Edson Zampronha

EDSON ZAMPRONHA (Rio de Janeiro, 1963) has received two awards from the São Paulo Association of Art Criticism, the most important prize for classical music in Brazil.

In 2005 he won, together with SCIArts Group, the 6th Sergio Motta Award, the most outstanding prize on Art and Technology also in Brazil.

He has received commissions from different groups and institutions, as from the Museum of Applied Arts, in Cologne (Germany) for the Cultural Activities at the Soccer World Cup 2006; from the designer María Lafuente for her catwalk show at the Pasarela Cibeles 2006 (Madrid, Spain), and from the São Paulo State Symphonic Band for the 100th Anniversary of Sao Paulo State Gallery in 2005 (São Paulo, Brazil).

His works have been performed in outstanding concert rooms, as at the Auditorio 400, at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid; at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham, England, and at the Municipal Theater of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

He has worked as a guest composer in different institutions as LIEM-CDMC (Madrid, Spain), Phonos Foundation (Barcelona, Spain), and the University of Birmingham (England).

His compositions are included in two CDs fully dedicated to his works (CD Sensibile and CD Modelagens) and in other fifteen CDs released by different record labels and institutions.

He has worked as a professor of music composition at the São Paulo State University for 16 years, and now he is a researcher at the Valladolid University, Spain.

He has a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics – Arts – by the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, and he has developed a Post-Doctorate research on Music at the University of Helsinki (Finland). He has a Master in Musical Composition by the Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Brazil, and he is Graduated in Music Composition and Conducting by the São Paulo State University, Brazil.

He is the author of the book Notação, Representação e Composição (São Paulo: Annablume) and he is the editor, with Maria de Lourdes Sekeff, of the book series Arte e Cultura – Estudos Interdisciplinares – 4 volumes.