Leo Alves Vieira (Acoustic Guitar, Programming, Clarinet in Bb, Flutes, Drums, Percussion, Voice etc.) and, ocasionaly: Júlia Mendes Selles (Voice, Violins). Quarteto de Cordas da Grota (String Quartet). Juan Antonio Nieto (Programming).
Influences
Those are influences and musicians that i admire: Gyorgy Ligeti, Pixinguinha, Chico Buarque de Holanda, Penderecki, Zbigniew Preisner, Villa-Lobos, Edgard Varèse, Tom Jobim, Stockhausen, Steve Reich, John Cage, Phillip Glass, Cartola, Nelson Cavaquinho, Vivaldi, Aphex Twin, Rodolfo Caesar, Marisa Rezende, Alexandre Shubert, Yahn Wagner, Paulo Dantas, Marcos Campello, Olavo Vianna and Victor Neves (Paralax), Marco Vinício Nogueira, Genesis, Mario Travassos, Led Zeppelin, Cynic, Ismael Silva, Noel Rosa, Friendly Bears, Elma, Mr. Bungle, Brahms and Beethoven, Henry Threadgill, Nicky Skopelitis, Eric Satie
My academic formation: student of the following people, Paulo Targino and Leo Soares (classical guitar), Maria Ísis de Oliveira, Samuel Araújo, Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso and Joao Guilherme Ripper (Composition and Harmony/Forms), Sara Cohen and Carlos Almada, Sônia Maria Vieira, Ernani Aguiar (Orchestration), Roberto Macedo Ribeiro (Counterpoint), Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso, Pauxy Gentil Nunes, Marco Vinício Nogueira (Composition), Marco Pereira, Nadge Breide and Cristina Behring (Piano) Hermano Viana and Sérgio Pires. Rodolfo Caesar and Rodrigo Cicchelli Velloso (Electroacoustic Music / Musical Technology)
Brazilian Composer, Born in February 13th, 1978.
Composer of many soundtrack pieces, for theatrical and movie plays since 1994, Leo Alves Vieira have been writing for many other instrument formations in the 'academic' scene since 2001. He's debut as a composer was at the XV Biennial of Brazilian Contemporary Music, 2003, with the piece "Estilhaços-Constante Volta ao Indeterminado" (2002) for acoustic and electronic instruments, played by OFELEX.
His debut album "Sounds of the Orange Coloured Forest" was released september 2006 by Pralaya Records, from Brooklyn/NY. Purchase my CD here
Compõe e interpreta (Violão) profissionalmente desde os 16 anos trilhas para curta-metragem ("O Fantasma do Teatro Municipal" de Luis Carlos Lacerda, "De Graça" de Mário Rocha, etc.) e teatro, onde compõe, interpreta e dirige musicalmente os espetáculos do premiado diretor Carlos Augusto Nazareth, como "O Menino Detrás das Nuvens" e "As incríveis aventuras de Zé Grande e seu fiel companheiro Manduca" e outras peças como "Absurdos" de Francisco Salgado e "Cintilante" de Milton Quadros. Desde 2000 vêm apresentando-se na Academia, atuando no coro que estreou mundialmente peça inédita de Edino Krieger no Teatro Municipal do Rio, em comemoração de aniversário da UFRJ. Em 2003 estréia obra sua em concertos junto ao grupo "OFELEX", estreando como intérprete e compositor na XV Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea do mesmo ano (FUNARTE).
Seu primeiro disco "Sounds of the Orange Coloured Forest", de música eletroacústica na sua maioria, foi lançado em setembro de 2006 pela Pralaya Records, do Brooklyn, Nova York. Compre meu CD aqui
"Overrun: Suite-Remix in 3 connected moves" Music by Nude (Germany). String Quartet ("Quarteto de cordas da Grota") arranged and conducted by Leo Alves Vieira. Recorded at Tomba Records. Remix by Leo Alves Vieira & Pedro Pagnuzzi.
"Primeira - Remix" Music by Elma (São Paulo, Brasil). Remix by Leo Alves Vieira & Pedro Pagnuzzi. Clarinet in Bb played by Leo Alves Vieira, and it was recorded by Olavo Vianna.
"Ascertain Reliable Disclaimers" (Bruzgynai, Italy /Leo Alves Vieira, Brasil / Al Margolis, New York / Mr. Ebu, Germany / Miopec, Chile / Sergi Saldaña, Norway / Solomonoff & Von Hoffmanstahl, New Jersey / Tiziano Milani, Italy / Tortured by Turtles, Italy) released by ZH27 records. Org: Zan Hoffman (Kentucky, USA). In that 30 minute mix-compilation, Leo plays the Clarinet in Bb, Flute and electroacoustics.
"Please Get Up On - 6" (Leo Alves Vieira, Brasil / Music Mikey, Norway / Throu Roof, Italy / Uncle Jim, United Kindom / Yan Jun, China) released by ZH27 records. Org: Zan Hoffman (Kentucky, USA). 30 minute mix-compilation. Leo plays now the Piano, Clarinet in Bb, Flute and electroacoustics.
"Your Life Has Been Sectored For You" (Tom Furgas, OH-USA / Bret Hart, NC-USA / Al Margolis, NY-USA / Minuit, Spain / Alain Neffe, Belgium / Ocosi, Spain / Leo Alves Vieira, Brasil) is my lastest collaboration, released by ZH27 Records (Kentucky) - march 2007. Org: Zan Hoffman. 30 minute mix-compilation. Here, Leo participates only with electroacoustic creations.
"A new musical force from Brazil, Leo Alves mixes chamber sounds, ambient textures, and extended techniques on his first full-length release." Pralaya Records - 2006
"From Brazil, a musical treasure: Leo Alves Vieira is an accomplished composer and musician. His debut CD 'Sounds of the Orange Coloured Forest' has been released by Brooklyn based Pralaya Records" Robert Tucker (Indizoo.com) - 2006
"Subversões eletronicas aliadas a criativas colagens sonoras." (Fiberonline.uol.com.br) - 2007
"Produções influenciadas pela escola eletroacústica européia." (Fiberonline.uol.com.br) - 2008
Leo Alves Vieira:
Hi, i'm a brazilian composer and instrumentalist. These are few of my electroacoustic, acousmatic or whatever label you can put on it, tracks. All i can say is that they were made very truthfully, with much feeling. The sound material come from acoustic sources (Guitar, Clarinet in Bb) or they are made by computer synthesis softwares
Inicialmente grato pelo add. Agradável manter contato... Interessante trabalho! Parabéns! Momento de desejar toda sorte e sucesso! Estamos em sintonia... Tenha bons momentos e ótimas vibes!
Obrigado por aceitar o add. Fiquei realmente maravilhado com o seu trabalho musical. É realmente edificante poder conhecer sua obra e suas colaborações. E com isso, poder observar o seus sentidos à frente, ecléticos e embasados nesse seu sólido conhecimento erudito! Desejo a você tudo o que houver de melhor no universo!
