Antonio Carlos Nigro is the son of Recife, capital of Pernambuco State, Brazil. Born: June 13, 1975, a family of Italian immigrants, by the father, and Brazilians by his mother.
In 1986 he began his musical studies with Professor Esther de Barros de Melo. After discontinuation of a year, resumed them with Professor Flavio Medeiros in the former School of Music of Grace.
In 1991 he joined the Professional Training Course in Music Music Department, Federal University of Pernambuco-UFPE, class teacher Edson Magalhães Bandeira de Mello, and then he applied for access to the course vestibular Superior at that University.
His debut as a pianist took place at Teatro Valdemar de Oliveira, 16 years of age.
In 1995 and 1996, lifted the flight in search of their dreams and went to Europe, mostly to Germany, where he continued to climb the learning and improvement of his talent. There began lessons with Professor. Flösner the School of Music in Frankfurt.
was named as Yara Bernet Dayse Lucca, Elzbieta Sternlicht, Tori Stodle, Carl Blake, Dinorah Varsi, Volker Banfield, Elgin Roth, Judit Jaimes, Andre da Costa Carvalho Aguiar and Josephine who participated in master classes.
In 1996 and 1997, he served as a monitor of piano at university and after completion of the Bachelor of Recife returned to Germany, where he won in Hamburg to prepare for exams, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , with the guidance of the teacher School of Music, Elgin Roth.
In 1998, the start of his Masters degree in that university, the class of professor Dr. Marco Antonio de Almeida, a scholarship from CAPES-Asides, and took saw many new opportunities to specialize as accompanist of singers, participating in various opera projects as correpetidor.
were new direction in his career as a piano teacher: started with their training and monitoring at the school, where, after completing his course, was called to give classes in Lied interpretation and piano the undergraduate level.
was still as a Master Teacher of several state schools in music, acquiring experience pedagogical thus magnifying its scope.
As chamber musician has performed with various instrumental groups, with baroque orchestras, playing harpsichord, piano duos Violin, Piano Violoncello, recording, one of her ways of expressing their eclecticism in classical music.
in 2004 presented a series of concerts in Brazil, starting his tour in Rio de Janeiro, at the Sala Cecilia Meirelles, through the Baptist Theological Seminary in Recife and the Teatro de Santa Isabel, ending in person with John Orchestra Symphony Collection.
Today he lives in Leipzig and also to function as autonomous artist, is professor of piano at the Conservatoire GF Handel in Halle / Saale and at the State School in Quedlinburg.
Antonio Carlos Nigro is aware of social responsibility that he should, and demand bring to your country a contribution to the cultural development of those who have less opportunities than he who feels privileged to have won everything . From this perspective, has performed benefit concerts in Brazil and Germany, so that people of all socioeconomic classes have the opportunity to raise awareness and wonder that music provides.
In December 2008 a concert was held in Mendelssohnhaus in Leipzig, with the purpose of raising funds for the Association Avides in New Hamburg. Over the past two years has given many recitals spreading Brazilian music wherever she goes.
As a piano teacher, now he accompanies 45 students enrolled in his class and was invited to join the banking competition Jugend Musiziert.
is a brief and triumphant story of a young Brazilian musician who is just starting construction of its Legacy.
Texto: Pérola Campos
