Jorge de Freitas Antunes (born 23 April 1942) is a Brazilian composer of electroacoustic and acousmatic music. Jorge Antunes is an Avant-garde composer, who is known as the man who pioneered electronic music in Brazil. [1]
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Antunes entered the Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1959 where he studied violin.[2] He went on to earn Master of Music degrees in both violin and composition from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Doctor of Music in electroacoustic music from the University of Paris (1977).[3]
Biography edit
In 1973, Antunes became a professor at the University of Brasilia. He directs the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music and teaches Composition and Musical Acoustics.
Selected works edit
Opera edit
- Contato (1968)
- Vivaldia MCMLXXV, chamber opera buffa (1975)
- Qorpo Santo, opera in three acts (1983)
- O rei de uma nota só (The Single-tone King), mini-opera in four scenes (1991)
- A borboleta azul (The Blue Butterfly), mini-opera in two acts (1995)
- Olga (composed 1987–97, premiered 2006)
Chamber music edit
- Mascaruncho for two violas (1977)
- Microformóbiles I for viola and piano (1970)
- Modinha para Mindinha (Tune for Mindinha) for seven violas (1985)
Discography edit
Paul Gutama Soegijo / Jorge Antunes / Peter Schat / Junsang Bahk - IGNM - SIMC - ISCM / Musikprotokoll 1972 / Steirischer Herbst '72 / 9 10 17 10 (LP, Promo)Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik - Sektion Österreich, Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik - Sektion Österreich, ORF, ORF0120045, 0120 0451973
Música Eletrônica
2 versionsE. S. Mangione1975
Catastrofe Ultra-Violeta / Isomerism (LP)SistrumLPS 30011976
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (LP)SistrumLPS 30021981
Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB - Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB (CD, Album)UnB DiscosCD 3500102002
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (CD, Album)Paulinas COMEPCD 11807-92003
Música De Câmara II (CD, Album)Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda.CDST0082010
Música De Câmara I (CD, Album)Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda.CDST0072010
Coloratus (CDr, Album)ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Músicanone2011
In Defense Of The Machine (CD)Pogus Productions21067-22013
Cordas Dedilhadas (2xCD, Album)Selo SESC SPCDSS 0132/192020
Singles & EPs
Musica Electronica 70's I (CD, Mini)Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda.CD ST 0011994
Musica Electronica 70's II (CD, Mini)Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda.CD ST 0021995
Musica Electronica 90's I (CD, Mini)Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda.CD ST 0041998
Compilations
Música Eletroacústica - Periodo Do Pioneirismo 2 versionsABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música2002[4]
References edit
External links edit
- Official site (in Portuguese)
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