Artur Cimirro

Artur Cimirro (born September 30, 1982) is a Brazilian pianist, composer and art critic.

Biography Born in Bagé, Brazil, Artur Cimirro started his musical studies in 1995 with the acoustic guitar and in 2001 focused on the piano.

As a composer, Cimirro is strongly influenced by the composer/pianists of different languages such as Franz Liszt, Leopold Godowsky, Ferruccio Busoni, and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji.

Compositions Among Cimirro's works is a Piano Sonata (his Op. 3) which takes two hours to be played in six movements, as well as symphonic works including two Symphonic Poems (No. 1 "The Masque of the Red Death" based on Edgar Allan Poe's tale with the same name, and No. 2 "Curupira").

Cimirro wrote his second set of Eccentric Preludes Op. 13 for Stuart & Sons 102-key pianos and he was the first composer to make piano pieces using the range limits of 108 keys from contra C to the top b in his Eccentric Preludes Op. 20.

Performance In 2008, Cimirro was the first foreigner to win the “V Konkurs na Projekt Nagraniowy Zapomniana Muzyka Polska”, an award issued by Polish record label Acte Préalable for the most interesting recording project devoted to "forgotten Polish music." Acte Préalable released Cimirro's proposal, a recording of the complete piano works of Karol Tausig, on CD.

In May 2010 Cimirro received in Rio Grande do Sul state (Brazil) the trophy “Bravo – Álvaro Godoy”.

Discography 2011 - Artur Cimirro plays Stuart & Sons in Terra Australis 2016 - Karol Tausig (1841-1871) - Complete Original Piano Works AP0359 2016 - Aleksander Michałowski (1851-1938) - Piano Works 1 AP0365 2016 - Géza Zichy (1849-1924) - Complete Piano Works 2016 - Géza Zichy (1849-1924) - Complete Piano Transcriptions AP0372 2017 - Tivadar Szántó (1877-1934) - Complete Piano Works 1 AP0386 2017 - Tivadar Szántó (1877-1934) - Complete Piano Works 2 AP0387 2017 - Artur Cimirro (1982-) - Piano Works 1 AP0400 2017 - Józef Wieniawski (1837-1912) - Piano Works 4 AP0406 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 1 AP0431 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 2 AP0432 2018 - Theodore Dubois (1837-1924) - Works for Piano 3 AP0433 2018 - Joaquim Antonio Barrozo Netto (1881-1941) - Works for Piano 1 AP0451 2018 - Joaquim Antonio Barrozo Netto (1881-1941) - Works for Piano 2 AP0452 2019 - Aleksandra Garbal (1970) - Selected Works for Piano AP0465