Brazilian pianist Victor Cayres has earned praise for concerts with the Sine Nomine string quartet and as a soloist with such orchestras as the Boston Pops and the Brno Philharmonic in the Czech Republic. He has been a guest artist at Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Claflin University, Western Washington University, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory, and State University for Arts and Culture. He has released CDs for Albany Records, Parma Records, and Centaur Records, with works by American contemporary composers David Owens, Joseph Summer, and John H. Wallace. Mr. Cayres frequently performs in Brazil, Europe, and in prestigious venues in the U.S., such as Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Preston Bradley Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall. His concerts have been broadcast live on Brazil’s TV Cultura channel, Boston’s WGBH 99.5 All Classical, and Chicago’s WFMT Fine Arts Radio. 

Victor Cayres has appeared as a soloist with the NEC Philharmonia, the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony Pro-Musica, the Boston University Symphony Orchestra, the Orquestra Petrobras Pró-Música, the Orquestra Sinfônica Brasileira, Orquestra Sinfônica, and the Orquestra de Câmera at the University of São Paulo, collaborating with such conductors as Ronaldo Bologna, Mark Churchill, Marc David, Ryan Haskins, Gil Jardim, Keith Lockhart, Norton Morozowisk, Donald Palma, Roberto Tibiriçá, and Jan Zbavitel. Under the direction of Theophanis Kapsopoulos, he has toured the Czech Republic and Switzerland with the Orchestre des Jeunes de Fribourg.   He currently serves as Visiting Lecturer at Boston University School of Music, Co-Director for Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Piano Program, and faculty at New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Continuing Education, and Rivers School Conservatory.