Vania Pimentel

Autumn Concert Series: Vania Pimentel

The Library’s Autumn Concert Series takes place on Fridays from September 9 to October 3. Each concert will begin at 1 p.m. in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. On September 25, we will have Vania Pimentel on the piano. She will perform her “Mostly Brazilian” program, which features musicians like Itiberê, Nazareth, and Nepomuceno, with also an homage to the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, 150 years from his birth.

This concert is free to attend thanks to the support of the City of Coronado and the Friends of the Coronado Public Library. Seating is first come, first seated and doors will open at 12:45pm.

Vania Pimentel, born and raised in Brazil, has a BA in Music and another BA in Philosophy, KA graduate diploma from Karlsruhe in Germany, Masters in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, and DMA from the University of Houston. Her doctoral dissertation was on Brazilian toccatas, and her CD ‘Brazilian Toccatas and Toccatas’ was praised by the Brazilian Academy of Music. Dr. Pimentel became a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and worked as an assistant teacher at the Moores School of Music and the Texas Music Festival.