Fernando Dissenha
CARAMBOLA
© 2003 Fernando Dissenha (634479216985)
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Original contemporary Brazilian music for trumpet combining elements of classical, folk and jazz styles.
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Carambola: a long wait!
In 1993, while a student at The Juilliard School, I met Brazilian composer Raimundo Penaforte. I asked him if he had any piece for trumpet and piano. He showed me "Carambola", a piece yet to be premiered. A year later, at my first Juilliard recital, I performed "Carambola" and "Tema pro Steve" (Elegia), a newly composed work he wrote for the occasion. Later that year, Penaforte composed seven more pieces for a suite which he titled "Sweet New York". Each piece for a different trumpet, including the flügelhorn. I premiered the suite on my Juilliard's graduation recital. That made the simple idea of recording a CD become inevitable.
When I returned to Brazil, I searched for a pianist willing to play and record those pieces. The pianist Carlos Assis accepted the challenge without hesitation. By then, beside Penaforte's pieces, I had also acquired Osvaldo Lacerda's "Rondino". That same year, Mr. Lacerda sent me his newly composed "Sonata". In January of 1997, we began the late night recordings –because of the daily noises– at Teatro Guaíra, in Curitiba.
In August of 1997, I joined the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP.) Due to my new job responsibilities, the recordings had to be postponed. By the time we reassume recordings, I had added two new pieces to the repertoire: "Divertimento para Trompete e Piano" by Hudson Nogueira, and "Contradança" by Alexandre Brasolim de Magalhães. The CD was finally completed in March of 1999.
It is with great satisfaction that I now present to you CARAMBOLA.
SWEET NEW YORK by Raimundo Penaforte
1. Dreams, Rice and Beans
2. 46th Street
3. Tema pro Steve (Elegia)
4. Jobiniando Nova Iorque
5. Waltzin’ Soho
6. Grand Central Shuttle
7. Off Broadway
8. Suite 2720
9. DIVERTIMENTO by Hudson Nogueira
SONATA by Osvaldo Lacerda
10. Andantino con moto
11. Andante
12. Vivace
13. RONDINO by Osvaldo Lacerda
14. CONTRADANÇA by Alexandre Brasolim de Magalhães
15. CARAMBOLA by Raimundo Penaforte
About the Artist:
Fernando Dissenha has been the solo trumpet of the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) since 1997. He has toured Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Chile, United States, Germany and Switzerland with this orchestra. As a chamber artist, he has performed with the São Paulo Brass Quintet in several music festivals. Mr. Dissenha teaches at EMBAP, Tom Jobim's Music Studies Center, and the Faculdade Cantareira, in São Paulo.
In 2003, Dissenha released his solo CD Carambola. The International Trumpet Guild Journal described it as "a wonderful recording." Regarding his performance, the ITG said: "He possesses flexibility, both technical and musical, to an amazing degree: one moment he is floating in the extreme high register with complete ease, then quickly articulating down low with clarity and precision. His tone contains both bright and dark elements, and he can paint phrases with a wide range of colors." Dissenha played principal trumpet on the 2004 Latin Grammy Award winning CD: Jobim Sinfônico. He can be heard on several OSESP recordings on the Bis label.
As the winner of Juilliard’s Trumpet Concerto Competition in 1993, Dissenha played the Hummel Concerto and was featured as soloist with The New York String Orchestra, at Carnegie Hall. The New York Times described this performance as "a bright and virtuosic reading." He also performed as guest artist with the American Brass Quintet, and with conductors such as Leonard Slatkin, Gerard Schwarz, Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky, Kurt Masur, Sidney Harth, and Otto-Werner Mueller, among others. He has been featured as soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela as well as several Brazilian orchestras.
In 1991, he was awarded the Vitae scholarship to study at Hartford University, in Connecticut. That year he attended the Anzio Music Festival in Italy. In February of 1992, he was accepted at The Juilliard School where he studied with Chris Gekker and Mark Gould. In 1996, he graduated from Juilliard with a Master's Degree in music.
