Caio Facó

Caio Facó (born May 16, 1992) is a Brazilian composer.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Caio Facó was born in Fortaleza, Brazil. He studied composition with Alfredo Barros, Germán Gras and Borges-Cunha and won several international prizes in his 20s. In 2017, Facó worked as a Composer in Residence for Ensemble MPMP, in Portugal. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Guest Composer from Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia, in Chile.^[7] Facó also worked with the International Contemporary Ensemble (USA), Mivos Quartet (USA) and Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (Portugal).^[8] For three consecutive years (2016–18), he won the most prestigious composition contest in Brazil: Festival Tinta Fresca.^[9] In Brazil, his works are performed by Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo and Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais.^[10][11] In 2021, Facó was a Composer in Residence at Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo.^[12] In 2024, he was selected for a residency at Ibermúsicas, to work on two new chamber works in Portugal.^[13] Facó's work has been associated with anti-colonialism movements and issues from the Global South.^[14][15]

• Diário das Narrativas Fantásticas (2019)
• As veias abertas da América Latina (2018)

• O pássaro de areia (2023)
• O tear das histórias do Sol (2022)
• Ensaio sobre Cores e Sombras (2018)
• Pandora (2017)
• Aproximações Áureas (2016)

• Discurso das Poesias (2023)
• Goldberg – Diálogos entre duas Eras (2021)
• O lugar de todas as coisas (2021)
• Cangaceiros e Fanáticos (2018)
• Reminiscências (2017)
• Sopros do Estuário (2017)
• Ritos das Senhoras da Terra (2017)
• As Vozes das Labaredas do Sertão (2017)
• O Príncipe de Venosa (2016)
• Canções Errantes (2016)