Valdeci Merquiori- Soloist I

He began studying the viola at the Escola de Música de Rio Claro in 1985. Since then, he has had classes with: 1986/1987 - José Eduardo D'Almeida (spalla of the Campinas Symphonic Orchestra - OSMC) 1988/1989 - Frederico Barreto (spalla of the OSMC violin suit) 1990/1992 - Alberto Jaffé (São Paulo) 1993 to 1998 - Henrique Müller (São Paulo) 1999 – Emerson di Biaggi (UNICAMP/ MARCH-1999 to today) 2000/01/02 – Marcelo Jaffé (Music Festival in the Mountains – Poços de Caldas (MG) . 2001 – Barbara Westphall-Germany (Master Class) 2002 – Wilfried Strehle (Master Class/Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) 2006 – Alexandre Razera (São Paulo). COURSES: Summer Course in Curitiba in JANUARY/88 and JANUARY/1991; Campos de Jordão winter course in JULY/1993; He participated in several Master Classes with: Antônio Menezes / Horácio Shafler / Paulo Bosísio / Anton Müller / Boris Belkin / Marcelo Jaffé; Chamber Music Festival in São Paulo (SP), promoted by SESC/SP, AUGUST-1999. Chamber Music Festival in Rio Claro (SP) – OCTOBER/1999; Music Festival in the Mountains – Poços de Caldas (MG) – JANUARY/2000, JANUARY/2001 and JANUARY/2002; Preparatory course for teachers in the SUZUKI method, volume 1 in JULY/2007 and volume 2 in FEBRUARY/2008. COMPETITIONS: 1987 - Joined the Municipal Youth Symphony Orchestra of Campinas (SP) 1988 - Joined the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of Campinas (SP) (professional) as instrumentalist 1989 - Santa Marcelina chamber music competition with the D'Arcos quartet. 1995 - Campinas Municipal Symphonic Orchestra as concertmaster. 1995 - Contest for the Spalla of the Municipal Symphonic Orchestra of Sorocaba. 1998 – Competition for the Americana Municipal Orchestra. 1999 – Contest for Young Soloists – UNICAMP 2000 – Contest for Municipal Orchestra of Americana 2001 – Chamber Music Contest of Araçatuba - 2nd place 2001 – Paulo Bosísio Contest in Juiz de Fora (MG) - 1st place ACHIEVEMENTS: Participated in the Quartet Paulista de Cordas, having represented Brazil in presentations in Paris (France) and Rome (Italy) in April/2001, Whashington – DC (USA) in February 2002 and several presentations in Brazil; He performed guitar and piano recitals (Ana Carolina Robusti Sacco) in several cities; In 2002 he performed as a soloist in front of the Campinas Symphonic Orchestra and the Rio Claro Philharmonic Orchestra; In 2004 he performed as a soloist in front of the Bragança Paulista Symphonic Orchestra; Completed the Graduate Course in Music at UNICAMP (Campinas-SP) in 2004, participating in Chamber Music and Recital groups; In 2006 he performed as a soloist at the head of the Campinas Youth Symphony Orchestra; In 2007 he performed as a soloist in front of the Limeira Symphonic Orchestra; Taught viola at the 2nd Winter Festival of Jaguariúna in JULY/2008; He taught violin and viola of the Suzuki method at "VI Retiro de Primavera Suzuki" in Atibaia in OCTOBER/2008. He performed in the Cassiano Ricardo Foundation orchestra in São José dos Campos from 2008 to 2010. Participates in Trio Terra Brasilis since 2010. In 2013 he performed as a soloist at the head of the UNICAMP Symphonic Orchestra. He has performed as soloist I at the Campinas Symphonic Orchestra, where he has been developing his career since 1988; He has been with the Jundiaí Symphony Orchestra since 2012; He has been a professor at the Villa-Lobos Music School in Americana since 2012; Founding member and musician of the Rio Claro Philharmonic Orchestra; He teaches viola, having been invited on several occasions to lecture on the instrument in the music course at UNICAMP.

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