Classical songs from Brazil (1800-2000)

Brazilian song, from the romantic to the contemporary.

Ms. Ulex performs with soprano Katia Guedes and in solo piano works…

Brazilian Classical Song
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Katia Guedes, Soprano

Brazilian-born soprano Katia Guedes studied singing at the University
of São Paulo. After graduating she received a Konrad-Adenauer scholarship to study at the Stuttgart College of Music and at Berlins prestigious “Hanns Eisler” University of Music under Inge Uibel.
Katia Guedes has gone on to win numerous prizes as a soloist and give many recitals all over the world. She performs regularly in opera productions in Brazil and Germany.
Under the many premiere performances she did are Heinrichs Fieber, eine Kleist Vision (Humel), Verzeihung, der Kopf , Ich schlafe was ich denke und KLIMA_Vorhersagen (Stelzenbach / Hoyer), As Malibrans (de Oliveira), Luisas Traum (C. Herzog), Zwei Etagen, keine Treppe (Klaus Lang), Destino das Oito (Chico Mello), in der Musikbiennale München 2006 La philosophie dans le labyrinthe (Aureliano Cattaneo) unter Emilio Pomarico, Der Sonne entgegen von Lucia Ronchetti in Gelsenkirchen und Niebla von Mendoza-Lopez/Rebstock in Hellerau/ Dresden, sowie die Architektur des Regens von Klaus Lang in der Münchener Biennale 2008.
Festivals she performed in are Campos do Jordão – Brasil, Musica Nova – Santos – Brasil, Acarte – Lisboa – Portugal, Compositionen – Berlin, Musikbiennale – Berlin, World Music Festival – Pusan Korea, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Ultraschall – Berlin, Tage der Neuen Musik – Braunschweig, MärzMusik – Berlin, Auftakt 2005 Frankfurt, Zeitfenster Berlin 2006, Musikbiennale München 2006/08, in Zusammenarbeit mit den Ensemblen Mosaik , Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin ,
Modern Art Sextett , Resonanz , Courage und Klangforum-Wien . The release of her first CD, “Poesia paulista, 12 canções” was in Brazil in 2000. Also available is her CD “Aus jüdische Volkspoesie – Dmitri Schostakowitsch” and “As Malibrans”, a contemporary opera from Jocy de Oliveira. She presently lives in Berlin.

Evelyn Ulex, piano

Pianist Evelyn Ulex was born and raised in Berlin, Germany …
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Program

Marcos Portugal	–	Aria IV
Anonym (19. Century) Arr. by Mario de Andrade	–	Hei de amar te até morrer (For I ll love you till I die)
Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)	–	Bela ninfa de minh´alma (1857) (Beautiful nymph of my soul)