Carlos Damas

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Carlos Damas (born April 8, 1973 in Coimbra ) is a Portuguese violinist . He is considered the most important modern violinist in Portugal.

Carlos Damas (2011)

Life

Damas was born in 1973 in the traditional university city of Coimbra. At the age of three he received his first music lessons. At the age of six he moved to Lisbon, where he took violin lessons from Vasco Brôco, Alexandra Mendes and Leonor Prado, who were violinists of the Gulbenkian Foundation . At the age of 15 he appeared for the first time as a solo violinist with the Portuguese radio orchestra under the direction of Sir Silva Pereira. After representing Portugal at the International Music Camp , he was honored by the American String Teachers Association ( Excellence in Performance and Leadership ). He was also awarded at the Portuguese young music competition.

In 1990 Damas moved to Paris, where he a. a. worked with Ivri Gitlis and Jacqueline Lefévre . In 1992 he became concertmaster of the orchestra at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris , a. with Yehudi Menuhin . Damas also took a master class with Shlomo Mintz . Numerous tours and guest performances followed, including the Salzburg Mozart Week and guest performances in China, especially in Macau . Several of his recordings have also been published on CD, for example by Numérica and Naxos . His 2007 album Modern Solo Violin Music , with violin sonatas by E. Ysaÿe , Sérgio Azevedo , Prokofjew , Fritz Kreisler and Fernando Lopes-Graça , received an award from the arte TV station .

Discography

  • 1995: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (with Rubén Lorenzo, piano), Numérica 1055
  • 1997: Diálogos do Silêncio (poetry by Alberto Estima de Oliveira , with reciter Helder Fernando ), Tradisom / Sony Hong Kong
  • 2000: Violin Solo , Numérica 1091
  • 2004: Beethoven violin and piano Sonatas nº4 and nº5 "Spring" (live recordings with Rubén Lorenzo , piano), MasterClassics / Universal
  • 2007: Modern Solo Violin Music , DUX 0562
  • 2009: Fritz Kreisler (with AnnaTomasik , piano), DUX 0696
  • 2011: Luís de Freitas Branco, Violin Sonatas Nos.1 & 2 , Naxos 8.572334
  • 2011: Complete Chamber Music for Violin (works by António Fragoso , with Jian Hong , cello, and Jill Lawson , piano), Brilliant Classics 94158

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum vitae on Carlos Damas ' website , accessed on July 21, 2013
  2. ↑ Supplement to the CD Luís de Freitas Branco: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 , Naxos 8.572334
  3. ^ Salwa Castelo-Branco: Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, PZ. , Temas & Debates, Lisbon 2010, p. 1382 ( ISBN 978-989-644-114-2 )
personal data
SURNAME Damas, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese violinist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Coimbra