Caio Facó
Composer · Educator · Oud player
Music across worlds
Caio Facó brings sound, memory and identity into conversation, through contemporary music, Brazilian cultural heritage and encounters with the musical traditions of the Gulf.
From orchestral colour to the voice of the oud, his work also moves between composing and teaching.
“Facó is one of the most prominent Brazilian composers contributing to contemporary classical music.”
Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra
01 / Acoustic voice. Electronic space
Oud & Electronics
Two projects place the oud in dialogue with electronics and synthesizers. Performed by Caio, they explore the meeting of instrumental gesture, memory and contemporary sound.
02 / From the catalogue
Three ways into the music
A selection for orchestra, string quartet and solo flute, with recordings and scores close at hand.
Chamber orchestra · 2019
Diário das Narrativas Fantásticas
Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia
Emmanuele Baldini, conductor
String quartet · 2021
O lugar de todas as coisas
OSESP String Quartet
03 / Portugal · Artistic exchange
Discurso
das Poesias
for bass clarinet · 2023
A conversation that
continues beyond the score
The collaboration with Frederic Cardoso connects composition, performance and recording. With an Ibermúsicas grant, Caio’s residency in Paredes, Portugal brought together concerts, recordings and composition masterclasses at the Conservatório de Música de Paredes.
04 / Composer, performer, educator
Across traditions
Through sound
An artistic and teaching practice shaped by movement between cultures, disciplines and ways of listening.
Caio’s music explores the relationship between cultural memory, identity and sound. Collaborations with violinist and conductor Emmanuele Baldini and flutist Jiajia Li have helped shape an approach to instrumental writing grounded in exchange with performers.
His music has been performed by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Ensemble CEPROMUSIC and Orquesta de Cámara de Valdivia, among others.
Teaching across two continents
He is Assistant Professor of Music and Sound Design at Bahrain Polytechnic. His teaching experience spans South America and Asia, including music programmes in Brazil and teaching sound for film and animation in Bahrain.
Previously, he taught at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC).
He holds a PhD in Music from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS).
05 / On record
Listen on Spotify
Chamber orchestra
Diário das Narrativas Fantásticas
Oud & electronics
Neither of the East nor of the West
06 / Let’s start a conversation
New music begins with an encounter
For commissions, performances and collaborations, score enquiries, or conversations about teaching and research.
