JOÃO PEDRO OLIVEIRA

(Portugal)

JOÃO PEDRO OLIVEIRA - Composer João Pedro Oliveira holds the Corwin Endowed Chair in Composition for the University of California at Santa Barbara. He studied organ performance, composition and architecture in Lisbon. He completed a PhD in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook. His music includes opera, orchestral compositions, chamber music, electroacoustic music and experimental video. He has received over 70 international prizes and awards for his works, including three Prizes at Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition, the prestigious Magisterium Prize and Giga-Hertz Special Award, 1st Prize in Metamorphoses competition, 1st Prize in Yamaha-Visiones Sonoras Competition, 1st Prize in Music Nova competition. He taught at Aveiro University (Portugal) and Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). His publications include several articles in journals and a book on 20th century music theory. 

6-1S  NESHAMAH -  João Pedro Oliveira   1ª SESSÃO | 1st SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - III Edition 2021 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

João Pedro Oliveira  Concept, Composer and Video Producer | Montage and Mastering.

+ Dancer and Original Footage: Rosario Romero

SYNOPSIS:

NESHAMAH: This work is part of a cycle of four works related to representations of the four elements in the Old Testament. Neshamah means "breath" and is related to the following passage: "then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature" (Genesis 2:7)

TÍTULO - TITLE                              DURAÇÃO - TIME              ANO - YEAR             PAÍS - COUNTRY                FORMATO - FORMAT

THINGS I HAVE                                         10'34''                             2019                          (Portugal)                                     16:9       SEEN IN MY DREAMS

1-2S  THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN MY DREAMS - João Pedro Oliveira  2ª SESSÃO | 2nd SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - III Edition 2021 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

João Pedro Oliveira Concept, Composer and Video Producer | Montage and Mastering.

SYNOPSIS:

THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN MY DREAMS: We dream... sometimes we have nightmares, or dreams that makes us sad, anguished, or simply indifferent. But occasionally, there are dreams that project in our mind images and sounds of great beauty. This piece is a recollection and variations on some of these images and sounds I remember from my dreams. It is dedicated to Mario Mary