Liduino Pitombeira

The music of Liduino Pitombeira (Brazil, 1962) has been performed by The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, Louisiana Sinfonietta, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland), Orquestra Filarmônica do Espírito Santo, Orquestra Sinfônica da USP, Orquestra Sinfônica de Ribeirão Preto, Duo Barrenechea, The Alexander-Soares Duo,and Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (Brazil). He has received many composition awards in Brazil and the USA, including the first prize in the 1998 Camargo Guarnieri Composition Competition and the first prize in the "Sinfonia dos 500 Anos" Composition Contest. He also received the 2003 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award for his piece "Brazilian Landscapes No.1". Three more pieces of his series Brazilian Landscapes (No.2,No.6 and No.9) were awarded first prizes in the USA. Dr. Pitombeira received his PhD in composition, with a minor in Theory, from the Louisiana State University (USA), where he studied with Dinos Constantinides and Jeffrey Perry. Pitombeira is professor of composition at the Escola de Música (School of Music) of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - UFRJ, in Brazil. He has published articles on music composition and theory on several academic journals in Brazil and has also presented his researches on compositional theory (especially related to compositional systems and systemic modeling) and music theory in conferences in Brazil and abroad. Pitombeira is a member of MusMat, a research group, affiliated to the Program of Graduate Studies in Music of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, which aims to develop studies and computer modeling related to music and mathematics and their applications in the fields of composition and musical analysis. He is a member of the Academia Brasileira de Música (ABM), Associação de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Música (ANPPOM), and Associação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise Musical (TeMA). His pieces are published by Peters, Bella Musica, Conners, Alry, RioArte, and Irmãos Vitale. Recordings of his works were made by Magni, Summit, Centaur, Antes, Filarmonika, and Bis labels. Please, for his catalogue of works and papers visit his Website and his Academia page .

Compositions

Brazilian Landscapes No.1

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This is the first piece of a series called Brazilian Landscapes, which portrays the composer’s own impressions about Brasil, his native country. It is in three movements, each one inspired by a specific composer. The first one, Carmo, is a reference to Egberto Gismonti. Stylistic references and quotations of Gismonti’s work are present in this movement. The second, Calado, is inspired by “Flor Amorosa,” a choro by composer Joaquim Antônio da Silva Calado. The last one is inspired by Camargo Guarnieri’s sonorities. Brazilian Landscapes No.1 is recipient of the 2003 Louisiana Music Teachers Association Commission Award and winner of the 2003 MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year Award.

A Máquina do Mundo (The Machine of the World)

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The Machine of the World - Concerto for Orchestra, Op.196 (2014) was freely inspired by the poem “The Machine of the World” by Drummond. The titles of the movements - Geometric Order, Noturno, Presto and Fremente - originated from words extracted from the poem and are related to the character and the musical atmosphere of the work.

Canudos

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Canudos (2000) – This work is a reference to the Canudos War, the confrontation, which took place at the end of the 19th century, between the Army of the Republic and a popular social-religious movement led by Antônio Conselheiro, in the community of Canudos, in interior of Bahia. The sounds used in the piece have the potential to produce mystical and bellicose associations. “Canudos” uses phase vocoding, LPC (linear predictive coding), granular, FM and subtractive synthesis and was entirely produced with Csound, Peak and ProTools tools, at MADStudio (Music and Art Digital Studio) at Louisiana State University (United States).