Marcio Candido, violin

🇧🇷 Brazil

Brazilian violinist Dr. Marcio Candido has performed extensively worldwide as soloist, concertmaster, and chamber musician. His most recent album, Brazil x Argentina, was awarded several prizes, including a silver medal at the Global Music Awards and a nomination for the Anchorage Press Person of the Year 2020. Additionally, Dr. Candido is a prizewinner of several international competitions—the most recent one the American Prize. In 2021 he made his solo debut at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall.

His solo performances with Orquestra Filarmônica do Rio de Janeiro, Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia, Orquestra de Câmara da UNIRIO, Orquestra Filarmônica Adventista do Brasil, New England Repertory Orchestra, Southern Adventist Symphony Orchestra, and the Anchorage Bowl Chamber Orchestra were very well received.

Dr. Candido studied with Brazilian violinist Paulo Bosisio at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he received his Bachelor degree. In the United States, he studied with Eric Rosenblith at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, where he received his Master of Music degree and was a recipient of a special scholarship to study with legendary violinist Roman Totenberg. He concluded his training with Peter Zazofsky at Boston University, where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree.