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Oct
Piano Duo – English
Gilbert & Marisa North-South Piano Duo
International pianist Gilbert Gambucci, a native of the United States who has performed on four continents throughout his career, has joined forces with the sought-after concert pianist Marisa Gurgel, a native of São Paulo, Brazil, to form the North-South Piano Duo.
Since 2020, the duo has performed over 100 four-hands piano concertos, captivating audiences with a vast repertoire of Brazilian, international, and classical masterpieces, performing in municipal and state theaters, music conservatories, private and public schools, cultural venues, and private residences.
The duo also specializes in performing for social events and wedding ceremonies.
Gilbert Gambucci, International Concert Artist, Author, Professor of Piano and Transdisciplinary Studies, and International Academic Representative for the Keppe & Pacheco Colleges in Brazil.
A native of Jessup, Pennsylvania, Gilbert began his piano studies at the age of 6. At 17, he was awarded the National Paderewski Piano Tournament Award in the United States and later received the Emerson Full Tuition Scholarship Award to the Ithaca College School of Music in Ithaca, New York, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Keppe & Pacheco College and a postgraduate degree in Music Therapy from the Faculeste College in Brazil. He has performed professionally on four continents, including the United States, England, France, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Brazil.
Since 1984 he has worked daily with the International Society of Analytical Trilogy resulting in his books Inside Music – Art and Transcendence, Third Millennium Renaissance – The Vital Role of Music and the Arts in Society, and Unresolved – The Severe Pathology of Socioeconomic Power. Mr Gambucci lectures regularly about the contents of his books based in the science of Dr. Norberto R. Keppe.
Contato:
Cel: (35)9 8472-2060 
Email: gilbertgambucci@aol.com
Cel: (11)9 9501-5733
Marisa Gurgel, Concert Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Vocalist and professor of piano, accordion, voice, choir, and member of the North-South Piano Duo.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she began her musical studies at age 5 with Maria Anesia Gurgel. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Classical Piano from the São Paulo Conservatory of Drama and Music. She holds postgraduate degrees in Popular Music from Unifaccamp University, and Choral Conducting, Voice Fundamentals, Music Therapy, and Children’s Music Education from the Faculeste College.
Marisa was a member of the examining board for the “Cidinha Pio” and “Menininha Lobo” piano competitions at the Tatuí Conservatory where she also taught classical and popular piano for 16 years. She has participated in the famed classical and popular instrumental music festivals in Tatuí and Campos do Jordão and has taught music workshops for school coordinators at the Department of Education for the east side of São Paulo. Marisa has performed as a pianist in orchestras for over 20 Broadway musicals in São Paulo’s major theaters, and as a solo pianist with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.
She is the conductor of the Keppe and Pacheco College Choir, the Keppe and Pacheco Academy of Arts Children’s Choir, and the Cambuquira Afro Women’s Choir in Minas Gerais. She teaches Sing in English, among other courses, at the Keppe and Pacheco College and has performed over 100 four-hands piano concerts with the North-South Piano Duo.