Projects

Book

  • Collected Essays – Musical and Anthropological Perspectives. a selection of 16 articles and book chapters that I’ve published in the last 20 years. In English. There is also a Portuguese version of it. Both books you can either read online (Flipbook) or download it for free! Go the Papers Section

  • My first book was edited by me and my colleague Marcos Holler in 2021:

Marcos Holler and Acácio Piedade (eds.) Estudos Transversais em Musicologia: História, Composição, Performance. Curitiba: CRV, 2021. The book is available online for free at the publisher’s website: https://www.editoracrv.com.br/produtos/busca?assunto=musics

Music (since 2024)

  • Dança em verde-musgo com poeira violeta (Dance in moss green with violet dust) for solo cello was premiered at the XXXI Panorama da Música Brasileira Atual  on October 9th 2024, 19h at Sala Leopoldo Miguez, in Rio de Janeiro, by violoncellist Kalim Campos.
  • Kagapa Onapa was played at 3rd European Saxophone Congress in Trento, Italy, in July 2024, by the Ensemble de Saxofones do Dão. Watch the performance
  • Wakana – Music for Cello, Double Bass and String Orchestra. Commissioned by the Duo Contracello, was premiered in 15th March 2024, at Ilha da Madeira, by the Duo Contracello and the Orquestra da Madeira. Watch the premiere
  • Eine kleine Nachtsfantasie, for rabeca (Brazilian fiddle), a short piece composed for Luiz Henrique Fiammenghi was premiered by himself in December 2023, Florianópolis. Watch the premiere
  • Abertura Soviet (Reverence to Shostakovich), for piano four hands, was played at the 57º Festival Música Nova “Gilberto Mendes” 2023, at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, the 14th December, by the Duo Courvisier. Watch it

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