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
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
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)
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
