Jorge Antunes (composer)

Jorge Antunes composing the Leopoldina opera during this artistic residency in the Cité internationale des arts, 2020

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 Brasília. 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, ORF 0120045, 0120 045 1973

Música Eletrônica [edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • Música Eletroacústica - Periodo Do Pioneirismo  2 versions ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música 2002

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jorge Antunes Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Ricardo Lorenz; Gerardo Dirié (1995). Scores and Recordings at the Indiana University Latin American Music Center. Indiana University Press. p. 77.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Jorge Antunes". Discogs.

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