This performance is being played on a Yamaha C7X concert grand fitted with a DS6.0 keyboard in São Paulo/Brazil – a cooperation of A Loja de Pianos and the DS Standard Foundation, arranged by Silvia Molan/HMDK Stuttgart (Germany).
BIO
Mariana Rodrigues started her studies at Conservatório Dramático e Musical Dr. Carlos de Campos de Tatuí (Dr. Carlos de Campos Drama and Music Conservatory of Tatuí) and has a degree in Piano at Escola de Comunicação e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo - USP (São Paulo University Communication and Art School).
Currently she's been developing her original work "Suíte Niramar", which consists of a series of 18 pieces for solo piano that was developed in 2020 during the pandemics and it reflects her musical experience and references. The pianist is also a member of Brazú Quintê, which is a group that explores the sound of chamber music with a Brazilian swing. The group had their first album released in 2018 through ProAC Editais Award and in the same year they were finalists of Samsung E-Festival Award. Mariana took part in the recording of the album "Canções para Iluminar o Mundo" from singer Manu Cavalaro in 2020 and the group traveled to Uruguay in order to perform at the Festival Jazz A La Calle in 2022.
As a soloist, Mariana Rodrigues has been at the forefront of Orquestra Jovem de Guarulhos (Guarulhos Youth Orchestra), of Orquestra Sinfônica da Unicamp (Unicamp Symphony Orchestra) and Orquestra Jovem de Tatuí (Tatuí Youth Orchestra). She has stood out in Awards and Contests like Concurso de Jovens Solistas OCAM (OCAM Young Soloists Contest), Prêmio Nascente - USP (USP Nascent Award), Concurso Maria Tereza Madeira (Maria Tereza Contest), I Concurso Nacional Luis Thomaszeck (Luis Thomaszeck 1st National Contest) and at the Award for Best Accompanist Pianist at II Concurso de Interpretação de Música Brasileira para Flauta (2nd Flute Brazilian Music Interpretation Contest), held by Centro de Música Brasileira (Brazilian Music Center).
She also performed at Festival Leo Brower in 2011, at I Simpósio Internacional Villa-Lobos (1st Villa-Lobos International Symposium) and at a series of composer meetings produced by MIS Museu de Imagem e Som (MIS- Image and Sound Museum) where she carried out Oliver Toni pieces of work. Besides, she has also taken part at the series of Chamber Concerts promoted by Itaú Cultural, where she introduced the piece "Invocações" from composer Adriana Norat.
As a composer, Mariana Rodrigues composed the soundtrack of the short animation film "Um artista da Fome", directed by Moisés Pantolfi.