Caio Facó

Brazilian composer

Musical artist

Caio Facó (born May 16, 1992) is a Brazilian composer.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography

Caio Facó was born in Fortaleza, Brazil. He studied composition with Alfredo Barros, Germán Gras and Borges-Cunha and won several international prizes in his 20s. In 2017, Facó worked as a Composer in Residence for Ensemble MPMP, in Portugal. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Guest Composer from Orquestra de Câmara de Valdivia, in Chile.^[7] Facó also worked with the International Contemporary Ensemble (USA), Mivos Quartet (USA) and Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (Portugal).^[8] For three consecutive years (2016–18), he won the most prestigious composition contest in Brazil: Festival Tinta Fresca.^[9] In Brazil, his works are performed by Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais.^[10][11] In 2021, Facó was a Composer in Residence at Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo.^[12] In 2024, he was selected for a residency at Ibermúsicas, to work on two new chamber works in Portugal.^[13] Facó's work has been associated with anti-colonialism movements and issues from the Global South, he has been recognized as one of the most important new artists of Latin America.^[14][15]

Selected works

Chamber orchestra

• Diário das Narrativas Fantásticas (2019)
• As veias abertas da América Latina (2018)

Large orchestra

• O pássaro de areia (2023)
• O tear das histórias do Sol (2022)
• Ensaio sobre Cores e Sombras (2018)
• Pandora (2017)
• Aproximações Áureas (2016)

Chamber music

• Discurso das Poesias (2023)
• Goldberg – Diálogos entre duas Eras (2021)
• O lugar de todas as coisas (2021)
• Cangaceiros e Fanáticos (2018)
• Reminiscências (2017)
• Sopros do Estuário (2017)
• Ritos das Senhoras da Terra (2017)
• As Vozes das Labaredas do Sertão (2017)
• O Príncipe de Venosa (2016)
• Canções Errantes (2016)

References

1. Vasconcelos), Everardo Norões (Arte: Luísa. "Minúsculo elogio da música". www.suplementopernambuco.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
2. "OSESP" (PDF).
3. emmanuelebaldini (2018-06-12). "Senhoras e senhores: Caio Facó". emmanuelebaldiniblog (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
4. "Série de Concertos CCMTC – Quarteto Baldini | Centro Cultural". centroculturalminastc.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
5. "Filarmônica de Minas Gerais encerra temporada 2017 | Secretaria de Estado de Cultura". www.cultura.mg.gov.br. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
6. "Osesp terá maratona de Mozart e das nove sinfonias de Beethoven em 2018 – 29/09/2017 – Ilustrada". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
7. OCV, RRPP. "La historia tras la pieza musical que estrenará Caio Facó en el último Programa de Orquesta de la OCV – Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia". www.ocv.cl (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-15.
8. "Antena 2".
9. "Festival Tinta Fresca". Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-15.
10. "FACÓ, Caio". Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-15.
11. "Encomendas Osesp 2018". osesp.art.br. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
12. "Osesp lança temporada 2021 com Beethoven, Stravinsky e Piazzolla - Cultura". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-12-11.
13. "Selecionados 2023 – Ibermúsicas" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-27.
14. "Composer". Caio Facó. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
15. "FACÓ, Caio". Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-05-27.