Search - James DeMars, Paul Freeman, Czech National Symphony Orchestra :: Caio Pagano performs the piano music of James DeMars

James DeMars (b. 1952) belongs to a generation of composers that has rediscovered the range, depth and stylistic variety of tonal writing. His music is neither neo-Romantic, nor Minimal, nor in any way dependent on pastiche. It leads the ear from note to note, phrase to phrase, with freshness and vitality. Caio Pagano is an internationally recognized concert pianist, teacher and scholar. He has been a professor of piano at Arizona State University for 14 years. Prior to leaving Brazil and coming to the United States in 1984, Pagano created the Piano Department at the University of Sao Paulo as well as the International Biennial of Music, which has attracted many internationally acclaimed artists. Pagano has premiered 24 works in concert halls worldwide, 16 of these being works written and dedicated to him by the composers, including several concertos for piano and orchestra. He has also recorded several of these works.