Viana Stitibal Books

Marcus Viana belongs to an extremely musical family. His father, Sebastião Viana, a well-known conductor, was assistant to the Brazilian composer Villa Lobos. His home environment did not mean technical musical instruction; his first attempt at formal piano training (ten years old) was not successful. However, when he was 13 he started taking classes with Hungarian teacher Gabor Buza, a disciple of Carl Flesh, a great master of violin didactics. He continued his studies at the university until he was 25. From 1972 to 1973, he lived in Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), where he joined the local orchestra and started his first steps as a composer.

Stefano Viana is an Italian guitarist, songwriter and producer who has already caused a stir with his first album "Viana" (2017) which received very positive reviews. Following his passion with enthusiasm Stefano contacted singer and producer Bryan Cole (Giant, Steel City, solo artist) and started to work on new material. Alessandro Del Vecchio was the vocalist on the first outing but this time Bryan Cole is at the mike stand. The music was recorded in a studio like in the "good old days" and this has made a great impact on the end result as the musicians have bonded and made a richer sound. This new album features some great musicians such as Terry Brock and Francesco Marras and also boasts the talents of great American guitar player John Roth from Giant, Winger and Starship. The 10 tracks we have here are all strong songs, there are no fillers here.. just great melodic hard rock played with a passion and flair. This is one album that is going to be talked out in the coming weeks.

Trio Pangea explores the rich variety to be found in a century of Portuguese chamber music history. Armando José Fernandes was one of the most prominent Portuguese composers of the mid-20th century, and with its contrasting musical playfulness and serene solemnity his Sonata a Tre reveals the composer’s strong attachment to neo-Classicism. Nuno Côrte-Real’s Sonata Holandesa is representative of a shifting compositional style that ranges in expression from violent to dreamlike. One of Liszt’s last pupils, José Viana da Mota has been described as ‘utterly Brahmsian’ in the noble opening to his Piano Trio, elements of which also reflect the influence of his teacher.

This volume is based on lectures presented at the AMS Special Session on Algebraic Methods in Statistics and Probability–held March 27-29, 2009, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign–and on contributed articles solicited for this volume.