"The interplay of passionate feelings was captured by the artist who has played with remarkable expression."
Augsburger Allgemeine - Germany
"What André Simão elicited from the strings in his program once again demonstrated that music is the most immediate and emotional form of art."
Erlanger Nachrichten - Germany
"Assad’s Seis Brevidades pack an amazing amount of beauty, power and invention into bite-size portions, and require a virtuosity that the left-handed Simão achieves with seeming ease."
Classical Guitar Magazine - USA
"This CD, which is his first, proves that he is a soloist of international format. (...) He has a brilliant technique, a rich sound and a very good taste."
Akustik Gitarre Magazine - Germany
"This CD confirms the Brazilian tradition of producing outstanding guitarists."
Silvius Leopold Weiss was the most prolific composer in the history of lute music, leaving behind a vast body of work comprising over 650 compositions. The discovery of a collection of manuscripts containing lute music by Weiss and other composers in the archives of Rohrau Castle, Austria, as well as their connection to the city of Salzburg and the lutenist Matthias Siegmund Biechteler, raises intriguing questions. Although Weiss composed far more works for the lute than his contemporary Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach's lute works are much more popular among guitarists, suggesting that the difficulties of adapting Weiss' works for the guitar may play a role. The dissertation aims to explore the possibilities of adapting Weiss' lute compositions for the guitar, with a suite in D minor chosen as a case study to illustrate the adaptation process.
In the presented video, I unveil my inaugural recording on this 11-string guitar, performing S.L. Weiss' Tombeau sur la mort de M. Comte de Logy arrivee 1727.
Read more about this guitar here: https://www.andresimao.de/blog/weiss-...
Record broadcasting by SESC TV (Brazil) of the Brazilian concert series "Movimento Violão" in 2013. In this video, André performs as a duo with Glauber Rocha in the second movement of Fernando Sor's Fantasie for 2 guitars, Op. 54.
Describe what viewers can expect from your video. The guitarist André Simão as soloist with the Orquestra Sinfônica de São José dos Campos- Brazil. Conductor: Marcello Stasi. 2nd movement from "Concierto de Aranjuez", by Joaquín Rodrigo. Live recorded from the concert at the Teatro Municipal São José dos Campos, on 27th April 2011.
Live at the Centro Cultural Brasil-Suriname, Paramaribo, September 2009. Recital carried out by Brazilian Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. Recital performed with a spruce guitar made by Samuel Carvalho.
Video recorded by the SE Portal of the city of Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, documenting the masterclass that André Simão offered to the students of the Conservatory of Guarulhos in 2018.
Video recorded live during a concert in Germany on May 9th, 2010, featuring the Brazilian mezzo-soprano Mere Oliveira in duo with André Simão performing Marlos Nobre's "Dengues da mulata desinteressada," with a guitar arrangement by André Simão.
Live at the Centro Cultural Brasil-Suriname, Paramaribo, September 2009. Recital carried out by Brazilian Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. Recital performed with a spruce guitar made by Samuel Carvalho.
Video recorded live during a concert in Germany on May 9th, 2010, featuring the Brazilian mezzo-soprano Mere Oliveira in duo with André Simão performing Waldemar Henrique's "Tamba-ta-já," with a guitar arrangement by André Simão.
Live at the Centro Cultural Brasil-Suriname, Paramaribo, September 2009. Recital carried out by Brazilian Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. Recital performed with a spruce guitar made by Samuel Carvalho.
Video recorded live during a concert in Germany on May 9th, 2010, featuring the Brazilian mezzo-soprano Mere Oliveira in duo with André Simão performing Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Lundú da Marquesa de Santos," with a guitar arrangement by Edelton Gloeden.
André Simão recorded this video spontaneously during the general quarantine period in Germany in March 2020. This inspired work by Brazilian composer and guitarist Garoto (Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, 1915-1955) is entitled "Esperança", which means Hope. Guitar by Karl Heinz Römmich.
Video recorded live during a concert in Germany on May 9th, 2010, featuring the Brazilian mezzo-soprano Mere Oliveira in duo with André Simão performing César Camargo Guarnieri's "Vou me Embora," with a guitar arrangement by André Simão.
This is a recording of André’s first recitals that took place in my hometown, Taubaté, Brazil, in 1997, when he was a teenager. At this time he played often in that duo with Alessandro Pereira, from whom he learned a lot and who was an important influence on the guitar for me. This video was published to celebrate the 100th birthday of the composer Astor Piazzolla in 2021.
André Simão plays the second movement from the Sonata romantica by Manuel Maria Ponce on a 1994 Daniel Friederich lefthand guitar.
André Simão plays the second movement from the Sonata romantica by Manuel Maria Ponce on a 1994 Daniel Friederich lefthand guitar.