Marcelo Bratke

Origin

São Paulo, SP

Years Active

1974

Genres

classical music, crossover

Instruments

piano

Biography

Marcelo Bratke is a renowned Brazilian pianist born in São Paulo on September 6, 1960. He began his musical training at the age of fourteen under the tutelage of Zélia Deri, achieving national prominence early in his youth when he debuted with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Eleazar de Carvalho and won the APCA Revelation Pianist Award. Throughout his career, he has consolidated a solid international trajectory with performances on renowned stages such as Carnegie Hall in New York and Wigmore Hall in London, in addition to exploring various genres through striking partnerships with names like Milton Nascimento, Naná Vasconcelos, and Fernanda Takai.

In addition to his intense activity as a soloist, the pianist has stood out for relevant projects of social inclusion and cultural dissemination. In 2008, he founded Camerata Brasil, an orchestra aimed at young musicians from vulnerable communities that has given hundreds of performances around the world. His commitment to spreading the work of Heitor Villa-Lobos also resulted in the creation of the Villa-Lobos Worldwide Project, which includes the complete recording of the Brazilian maestro's solo piano compositions by the British label Quartz Music.

His contribution to Brazilian culture also extends to broadcasting and television, acting as the creator and presenter of programs such as Alma Brasileira on Cultura FM radio, and documentary series dedicated to classical music. For his invaluable services to the preservation and promotion of the country's musical heritage, he has received important honors, including the insignia of the Order of Cultural Merit in 2017. Through his art, Bratke continues to expand the horizons of Brazilian classical music to audiences across the globe.

Discography

• Ernesto Nazareth, Darius Milhaud / Marcelo Bratke – Brasil (1993)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos: Piano Music (1994)
• Aaron Copland - Marcelo Bratke, Marcela Roggeri – Music For Two Pianos: The Open Prairie (1999)
• Ernesto Nazareth & Darius Milhaud: Brasil (2003)
• Paisagens Brasileiras (2004)
• Claudio Santoro, Rosana Lamosa, Marcelo Bratke – Love Songs & Popular Songs - Preludes & Paulistanas For Solo Piano (2005)
• Santoro: Songs & Piano Works (2005)
• Solo Piano Works Ernesto Nazareth (2009)
• Ernesto Nazareth, Marcelo Bratke, Camerata Brasil – Vale Música (2009)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, Marcelo Bratke – Obra Completa para Piano Solo Vol. 1 (2010)
• Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 1 (2010)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, Marcelo Bratke – Obra Completa para Piano Solo Vol. 2 (2012)
• Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 2 (2012)
• Marcelo Bratke, Heitor Villa-Lobos – Obra Completa para Piano Vol. 3 (2014)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos, Marcelo Bratke – Complete Solo Piano Works, Vol. 4 & 5 (2018)
• Villa-Lobos: Complete Solo Piano Works, Vols. 4 & 5 (2018)
• Song of the Black Swan (2021)
• Chopin: Piano Works (2022)
• Imaginary Line (2026)
• Mutationen ● Mutation
• Marcelo Bratke - Webern, Schubert, Bach, Berg – Piano