Organist Handel Cecilio will perform again in Sorocaba
The organist Handel Cecilio, who this year attracted a large audience when performing at the Central Baptist Church of Sorocaba, has already announced that in 2015 will return to the city for new presentations in the church, given the success of the season in the municipality.
Handel Cecilio is an organist and also acts as continuo harpsichordist and pianist. Born in Maceió (Alagoas) and living in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), Cecilio participated in several master classes with several European organists, having an extension course in “Spanish Baroque Organ” at the State University of Minas Gerais – UEMG (2004).
Graduated in Piano from the State University of Minas Gerais – UEMG (2002- 2004), he started his post-graduate researches. 2004, he began his postgraduate research in 2005, focusing on Pipe Organs in Colonial Brazil. Specialist in Brazilian Music, interpretative practices, by the State University of Minas Gerais – UEMG (2005-2006). – UEMG (2005-2006), having a recital entitled “Compositores Brasileiros Para Orgão”, in which three compositions for organ of his authorship were premiered.
In his curriculum, Handel Cecilio holds a Master’s degree in Historical Musicology from the State University of Campinas – UNICAMP (2007-2008) – with a dissertation entitled: “The 18th century organ of the Carmo Church of Diamantina: its enigmas and its close connection with the Córregos Organ”.
He also holds a PhD in Music from UNICAMP (2009-2013), with the thesis entitled: The Organistic Art of Benedictine Monasteries in Colonial and Imperial Brazil: Their Organs, Organists and Organists; under the guidance of Professor Helena Jank. She was a CAPES Doctoral Fellow, and also a CAPES Fellow CAPES of the Sandwich Doctorate Program Abroad – PDSE, sandwich scholarship, in the period from September 15, 2011 to September 30, 2012, at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, under the co-supervision of Professor Maria do Rosário Barbosa Morujão.
Currently, Handel Cecilio has been developing research on the Iberian and colonial Brazilian or-ganaria and carrying out a rescue of the history of Brazilian historical Pipe Organs, making important discoveries and publishing articles on the subject.
Idealizer of the restoration project of the
Organ of the Church of Carmo in Diamantina, he conducted research that revealed the importance and quality of construction of the colonial Pipe Organ of the District of Córregos in Minas Gerais. A work of dissemination of the Pipe Organ has been carried out through seminars, lectures and master classes.
International tour
The organist is the author of compositions for Solo Organ and for Organ and Trumpets, which have been performed in Brazil and Europe. In musical performance he has performed in the United States and Europe, in addition to having performed concerts in Brazil. He has served as Principal Organist in several churches since 1978.
He has been organist in official events such as the Mass commemorating the 200th anniversary of the transfer of the Royal Family and other events related to the Imperial and Royal Brazilian Family. He is a professor at the Baptist College of Minas Gerais.
In June 2011 he was in Braga (Portugal) where he performed an organ concert at the Basilica of Sameiro and gave a workshop on organ registration for liturgy and some lectures on organ. He was organist of the Chapel of the Minor Seminary in Coimbra and in the Parish of Almalaguês in Portugal. He formed, together with the Spanish trumpeter Basilio Gomarín Píriz
the Duo Regia Symphonia Musicae, which focuses on the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire, having its debut with a series of concerts in Spain in September 2012. Since July 2011, Handel Cecilio, together with the organist Antônio Olimpio Nogueira, is coordinator of the series of organ concerts “Recitais em Lourdes”.
Learn more about the organist’s work by visiting www.handelcecilio.com.
