Career
Graduating with a Bachelor and an Master of Arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, he earned a Doctorate at the Sorbonne in 2000 on the subject of the chamber music of Brazilian composer Henrique Oswald. He continued his studies at the International Piano Academy Lake Como and finally at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with Wha-Kyung Byun. Solo recitals include Wigmore Hall (London) in 2003 and 2008, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 2007, Rome (2011) and Charleston (South Carolina) United States of America 2015.
Eduardo Monteiro has performed with the Saint St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (Termikanov), Munich Philharmonic (Fisch)(Gasteig, 6 July 1997), National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland (Bakels)( National Council on the Humanities, 13 December 1991), the Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra (Katz).
He has also performed with the Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra (Tibiriçá) and other principal orchestras of Brazil. Monteiro is a proponent of the music of Brazil.
His recording Piano Music of Brazil with Meridian Records (2008) was well received and included in International Piano’s selection for an evening of Brazilian piano music He has recorded Henrique Oswald’s chamber music with the São Paulo Ensemble on the LAMI label.
Monteiro is a notable performer of the music of the composer Almeida Prado, who dedicated his Ballade no 4 to him.
Monteiro’s recording of Cartas Celestes Volume 1 by Prado was broadcast on Brazilian radio in homage to the composer on his death in 2010. He is currently vice-director of the School of Communications and Arts at the University of São Paulo and publishes widely on his subject. Monteiro contributed the classical piano section on the Digital Video Disc Piano – A History of 300 Years and was producer and presenter of a 13-part series The Language of the Piano in the Classical Period for Brazilian radio in 2013.
