Psallo Trio

The friendship between two children was the starting point for the exotic and unusual partnership amongst voice, French horn, and piano. The sons of the couple Ângela/Eduardo and 

Josani/Marcelo were colleagues at the same school in São Paulo and, after many afternoons when the kids played together, the families realized a common passion: the music! 

In April 2017, the trio debuted with the piece “Auf dem Strom” (F. Schubert & L. Rellstab) at their children’s school, aiming at promoting classical music and talk about music as a profession. 

Since this first encounter the partnership has been alive. Meetings, conversations, rehearsals, selection of repertoire e adaptation of pieces to the trio have become a special part of the life of those two families. 

About our name: Psallo, from Greek, originally to pluck a musical instrument. Lately, sing, create melodies. Psallo Trio: Voice, French Horn and Piano singing, celebrating! 

In 2020 the Trio launches its first album. The repertoire includes pieces originally written for the ensemble, with focus on contemporary composers from the American continent: the Brazilian Danilo Guanais; the North Americans Daniel Baldwin and Ryan O’Connell.

The album also contains two iconic pieces for the ensemble by Franz Schubert and Richard Strauss.

The Brazilian mezzo-soprano Josani Pimenta received her PhD in Singing from UNESP, State University of São Paulo, Brazil. She graduated in Conducting and Traverse Flute from UNICAMP, University of Campinas, where she also obtained her Masters in Arts, focused in Conducting. 

She has performed in Latin America, Europe and Brazil. She focuses her research work on the performance of the Brazilian art song, especially on the oeuvre of Camargo Guarnieri, and on the divulgation of the Sung Brazilian Portuguese to non-native Portuguese speakers. 

In 2016, her thesis about the performance of songs by Camargo Guarnieri won an award from the Brazilian Ministry of Education.

In 2015, launched her first album with contemporary Brazilian Christian songs.

Currently, she lives in NY.

Born in São Paulo, Eduardo began his music studies with his father at the age of 11 in the Assembly of God Russian Church of Brazil.

In 1989, he joined the Municipal Music School of São Paulo. He then began to study the French Horn with Roberto Minczuk.

In 1992 he joined the Youth Symphony Orchestra of Santo André. In 1993, he joined the Experimental Repertory Orchestra where he was the winner of the Young Soloists Competition.

He went on to study with Daniel Havens. In 1995 he was accepted by the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra where he studied with Gerd Seifert and Stefan Dohr from 1996 to 1998.

In 2000, he joined the São Paulo State Symphony Band and in 2002 joined the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) where he has performed to date.

He completed his bachelor’s degree in French Horn at the Mozarteum College of São Paulo and in 2016 completed his master’s degree at the Federal University of Bahia.

He began his musical studies with Clarice Martins in his hometown, Rio Verde, Brazil. Lately, in Goiânia, Brazil, studied with Lilian Carneiro de Mendonça and the pianist Belkiss Spencieri Carneiro de Mendonça. He received many prizes in Brazilian national piano competitions.

Started Music college at the Federal University of Goiás, however graduated as an Electrical Engineer from UNICAMP, State University of Campinas. He also holds an MBA from the Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh (EUA). 

Marcelo has performed as an accompanist in Brazil, Europe and the USA, collaborating with singers, instrumentalists and choirs.