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Andersen Viana

Biography

Prof. Viana has a PhD in Music Composition by the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. He started his activities as a composer at age of thirteen and as a music professor at the age of nineteen. He did his first studies with his father - Sebastião Vianna (assistant and revisor of Villa-Lobos) - and lately he furthered his studies n other institutions in Brazil, Italy and Sweden - namely UFMG, UFBA, Reale Filarmonica Accademia di Bologna, Arts Academy of Rome, Accademia Chigiana di Siena and Royal University College of Music in Stockholm.

At present he works as a composer-conductor, cultural producer as well as a professor at Clóvis Salgado Foundation - Palàcio das Artes and at Escola Livre de Cinema, both in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, besides giving lectures and workshops in various institutions both in Brazil and abroad. He has also published over fifty articles both in Brazil and Europe. He has been received twenty awards in Brazil, Europe and the USA, including the first prize in the International Contest of Composition "Lys Music Orchestra 2001"” in Belgium,"'First Prize" and the "Audience Prize" in the "Lambersart 2006 International Contest of Composition” in France.

Dr. Viana has composed around three hundred musical pieces for voices, acoustic and electronic instruments. He has also composed soundtracks for a large number of films.

Prof. Viana a eu un doctorat en composition musicale à l’Université Fédérale de Bahia, Brésil. Ses premières compositions date de l’âge de treize ans. Il enseigne depuis l’âge de dix-neuf ans. Ses premières études ont été avec son père, Sebastião Vianna (l’assistante de Villa-Lobos, pour lequel il effectue des révisions importantes) – et après dans d’autres universités au Brésil, en Italie et en Suède.

Actuellement, il est compositeur et chef d’orchestre à la Fondation Cló.vis Salgado et à l’école Livre de Cinéma, à Belo Horizonte, Brésil. Il donne des conférences et des masterclasses en Brésil et à l’étranger. Il a publié plus que cinquante articles en Brésil et en Europe. Il est également lauréat des plusieurs concours de compositions : Premier Prix de “Lys Music Orchestra” en 2001 (Belgique) et Premier prix et Prix du Public pour le Concours Lambersart 2006 (France).

Dr. Viana a composé plus que trois cents oeuvres pour voix, instruments et musiques électroniques dans différentes formes. Il a également composé une grand nombre de musiques pour le cinéma.

PhD em Mùsica pela Universidade Federal da Bahia, Andersen Viana iniciou suas atividades como compositor aos treze anos, e como professor, aos dezenove anos de idade. Atua como maestrocompositor, produtor cultural e leciona diversas matérias musicais na Fundação Clóvis Salgado-Palàcio das Artes e Mùsica de Cinema na Escola Livre de Cinema, ambos em Belo Horizonte-Brasil, além de ministrar palestras e oficinas em diversas instituições no Brasil e exterior. Iniciou seus estudos com seu pai - Sebastião Vianna (revisor e assistente de Heitor Villa-Lobos) - e posteriormente nas seguintes instituições no Brasil, Itàlia e Suécia: UFMG, UFBA, Reale Filarmonica Accademia di Bologna, Arts Academy of Rome, Accademia Chigiana di Siena e no Royal University College of Music in Stockholm. Tem mais de cinquenta artigos publicados no Brasil e Europa. Por sua obra musical recebeu 20 premiações no Brasil, Europa e EUA, incluindo o 1º Lugar no Concurso Internacional de Composiç ão "Lys Music Orchestra 2001" na Bélgica, 1º Lugar e o "Prêmio do Pùblico" no "Concurso Internacional de Composiç ão Lambersart 2006" na França. Em seu catàlogo atual constam cerca de trezentas obras musicais compostas para vozes, instrumentos acùsticos e eletrônicos. Para o cinema compôs e produziu mùsica para os filmes.