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Elvis Thiago Martins Claro is a Brazilian pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from Cascavel, Paraná. In 2019, Elvis won the "Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition," one of Europe's most important classical music competitions, held in Vienna, the world's music capital. He placed second among over 300 applicants, and performed at the home of the Great Mozart in Vienna. In March 2023, he was a finalist in the 1st International Contemporary Piano Composition Competition organized by the ArtePiano Organization in Italy and the United Kingdom, where his "Etude No. 7" for Piano impressed the renowned Italian and British juries. He also received an invitation to participate in the Castelnuovo di Farfa International Music Festival in Italy this July. Elvis Claro is a pioneer and founder of the Piano Caipira Rhythm style, greatly influencing the experimental music of composers such as Terry Riley and Phillip Glass. Elvis's music uses compositional techniques from the minimalist school, but with a Brazilian country music accent. His unique writing style led him to develop his own innovative rhythmic structure. Despite his reserved and shy personality, his works gained prominence and notoriety. Elvis took piano lessons with the excellent teacher Consuelo Spoladore in his hometown. In 2021, at the invitation of internationally renowned pianist Miguel Proença, Elvis enjoyed piano guidance and lessons in Rio de Janeiro. Elvis is an assiduous researcher of music history and compositional processes, especially in experimental and modern music. He declares himself self-taught and vehemently considers nature to be his main teacher and shaper of his creative process, always studying hard and with enthusiasm.
His story is incredible and intriguing, because before these achievements, Elvis had a troubled life. Coming from a very humble family, his childhood was filled with extreme poverty and almost no opportunities. He married at 18 and worked as a watermelon salesman, decorator, driver, painter, street vendor, and street vendor for 10 years. When he turned 26, he decided to finish high school to study music at Anhanguera College, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Music in 2015. Elvis discovered his talent for composing music, writing his first song inside a street vendor's shop at 29. After that, he abandoned his life as a salesman to teach piano. He composed several solo piano pieces and soundtracks for theater plays, worked as a teacher and conductor at the Cascavel Industrial Penitentiary, and in 2019, he was honored by the Brazilian Society of Art and Culture with the Carlos Gomes Cultural Merit.