999, "Mº Elias Antônio Daia" Hall,
  State Conservatory of Music, Ituiutaba (MG) -
  'Doce Harmonia'Ensemble:
  Aline de Souza Oliveira, Betiza Fernandes Landin,
  Flávia Arantes, Hosana Rodrigues Ferreira,
  Karla Oliveira Ramos, Kátia Oliveira Ramos,
  Michele Botelho da Silva, Renata Ferreira Resende
• SUITE ANTIGA (string quartet)
  Date: 09/12/1999 - Hall H 10/School of Music,
  Brasília (DF). Antunes String Quartet: Violins: Jorge L. Antunes &
  Marcus L. Antunes; Viola: Adriane Barrenechea; Violoncello:
  Guilherme Carvalho.
• SODADE (string quartet)
  Date: 09/12/1999 - Hall H 10/School of Music,
  Brasília (DF). Antunes String Quartet: Violins: Jorge L. Antunes &
  Marcus L. Antunes; Viola: Adriane Barrenechea; Violoncello:
  Guilherme Carvalho.
• PEQUENOS PRELÚDIOS FOLCLÓRICOS (organ)
  (Book One)
  Date: 16/04/2000 - III International Organ Series -
  Martin Luther Parish, Porto Alegre (RS)
  Anne Schneider - organ

  Date: 20/08/2000 - Evangelisch Stadt Kirche, Karlsruhe (Germany)
  Date: 28/07/2001 - S.Clemens, Wieliczce (Great Krakow, Poland)
  Anne Schneider – organ

  Date: 29/09/2001 - Grønnåsen Kirke, Tromsø (Norway)
  Date: 19/10/2001 - St Mary’s Church, Kelbrook (England)
  Date: 08/06/2003 - 10. Internationaler Konzertzyklus Bogenberg (Germany)
  Tim Rishton - organ

• PEQUENOS PRELÚDIOS FOLCLÓRICOS (organ)
  (Book Two)
  Date: 02/11/2003 - St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh (Scotland)
  Tim Rishton - organ
• POPULE MEUS (Choir SATB 'a cappella')
  Date: 31/03/2001 - Danish Church at Eckenförde (Germany)
  AmaCantus - Conductor: Silvia Berg
• TOCCATA BREVE (Organ)
  Date: 08/04/2001 - Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio (USA)
  Kevin Cischke - organ
• STUDY IN D (Electronic Music)
  Date: 23/05/2001 – “VII ENCOMPOR” –
  Tasso Correa Auditorium, Instituto de Artes da UFRGS.
• PSALM 97 (Soprano and Orchestra)
  Date: 30/06/2001 – Teatro Rondon Pacheco, Uberlândia, MG;
  Poliana Alves – soprano
  Camargo Guarnieri Orchestra: Flávio Santos – conductor.

Professor Soares is a member of SBMC (Sociedade Brasileira de Música Contemporânea), AACC (Association Aristide Cavaillé-Coll), Paris (France), and ABO (Associação Brasileira de Organistas), of which he is a founder member, former President and Member of the Editorial Board of review Caixa Expressiva.

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