Dario Sotelo
Dario Sotelo is graduated in Piano, Violin, Viola and Fine Arts and, in
1983 joined the Conservatory of Tatuí – one of the most important school of
music in Brazil, nowadays with more than 3000 students of all instruments.
In 1984 he formed his first child orchestra and since 1986 he has been in
charge of the String Department.
In this position he formed many orchestras and developed major projects,
such as the children’s opera. “The Plague and the Intriguer” by Mario
Ficarelli, with the participation of 100 children and 30 technicians team.
This opera was recorded and broadcasted over the State of São Paulo during
two years on TV Cultura during Children’s Day. Other projects he worked on:
“Christmas Cantata” by Ernest Mahle, and the ballet “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream” by Edson Beltrami.
In 1991 Dario Sotelo received a scholarship from British Council to take
the Master Degree in Conducting at “City University” of London, when
he studied with Ezra Rachlin, disciple of the great conductor Fritz Reiner.
As part of this course, he conducted four concerts, in one of them as a
special guest.
Back to Brazil in 1993, Sotelo was invited to be the Artistic Director
and Conductor of the Brazilian Wind Orchestra and Pedagogic Coordinator and
Conductor of 4 Wind Festivals in Tatuí – 1993, 1994, 1997 and 1998. He also
has participated as a teacher in the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival an
Curitiba Music Workshop.
In 1998 he conducted music of Brazilian composers in three concerts
during the Brazilian Music Festival, in Wattwill – Swiss. In 2000 he went to
Hungary for lectures on Brazilian music, conducting two concerts and
recording the “Sinfonia nº 1”- Villani-Côrtes and “Retratos do Brasil” –
Brazilian Portraits of Hudson Nogueira, for the Hungarian State Radio.
In 2002 was the general coordinator of the “I South-America Conference
for Composers, Arrangers and Conductors of Symphonic Band”
In 2002 he was invited by the University of Minnesota-Morris,
for a series of four lectures and four concerts, and in 2003 conducted
tree concerts during the JanFest at the University of Georgia-Athens.
Released CDs:
1995 – Brazilian Wind Orchestra – Compositores Brasileiros.
1998 – Brazilian Wind Orchestra - Compositores Brasileiros –
Pró-Banda.
1999 – Paulista Symphonic Orchestra – Obras Brasileiras para Saxofone e
Orquestra –
Soloist Dale Underwood .
2000 – Brazilian Wind Orchestra – Arranjadores Brasileiros – I Contest of
Arrangements for Symphonic Band
2002 – Braailian Wind Orchestra – Portrait
Dario Sotelo has worked very close to Brazilian composers and arrangers
such Hudson Nogueira, Villani-Côrtes, Sergio Vasconcellos-Correa, Edson
Beltrami, Antônio Carlos Neves, Mário Ficarelli, promoting Brazilian music
through new commissions, premiering their music with the Brazilian
Wind Orquestra and the Paulista Symphonic Orquestra, and also preparing
editions and reviewing traditional composers such as Villa-Lobos and Claudio
Santoro.
