Duo SPES: violin/viola and bassoon

SPES invites proposals from international chamber groups to play in Brasília in 2010, focusing on exchange of contemporary music.

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SPES means HOPE in Latin, the second theological virtue.

Duo SPES started in 2006 presenting Brazilian contemporary and international baroque music. Duo SPES appears weekly at Mother of Divine Mercy Parish in Brasília for the Sunday Holy Masses at 6 PM. Its scores and audio are downloadable.

SPES made its début in Europe with guest pianist Marco Aurelio Orsini Brescia in early 2008, premiering Paulinyi's piano-trio "Choro" in Spain (Madrid and Béjar), France (concerts in Paris at the Brazilian Embassy and Maison du Brésil), Budapest and London. Back to Brazil, played at Araripe International Festival (at Ceará). Released CD Images (2008) in Juazeiro do Norte (CE) with Paulinyi and Crowl's compositions and recorded a documentary for TV Senado in 2008. Concerts were in London with guest pianist Alvaro Siviero (sponsored by MRE), Poznán and Dobrzyca (Mozart Festival) in 2009 and in Lisbon (2010, sponsored by Ministery of Culture and presented by Dr. Mario Vieira de Carvalho, Secretary of State for Culture Portuguese Government 2005-2008) for promoting the cd and premiering a new work by Bochmann. Future projects include the expansion of the composers exchange project between Brasília and European cities.

Iracema Simon, (bassoon), player since 1993, started teaching music to children in 2003 as Choir Rouxinóis assistant. She was head of the recorders section of the "Music for children" project at the Brasília University (UnB) until 2007. Undergraduated in 2008 at UnB, she teaches music at INEI since then, conducting the INEI and IATE children choirs. CDs released: Images (2008) and Vibrações Variantes (2010). Simon plays on a bassoon made by Hary Schweizer in 2002, number 34.

Zoltan Paulinyi , first violin of National Theatre Symphonic Orchestra in Brasília since 2000 and viola leader in 2009; artistic director of SPES International Series since 2008.
Awarded in two National String Competitions, he has leadered the festival orchestras of Juiz de Fora and Brasília in 96, 98 and 2001. Paulinyi has taken part in many recordings of brazilian early and contemporary music. Main CDs: Duo Magyar (2002) for Brazilian music, Quartet Amizade (2005 and 2010), CD Images (2008), Sonare Baroque trio (2009). In recognition of his work he was given the Pro-Música Award by the press critics in 1998, in Minas Gerais State. His works “Anedota” and “Toada” were chosen by FUNARTE to be premiered in Rio de Janeiro in 2005 and 2009. Interviews and performances for TV Senado in 2004 and 2008. Creator of Amizade Composer Competition 2006. Currently developing a pedagogical work for children and babies with Iracema Simon since 2006.

List of his recordings and compositions.

About the viola pomposa

Zoltan Paulinyi plays on a rare copy of Guadagnini's "La Parmigiana" with original 5-stringed set up made by Carlos Martins del Picchia (12/2006). Notice the added high E-string. Bow by H. Pfretzschner, XIX century.