The 1st UFRJ/Udesc Contemporary Composition Meeting: Musical Thought and Mythical Thought is an event dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of ideas regarding contemporary musical poetics.
Composers Lourdes Saraiva and Luigi Antonio Irlandini (UDESC), Liduino Pitombeira and Pauxy Gentil Nunes Filho (UFRJ), and Yuri Behr (USP/CNPq) will conduct a series of activities related to original musical works on May 15 and 16, 2025, from 10 AM to 7 PM, in Room 2116 of Torre Ventura, to reflect on the connection between the creative process and referentiality as its driving force.
The works will be presented in a video concert on the 15th, followed by a roundtable discussion on the 16th. Saraiva and Irlandini will offer composition masterclasses for UFRJ composition students, and Yuri Behr will lead a workshop on spectral music.
The Meeting will also take place at UDESC in June or August 2025. Participants will publish articles as an outcome of the event.
The event is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in composition and performance, as well as the general public.
1st UFRJ/UDESC Contemporary Composition Meeting: Musical Thought and Mythical Thought
UFRJ School of Music • Ventura Tower • Room 2116 • Free Admission
Schedule
Thursday, May 15, 2025
10:00–12:00 – Opening
10:15–12:00 – Workshop • Computer-Assisted Composition Using Spectral Data, Part 1 • Prof. Yuri Behr (USP)
12:00–14:00 – Break
14:00–16:00 – Masterclass • Prof. Luigi Irlandini (UDESC)
16:00–18:00 – Video Concert
- Liduino Pitombeira – A Queda do Céu op. 289 (2023) Concerto for Contrabass Clarinet and Orchestra – 14’10”
Brazilian Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Cruz, conductor | Thiago Tavares, contrabass clarinet - Yuri Behr – A Gralha Azul (2023) clarinet, vibraphone, piano – 7’30”
GruMa Ensemble (USP) | Daniel Bressan, clarinet | Guilherme Florentino, vibraphone | Victor Pompermeyer, piano - Lourdes Saraiva – Crossways (2023-24) percussion quartet – 11’
Ithaca College Percussion Ensemble | Conrad Alexander, conductor - Pauxy Gentil-Nunes, Angelica Faria, Elione Medeiros, Gustavo Gelmini – Alma (2024) flutes, bassoon, theremin, piano, light, scene, video – 18’46”
Angelica Faria, Elione Medeiros, and Pauxy Gentil-Nunes, concept | Gustavo Gelmini with Angelica Faria, Elione Medeiros, and Pauxy Gentil-Nunes, direction | Angelica Faria, Elione Medeiros, and Pauxy Gentil-Nunes, music | Mariana Marques, projection artist | Tanguy Gauchet, lighting design | Paulo Marques, movement coach | Brendan Vinet, audiovisual recording | Letícia Pierre Medeiros, visual programming | Leila Carvalho, translations | Diana Victoria Farias, text editing | Katia Pierre Medeiros, Alma Project consultant | Iani Torres de Faria, Alma Project assistant | Produced by Intercultural Art & Healing & PArtiMus Research Group | Co-produced by Cia. Gelmini & Théâtre de l’Opprimé | Presented by Intercultural Art & Healing, PArtiMus Research Group, and Cia. Gelmini. - Luigi Antonio Irlandini – Santuário de Baleias (2016) soprano saxophone and string orchestra – 11’20”
UFRJ Symphony Orchestra | Thiago Santos, conductor | Carlos Gontijo, soprano saxophone
Friday, May 16, 2025
10:00–12:00 – Workshop • Computer-Assisted Composition Using Spectral Data, Part 2 • Prof. Yuri Behr (USP)
12:00–14:00 – Break
14:00–16:00 – Masterclass • Prof. Lourdes Saraiva (UDESC)
16:00–18:20 – Roundtable Discussion: Creative Process and Referentiality
- Referential Associations as Theoretical Support for the Compositional Planning of A Queda do Céu: Concerto for Contrabass Clarinet and Orchestra • Liduino Pitombeira (UFRJ)
- A Gralha Azul: Narrative Referentiality as Proto-Structuring • Yuri Behr (USP)
- Crossways: The Poetics of the Numinous as Compositional Reference • Lourdes Saraiva (UDESC)
- The Breath in Alma – Creative Methods and Materials • Pauxy Gentil-Nunes (UFRJ)
- Spiral Temple Time: Santuário de Baleias • Luigi Antonio Irlandini (UDESC)
UFRJ School of Music – Building III • Ventura Towers – Av. Chile, 330, 21st Floor, East Tower – Centro • Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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