Fernando Dissenha obtained his Bachelor's Degree at Paraná’s School of Music and Fine Arts (EMBAP). His former teachers were Pedro Vital, Antônio Aparício Guimarães, and Edgar Batista dos Santos. Prior to joining the OSESP, Dissenha was a member of Paraná’s Symphony Orchestra. Fernando Dissenha was born in São José dos Pinhais, in the state of Paraná, Brazil.
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More than I had bargained for...
author: Normann AckthunSaw Raimundo Penaforte premiere some of his new works in The Netherlands in February 2006 (with the Valerius Ensemble) and had to have more of his music. Here it is, skilfully and sensitively played. The other composers on this CD fit in perfectly. This music is pure enjoyment... shades of Villa Lobos.
Beautiful
author: Peter CattanThe compositions on this CD are beautiful little gems, pure and unadulterated, unpretentious and uncomplicated but emotional. This music grows on you. The interpretations are perfectly in sync with the compositions; the sound is easy and unstrained. It is so nice and unusual to hear a clear trumpet with only piano accompaniment. These musicians obviously appreciate the crystal space in-between the notes; the playing is clean and fresh with an effect that is melodic, lyrical and beautiful. A heartfelt thank you to the four composers and to Dissenha and Assis for providing an uplifting listening experience.
It is fantastic!
author: Gail Eugene Wilson - Arizona State UniversityIt is fantastic. Your playing is exciting and charming with accuracy and wonderful musicianship. Bravo!
he plays so very well...
author: Professor Keith Swanwick - University of Londonhe plays so very well and the pieces are so witty and Brazilian.
Wow! Your CD is just beautiful!
author: Eric Ewazen - composer and professor at The Juilliard SchoolWow! Your CD is just beautiful. So much wonderful color, energy and lyricism. It displays the full range of your amazing technique and your ability to be so expressive in your playing. This is a truly enjoyable CD!
He possesses flexibility, both technical and musical, to an amazing degree...
author: International Trumpet Guild Journal / Junho 2004 (page 72)Carambola is a presentation of Brazilian music for trumpet and piano performed by Fernando Dissenha and Carlos Assis. Dissenha is solo trumpet with the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, and his skills are considerable. He possesses flexibility, both technical and musical, to an amazing degree: one moment he is floating in the extreme high register with complete ease, then quickly articulating down low with clarity and precision. His tone contains both bright and dark elements, and he can paint phrases with a wide range of colors. Pianist Carlos Assis is likewise a formidable musician. Much like Dissenha, he is capable of a very relaxed, almost limpid style of expression, as well as extended passages of sharp, intense virtuosity. The CD opens with Raimundo Penaforte's Sweet New York, an eight-movement work he composed while living in New York City during the 1990s. It's an extraordinary piece, filled with kaleidoscopic images of startling originality. Raimundo seems willing to try anything, and it all comes together beautifully. Next comes Hudson Nogueira's one movement Divertimento, constructed as a mixed Brazilian dance, with a slow waltz as a middle section. The overall mood is serious and intense, almost abstract at times. Osvaldo Lacerda, a prominent elder statesman among Brazilian composers, is represented here with his Sonata for Trumpet and Piano. This sonata deserves to be placed among the very best in this genre - the trumpet writing is melodic, lilting and graceful. His Rondino follows, a short work originally for unaccompanied trumpet, Rondino now has an added piano part. Elements of northeastern Brazilian music are evident in this spirited, elegant piece. Contradanca by Alexandre Brasolim de Magalhaes has humorous, offbeat features that Dissenha and Assis execute with effortless style. Carambola [Star Fruit], another composition by Raimundo Penaforte, concludes the recording. Originally for French horn and piano, Raimundo made this transcription for Dissenha, who, with Assis, is completely at one with its considerable demands. As with Sweet New York, Carambola is thoroughly engaging on repeated hearings, a distinctive finale for this excellent recording. Carambola is a wonderful recording, and I recommend it without reservation. (Chris Gekker, professor of trumpet, University of Maryland, College Park, MD)