André Codeço


Federal University of Ouro Preto Music Department

André Codeço (Brazil, 1981), is a composer, pianist and conductor. His main research focuses on the Sonic Domain Theory, which crosses the fields of Music, Mathematics and Philosophy. André has pianistic and conducting formation and holds a BA in Musical Composition, Mathematics and Theology. Also, he holds a Master's Degree with emphasis on Composition and Musical Analysis and a Ph.D. in Music with emphasis on Music Theory and Composition, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). During his Ph.D. he was a Fulbright fellow at the Louisiana State University. Andre is professor of piano, ear training and composition at Federal University of Ouro Preto, in Brazil. ​

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PRIZES AND HONORABLE MENTIONS: Ruth Crawford Seeger Prize (USA, 2024); São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival (Brazil, 2024); Fulbright Scholarship (at the Louisiana State University) (USA), 2018/2019; 3rd place on the National Composition Contest of UFRJ (BRAZIL), 2016; Selected piece for the NEW MUSIC ON THE BAYOU Summer Festival (USA) 2016; Selected piece for the Imani Winds Festival (USA), 2016; Selected pieces for the Panorama of Actual Brazilian Music (BRAZIL), 2014, 2016; Finalist piece on the Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra Composition Contest OPUS 21 (BRAZIL), 2015; Selected pieces for ENCUN, National Meeting of Composers (BRAZIL), 2012, 2015; Ibermúsicas Scholarship (Artistic residency at the National University of Córdoba) (ARGENTINA), 2014; Honorable mention in VI International Composition Contest of Póvoa de Varzim (PORTUGAL), 2011; 2nd place in National Composition Contest of Vila-Lobos Institute (BRAZIL), 2010. ​

Compositions

Blindness
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​"Blindness" was composed between 2018 and 2019. This work is based on the episode where Judas betray Jesus. When Judas finally sees Jesus sentenced do death, he tries to give back the money he received. No one wants that money because, to them, it was blood money. Judas hanged himself on a tree, and that money was used to buy a field to burry unknown people. The field was known by the ‘blood field’ and remains until today. In Aramaic, this field is called Aceldama. This work is about the inner blindness of Judas. A little poem was written and is used to split the piece into the sections “Walking among us, he can’t see us. Walking among us, he can’t see himself. Now he sees the innocent blood when the silver tinkles the floor. Eyes are still not free while the body finds a tree. Aceldama is all he can see.”
Reaparições desfiguradas
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Work for Symphonic Orchestra