Eli-Eri Moura
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Eli-Eri Moura (ˈɛli ˈɛɾi ˈmowɾɐ, born March 30, 1963, in Campina Grande
, Paraíba
) is a Brazil
ian composer
, conductor and music theorist
.
, Brazil
, in the undergraduate and graduate
programs of music. He is also the director of COMPOMUS (Laboratório de Composição Musical - Laboratory of Musical Composition). He studied composition with José Alberto Kaplan and Mário Ficarelli, in Brazil, and later with Brian Cherney
, Alcides Lanza
and John Rea
, at McGill University
, in Montreal
, Canada
, where he received two of his graduate degrees (Master of Music and Doctor of Music
in Composition
).
groups, choir
and orchestra
, as well as music for theater plays, video
s and film
s. His soundtrack
s have won many awards in Brazilian festivals
, including the 10th Vitória Cine Vídeo, in 2003. The composer has also taken part in several important contemporary music festivals, among them the 2002 World Music Days Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music - ISCM, in Hong Kong
(China
). His essay
s are published in periodicals such as Contemporary Music Review, Em Pauta, Per Musi and Musica Hodie.
Eli-Eri Moura has been concerned with developing a compositional process he calls defragmental music, applied to his concert music
(in works such as Circumsonantis, for string quartet
, and Noite dos Tambores Silenciosos, for symphony orchestra). This process recreates and synthesizes several procedures of contemporary music, and interacts in a structural way with references from Brazilian popular musical manifestations, whose elements are explored from within their microdimensional aspects (defragmentation processes). Concomitantly, the composer also works with a language
that encompasses a more conventional musical lexicon
, almost tonal
, employed in some of his choral pieces and in his incidental music
.
Campina Grande
Campina Grande is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called agreste. It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational...
, Paraíba
Paraíba
Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...
) is a Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, conductor and music theorist
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
.
Career
Eli-Eri Moura is a professor at the Federal University of ParaíbaFederal University of Paraíba
The Universidade Federal da Paraíba is a public university whose main campus is located in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Federal University of Paraíba is recommended by the university if necessary...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, in the undergraduate and graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
programs of music. He is also the director of COMPOMUS (Laboratório de Composição Musical - Laboratory of Musical Composition). He studied composition with José Alberto Kaplan and Mário Ficarelli, in Brazil, and later with Brian Cherney
Brian Cherney
Brian Cherney is a Canadian composer currently residing in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the University of Toronto where he was a pupil of John Weinzweig, Samuel Dolin, and John Beckwith. In 1972 he joined Schulich School of Music of McGill University, where he has taught analysis and...
, Alcides Lanza
Alcides Lanza
Alcides Emigdio Lanza is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator of Argentinian birth. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1976. As both a composer and performer he is known as an exponent of contemporary classical music and avant-garde music...
and John Rea
John Rea (composer)
John Rea is a Montreal-based composer who notably won the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in both 1981 and 1992. He obtained his Bachelors degree at Wayne State University , his Master of Music degree at the University of Toronto , and his PhD at Princeton University. His children's opera...
, at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, where he received two of his graduate degrees (Master of Music and Doctor of Music
Doctor (title)
Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
in Composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
).
Work
His works include more than 100 titles: pieces for diverse chamber musicChamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part...
groups, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
and orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, as well as music for theater plays, video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
s and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s. His soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s have won many awards in Brazilian festivals
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
, including the 10th Vitória Cine Vídeo, in 2003. The composer has also taken part in several important contemporary music festivals, among them the 2002 World Music Days Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music - ISCM, in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
(China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
). His essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s are published in periodicals such as Contemporary Music Review, Em Pauta, Per Musi and Musica Hodie.
Eli-Eri Moura has been concerned with developing a compositional process he calls defragmental music, applied to his concert music
Concert music
Concert music may refer to*Brass band, music performed by brass ensembles.*Classical music, the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times.*Concert band, music performed by...
(in works such as Circumsonantis, for string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
, and Noite dos Tambores Silenciosos, for symphony orchestra). This process recreates and synthesizes several procedures of contemporary music, and interacts in a structural way with references from Brazilian popular musical manifestations, whose elements are explored from within their microdimensional aspects (defragmentation processes). Concomitantly, the composer also works with a language
Language
Language may refer either to the specifically human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication, or to a specific instance of such a system of complex communication...
that encompasses a more conventional musical lexicon
Lexicon
In linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions. A lexicon is also a synonym of the word thesaurus. More formally, it is a language's inventory of lexemes. Coined in English 1603, the word "lexicon" derives from the Greek "λεξικόν" , neut...
, almost tonal
Tone (linguistics)
Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or inflect words. All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information, and to convey emphasis, contrast, and other such features in what is called...
, employed in some of his choral pieces and in his incidental music
Incidental music
Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....
.