Ariel Lima is a Brazilian musician from Belém, where he began his musical studies on the violin, cello and piano and later also turned to composition. From the age of 18 he devoted himself exclusively to the piano under the guidance of Glória Caputo. In 2014 he received a full scholarship to study at the École Normale de Musique in Paris with Guigla Katsarava, where he obtained the Diplôme Supérieur d’Exécution and the Diplôme Supérieur d’Enseignement “à l’unanimité et avec les félicitations du jury”, the institution’s highest distinction.
He performs regularly in Brazil and Europe as a soloist and chamber musician and has taken part in several opera productions in his home town. In international competitions he was a finalist at the Concours France-Amériques (Paris) and won first prize at the Concours Clés d’Or (Villemomble).
After his years in France he studied with Konstantin Scherbakov at the Zurich University of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor and Master in Music – Major in Piano Performance with distinction and top marks. He is currently continuing his studies there, specialising in art song and chamber music with Christoph Berner.
Today he focuses above all on concerts in unconventional formats, conceived as a coherent whole rather than a series of individual pieces. This has led to interdisciplinary projects that also draw on visual art and poetry – among them “CHEMINS”, a musical monologue, and “The Grass”. The latter began as his master’s recital and won the ZHdK Förderpreis 2024 for outstanding artistic projects.
Source: alas-quartett.ch