Rodrigo Lima

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Brazilian composer, Rodrigo Lima was born in Guarulhos-São Paulo in 1976. Bachelor in Musical Composition Degree at the Department of Music – University of Brasília (UnB) and Masters in Composition at the Art Institute of the University of Campinas State (Unicamp) in São Paulo. He studied composition with Estércio Marquez Cunha, Sergio Nogueira, Conrado Silva and Silvio Ferraz. Additional lessons with Emmanuel Nunes, Stefano Gervasoni and Claude Ledoux.

His compositions have been released in contemporary music festivals in Brazil, Latin American, Europe and EUA, include those at:

· Focus! 2017 - The Music of Latin America - The Juilliard School - New York (USA);
·  Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux 2016 (France)

· Festival ‘Risuonanze 2016’ - Incontri di Nuove Musiche - in Tricesimo (Italy). 

 

·          17th World Saxophone Congress & Festival in Strasbourg 2015 (France).

·         Europalia International Arts Festival in Amsterdam (Concertgebouw) 2011;

·         32º International Festival of Contemporary Music in Valencia 2010 (Spain);

·         8º Festival d’aujourd’hui à demain de musique contemporaine 2009 in Cluny (France);

·         International festival of Contemporary music in Santiago (Chile, 2008/12);

·         Bienalle for Brazilian Contemporary Music (Rio de Janeiro);

·         Latin American Music Center - Indiana University (USA, 2008);

·         Westfield Festival of New Music (Boston, 2014), and others.

 

 

Prizes

 

He has obtained some prizes in National and International Competitions:

·         Prize for Classical Composition of the National Arts Foundation  (FUNARTE)

2010

Brazil

·         1ºst Prize Camargo Guarnieri of Composition, Campos do Jordão International Winter Music Festival.

 

2009

Brazil

·         Composer in residence in 5th International Forum for Young Composers with Ensemble Aleph in Paris.

2008

France

·         3th Prize International Iberoamericano Rodolfo Halffter of Composition.

2008

Mexico

·         3ºrd Prize ‘Francisco Guerreiro Martín’ at the ‘XVII Premio Jóvenes Compositores Fundación Autor-CDMC’ in Madrid.

2006

Spain

·         1ºst Prize of the National Competition Camargo Guarnieri of Composition.

2005

Brazil

 

Lima’s Music has been performed by the Ensemble Aleph (France), Ensemble Linea (France), Proxima Centauri (France), Abstrai Ensemble (Brazil), Camerata de las Amércicas (Mexico), Sonor Ensemble (Spain), Orchestutropica (Lisboa-Portugal), Camerata Aberta (Brazil), University of São Paulo Symphony (Brazil) and Claudio Santoro National Theater Symphony Orchestra (Brazil).

              Rodrigo Lima is teacher of composition at the 'EMESP’- School of Music of São Paulo State and is a member of the General Society of Authors and Editors ‘Sociedade General de Autores y Editores (SGAE)’ in Spain. His works are published by Brazilian Academy of Music, BabelScores in France and Da Vinci Edition in Japan.

 

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Featured Pieces

Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Solo Instrument

MATIZ XII "C A N T O DE P A S S A G E M" In memoriam (2021)
MATIZ XI for cello solo "Elegia de sombra e luz" (2020)
MATIZ IX for bass flute (2020)
MATIZ VI for solo vibraphone (2017)
DOIS HAI-KAIS for solo piano (2016)
MATIZ V for solo piano (2015)
MATIZ IV for solo trombone (2013)
MATIZ III, 'Ciclos' for solo percussion (2013)
Recitare for solo violin (2011)
CIRCUNCELLO for solo violoncello (2006)

Instrumental Music

MATIZ XII "C A N T O DE P A S S A G E M" In memoriam (2021)
MATIZ IX for bass flute (2020)
MATIZ X for double bass (2020)
MATIZ XI for cello solo "Elegia de sombra e luz" (2020)
MATIZ VIII for solo trumpet in C (2019)
Chant Pastoral Pour flûte, saxophone soprano, piano et récitant (2018)
MATIZ VI for solo vibraphone (2017)
DOIS HAI-KAIS for solo piano (2016)
MATIZ V for solo piano (2015)
ANTIPHONAS for alto saxophone and ensemble (2014)
MATIZ III, 'Ciclos' for solo percussion (2013)
Ponstos e linhas for soprano saxophone and percussion (2013)
MATIZ IV for solo trombone (2013)
Matiz II for violin, cello and piano (2013)
Recitare for solo violin (2011)
Matiz I, Hommage a Varese for trumpet and trombone (2010)
PONTOS E LINHAS for oboe and percussion (2009)
Quando se muda a paisagem... for chamber orchestra (2008)
CIRCUNCELLO for solo violoncello (2006)

Symphony Orchestra

'SOL A PINO' for Orchestra (2019)

Chamber Group ( 2 - 4 instruments )

Chant Pastoral Pour flûte, saxophone soprano, piano et récitant (2018)
Matiz II for violin, cello and piano (2013)
Ponstos e linhas for soprano saxophone and percussion (2013)
Matiz I, Hommage a Varese for trumpet and trombone (2010)
PONTOS E LINHAS for oboe and percussion (2009)

Ensemble (10 - 19 instruments)

ANTIPHONAS for alto saxophone and ensemble (2014)
Quando se muda a paisagem... for chamber orchestra (2008)

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)

Gestuelle for ensemble (2007)
'SOL A PINO' for Orchestra (2019)
ANTIPHONAS for alto saxophone and ensemble (2014)
Chant Pastoral Pour flûte, saxophone soprano, piano et récitant (2018)
CIRCUNCELLO for solo violoncello (2006)
DOIS HAI-KAIS for solo piano (2016)
Gestuelle for ensemble (2007)
Matiz I, Hommage a Varese for trumpet and trombone (2010)
Matiz II for violin, cello and piano (2013)
MATIZ III, 'Ciclos' for solo percussion (2013)
MATIZ IV for solo trombone (2013)
MATIZ IX for bass flute (2020)
MATIZ V for solo piano (2015)
MATIZ VI for solo vibraphone (2017)
MATIZ VIII for solo trumpet in C (2019)
MATIZ X for double bass (2020)
MATIZ XI for cello solo "Elegia de sombra e luz" (2020)
MATIZ XII "C A N T O DE P A S S A G E M" In memoriam (2021)
Ponstos e linhas for soprano saxophone and percussion (2013)
PONTOS E LINHAS for oboe and percussion (2009)
Quando se muda a paisagem... for chamber orchestra (2008)
Recitare for solo violin (2011)