Jorge Antunes (composer)
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
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
Opera
- 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
- Mascaruncho for two violas (1977)
- Microformóbiles I for viola and piano (1970)
- Modinha para Mindinha (Tune for Mindinha) for seven violas (1985)
Discography
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, ORF 0120045, 0120 045 1973
Música Eletrônica
2 versions E. S. Mangione 1975
Catastrofe Ultra-Violeta / Isomerism (LP) Sistrum LPS 3001 1976
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (LP) Sistrum LPS 3002 1981
Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB - Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB (CD, Album) UnB Discos CD 350010 2002
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (CD, Album) Paulinas COMEP CD 11807-9 2003
Música De Câmara II (CD, Album) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CDST008 2010
Música De Câmara I (CD, Album) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CDST007 2010
Coloratus (CDr, Album) ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música none 2011
In Defense Of The Machine (CD) Pogus Productions 21067-2 2013
Cordas Dedilhadas (2xCD, Album) Selo SESC SP CDSS 0132/19 2020
Singles & EPs
Musica Electronica 70's I (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 001 1994
Musica Electronica 70's II (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 002 1995
Musica Electronica 90's I (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 004 1998
Compilations
Música Eletroacústica - Periodo Do Pioneirismo 2 versions ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música 2002 [4]
References
- "Jorge Antunes Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- Ricardo Lorenz; Gerardo Dirié (1995). Scores and Recordings at the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. Indiana University Press. p. 77.
- David M. Cummings (2000). International Who's Who In Music and Musicians' Directory: (In the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780948875533.
- "Jorge Antunes". Discogs.