CLARINET + COMPOSITION

His musicality developed when he joined the Music Band in his hometown, Nova Friburgo, at 12 years old. Soon after, already in Rio de Janeiro, he began working with and studying under several teachers, being in contact with great masters at the UFRJ School of Music, participating in orchestra and chamber groups practice sessions, developing his skills as a soloist. He studied under Rubens Coêlho Gomes, José Carlos de Castro, Paulo Sérgio Santos, José Botelho, as well as attended master classes with many foreign teachers. Still young, at the age of 23, he joined the Paraná Symphonic Orchestra, where he is still a solo clarinetist. With an ongoing interest in composing, he hasn´t written much in his opinion, since he dedicated his time to playing in various chamber groups, popular music, folklore groups, orchestras, but he intends to develop this aspect more and more. As a multi-instrumentalist, since the beginning of his musical training, in addition to the clarinet Marcelo plays the flute, saxophone and piano, participating intensely in the most diverse activities in music.
Composing for the theater, jingles, for various groups, teaching at music festivals around the country and around the world. Marcelo is fully dedicated to music; despite so many different activities and styles that he attends. They are all directly linked to playing, teaching or composing music Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, written in 2018, especially for this tribute to Maestro Alceo Bocchino, on the occasion of his centenary; it has three movements, being that Saudade includes a melody by Bocchino himself in a nostalgic atmosphere and, like a dancing tango. Reminisces the good humor and dedication of the conductor. The second, Amor, dedicated to the pregnancy and birth of daughter Maya, conveying the impression of that which had not been born yet and the moment of childbirth, her strong emotions and nature, in the feminine delicacy, in the tranquility of the baby. The third, Alegria, ra scene in a public square, tightrope and a clown being mischievous, in a continuous groove, with a wide smile.

COMPOSITION

Born in 1990, Santiago is a Uruguayan composer,
pianist, audio designer, artistic arranger and researcher. In Curitiba, Paraná,
he graduated in musical composition with Harry Crowl, Márcio Steuernagel and Felipe de Almeida Ribeiro from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná – UNESPAR. He studied with Maurício Dottori and Osvaldo Colarusso and worked with several new musical ensembles in Curitiba. Award recipient in composition festivals at the XXII Funarte Prize for Classic Composition (2017) and at the IV Bienal Música Hoje (2017). He presented his compositions at the MadeinNY JazzGala jazz competition at the Tribeca Center of Performing Arts in New York (2017). Recent works include the Ballet Concerto “Waters of Eden and Hades”. He is currently a postgraduate student of the Master of Music in the composition program at the School of Music, University of Missouri, Columbia, under Carolina Heredia, Yoshiaki Onishi and Stefan Freund.
His compositions attempt to find the link between musical creation and cognition through specific formal uses of harmony to reveal how memory affects his perception in time. Both works are the result of the relationship with the work of Marcelo Oliveira and focus on how harmony acts within the listener’s memory in different ways. “Quinteto um”, with a lyrical character and continuous development, uses mathematics to create its material: modular rotations of a same series on each one of its elements, which adapts to the smoothest possible flow of their voices in polyphony. “Mosaico” builds a harmonic image over a fixed color from a more recent perspective, showing different rhythms and recognizable styles. Like an image made up of pieces that appear and disappear but that do not change their place in the plane, imprinting in memory the sensation of a complete image after a certain listening period.

RAFAEL STEFANICHEN FERRONATO (violin):

violinist and professor of the Music program at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Rafael works on two fronts: violin learning and performance processes, and musical education, researching the formative-cognitive processes in musical development in basic and higher education. Rafael is also a chamber musician, contributing to various groups and orchestras throughout Brazil, in addition to holding masterclasses at the invitation of higher education institutions.

SAMUEL PESSATTI (cello):

born in Curitiba, he began his cello studies at age 6 with Adriane Savytsky. He continued his studies with Jessiane Frufrek. Later, he graduated in Cello from the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná (EMBAP), under Maria Alice Brandão. He teaches cello and chamber music at Musicarium Academia Filarmônica Brasileira.

RICARDO MOLTER (violin):

he holds a bachelor’s degree in Violin from EMBAP/UNESPAR, he studied under Paulo Lückmann, Marco Damm, Paulo Bosísio and Winston Ramalho He was an awarded recipient at the 15th Paulo Bosísio National String Competition. He has performed as a soloist, concertmaster at Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba, Cidade de Ponta Grossa Symphony Orchestra, PUC/PR Chamber Orchestra and EMBAP Symphonic Orchestra. He played under the baton of conductors like Antoni Wit, John Neschling, Stefan Geiger and Roberto Tibiriçá. He is currently the concertmaster of the Paraná Symphonic Orchestra.

DANIEL MENDES (viola):

born in São José do Rio Preto – SP, he began his musical studies at the age of eight, in church. At the age of ten, he began studying the violin and two years later chose to play the viola. In 2014, he participated as an academic in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, under Joel Hunter. Played in concert rooms like Philharmonie Essen, Konzerthaus Dortmund and Philharmonie Köln Winner of the 2nd National Contest of Violas. He is currently the head of the viola section of Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba and professor at Musicarium Academia Filarmônica Brasileira.

HERMES ADRIANO DRECHSEL (piano):

born in Curitiba, Paraná, he graduated from the Instrument Higher Education Program – Bachelor’s Degree in Piano and Licensure in Music from EMBAP. His teachers included Marisa Ferraro Sampaio, Noel Nascimento Filho and Vera Di Domenico. He has worked as an accompanist for the UFPR Choir since 2006 and in for the UFPR Madrigal. He was the conductor of the CEP Choir and is currently the group´s pianist, in addition being the institution´s piano teacher and pianist since 2006.

technical data e acknowledgments

Recorded at Gramofone+, em Curitiba between May and July 2021. Musical Directior: Marcelo de Oliveira Santos. Record Producers: Santiago Beis and Marcelo Oliveira. Recording Technician: Vitor Pinheiro. Editing: Santiago Beis. Audio Mixing: Vitor Pinheiro. Audio Mastering: Gramofone+. Studio Coordination: Alvaro Ramos. Executive Produers: Alvaro Ramos and Sarah Roeder Drechsel. Cultural Marketing: Gramofone+ Cultural. Photography: Maringas Maciel, Lyrian Oliveira, Estúdio Sossella e Eduarda Moliner. Design: Lumen Design. Acknowledgments: Gulnara e Rosalba Bocchino, Vera Di Domenico (piano technical preparation), Igor Correia (pagination), Domitila Trindade, Rodrigo Oliveira and Martha Dias Schlemm (english translation). To musicians, technicians, producers, friends, and everyone involveddirectly or indirectly in creating the great atmosphere around the entire project.