José Carlos Amaral Vieira
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José Carlos Amaral Vieira (born 1952 in São Paulo
) is a Brazil
ian composer
, pianist, and musicologist. He has performed solo since he was eight years old and studied in Europe from 1965 to 1976. He returned to Brazil in 1977 and has since composed for several genres there.
. He studied piano with Souza Lima and composition with Artur Hartmann in Brazil
.
Vieira later studied in France
at the Paris Conservatory with Lucette Descaves and Olivier Messiaen
; in Germany at the Freiburger Musikhochschule with Carl Seeman and Konrad Lechner; and in the United Kingdom with Louis Kentner.
In 1977 he returned to Brazil to embark on the career of a virtuoso performer, while introducing his own compositions in concert programmes. He has achieved international acclaim both as a concert and recording artist, composer, and musicologist, and has appeared throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Among his honors, Vieira has been the recipient of the Arthur Honegger International Composition Award, a Grand Prix International (Fondation de France), Hungary's Liszt Award, and Japan's Min-On Award.
São Paulo
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) is a Brazil
Brazil
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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...
, pianist, and musicologist. He has performed solo since he was eight years old and studied in Europe from 1965 to 1976. He returned to Brazil in 1977 and has since composed for several genres there.
Biography
José Carlos Amaral Vieira was born in 1952 in São PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. He studied piano with Souza Lima and composition with Artur Hartmann in 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...
.
Vieira later studied in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
at the Paris Conservatory with Lucette Descaves and Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...
; in Germany at the Freiburger Musikhochschule with Carl Seeman and Konrad Lechner; and in the United Kingdom with Louis Kentner.
In 1977 he returned to Brazil to embark on the career of a virtuoso performer, while introducing his own compositions in concert programmes. He has achieved international acclaim both as a concert and recording artist, composer, and musicologist, and has appeared throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Among his honors, Vieira has been the recipient of the Arthur Honegger International Composition Award, a Grand Prix International (Fondation de France), Hungary's Liszt Award, and Japan's Min-On Award.
List of Compositions
- Te Deum in stilo barocco (Te Deum in the Baroque Style), Op. 213 (1986)
- Sons inovadores (Sounds of Innovation), Op. 266 (1992)
- Missa Choralis. Op. 213 (1984)
- "Alvorada de esperança da civilização universal" (Dawn of Hope for Humanistic Civilization), Op. 268
- O alvorecer do século da humanidade (Dawn of the Century for Humanity), Op. 259 (1991)
- Canção da juventude (Song of Youth), Op. 274
- Palavras de encorajamento (Words of Encouragement (Op. 267)