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Biography: English;
Português Pedro
da Silva New York composer and guitarist. Pedro da Silva New York composer
and guitarist. Pedro da Silva New York composer and guitarist.
Portuguese
composer
and guitarist Pedro Henriques da Silva has had schooling in Paris, Lisbon,
Ottawa and Brussels. He
received his Bachelors in guitar and his Masters in composition from the
Manhattan School of Music in
Mr. da Silva’s works have been performed
in concert-halls in Europe and the United States, perhaps most notably in
Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Mallorca (Spain), Suolahti (Finland), Rome and New
York. In 2004, Pedro da Silva had two débuts at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall: as
a guitarist on April 5th, where he played in an all-Spanish concert
that garnered 16 positive reviews and that was partially shown on two different
Spanish TV channels; and as a composer on April 25th, when Asaf
Blasberg, upon winning the 2003 Artists International Competition, performed Mr.
da Silva’s ATANOS for solo piano. About this composition Dr.
Roberta Zlokower
from robertaonthearts.com
wrote
in a review: “This was a quintessential wild work, at once exciting and
electric. With incredible contrasts in mood and volume, […] [this was] a
compelling composition.” Mr. da
Silva is currently writing an oratorio on the book of Revelation of John whose
completion is scheduled for the beginning of 2005. After that project he intends
on completing an opera begun in the year 2000 on St.-Exupéry’s Le Petit
Prince.
His
performing career has taken him to
Mr.
da Silva believes that to become a well-rounded composer one must not only have
a strong command of music theory and music history, but also be an instrumental,
vocal and corporal performer. To that effect, Mr. da Silva has had the privilege
to sing and dance in the première performances of two operas: Christian
McLeer’s House (1999) and Allen McCullough’s Pedro’s Hour (2002)
that was written in his honour.
Young
Argentinean virtuoso pianist Lucía Caruso and Mr. da Silva have recently formed
the highly original ‘Caruso-da Silva Duo’ in which she plays piano and
harpsichord, and he sitar, mandolin, Portuguese guitar and classical guitar.
They are exploring and creating new sounds by mixing Western and non-Western
music in styles that range from Renaissance to Contemporary, North Indian to
Flamenco and Tango to Bossa Nova. Most of the music they perform is
improvisational, blending different cultures and traditions in a seamless and
cohesive whole. As a duo, they have performed in
Aside
from composing and performing, Mr. da Silva is presently writing an extensive
theoretical work on musical modes that he intends to publish. A lover of
languages, Mr. da Silva knows how to speak and write fluently in Portuguese,
English, French and Spanish, and has a conversational level in Italian and
German.
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O compositor e guitarrista português Pedro Henriques da Silva fez os seus estudos primários e secundários em Paris, Lisboa, Otava e Bruxelas. Obteve uma licenciatura em guitarra clássica e um mestrado em composição ambos na Manhattan School of Music em Nova Iorque, estudando com o guitarrista Oren Fader e os compositores Giampaolo Bracali, Nils Vigeland, George Tsontakis e Richard Danielpour. Enquanto completa o doutoramento em composição, em 2003 começou a dar aulas de teoria musical na mesma instituição para alunos de licenciatura e de mestrado.
As suas obras têm sido interpretadas em salas de concerto na Europa e nos Estados Unidos, nomeadamente em Bruxelas, Lisboa, Madrid, Maiorca (Espanha), Suolahti (Finlandia), Roma e Nova Iorque. A 25 de Abril de 2004, Asaf Blasberg, após ter ganho a Young Artists Competition de 2003, interpretará ATANOS, obra para piano da autoria de Pedro Henriques da Silva no Weill Recital Hall do Carnegie Hall em Nova Iorque. O compositor está presentemente a terminar um oratório sobre o livro do Apocalipse de João que deverá estar concluído em finais de 2003. Após esse projecto, pretende continuar a trabalhar numa ópera baseada sobre a obra Le Petit Prince de St.-Exupéry que iniciou já no ano 2000.
A sua carreira de intérprete levou-o ao Canadá, a Portugal, à Bélgica, a Espanha, aos Estados Unidos e à Índia, tocando sobretudo a guitarra clássica mas também todo o tipo de instrumentos da família da guitarra (incluindo bandolim, sitar, guitarra portuguesa e viola braguesa). Pedro Henriques da Silva crê que para se ser um compositor completo é necessário, não só possuir um conhecimento profundo da teoria e história da música mas concomitantemente ser um verdadeiro intérprete instrumental, vocal e corporal. Para o efeito, Pedro Henriques da Silva teve o privilégio de cantar e dançar nas estreias mundiais de duas óperas: House de Christian McLeer (1999) e Pedro’s Hour de Allen McCullough (2002) que foi composta na sua honra.
Para além de compor e actuar em público, Pedro Henriques da Silva está presentemente a escrever um trabalho exaustivo sobre modos musicais que pretende publicar. Um amante das línguas, Pedro Henriques da Silva sabe falar e escrever correntemente em Português, Inglês, Francês e Espanhol, e possui conhecimentos básicos de Italiano e de Alemão.
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Last updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2005
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