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Born on 2 december 1976, Wietse Stuurman studied music since he was 8 years old with several teachers, resulting studying composition and conducting. In 1996 he began his study musicology at the Amsterdam University with special interest in ancient music. This interest in ancient music can be recognized in his compositions, strong melodic lines with an almost gregorian character supported by bourdon tones as being used in this style of ”new spiritual music”. Read more…

Walter Boudreau (b. 1947) is a Quebecois composer, saxophonist and conductor. He is best known as the artistic director of the SMCQ, an important new music organisation in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a position he has held since 1988. His compositions are essentially post-modern and include reinterpretations of

Walter Boudreau (Sorel, 1947 -) is a Quebecois composer, saxophonist and conductor. In 1969, he founded the group L’Infonie with Raoul Duguay, which dissolved in 1973. Since 1988, he has been the artistic director of the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec in Montreal. He was a principal collaborator in the Symphonie du Millénaire which took place in Montréal in 2000.

Roberto Carnevale. Italian pianist, composer and conductor. He studied under Roberto Bianco (Piano), Angela Giuffrida and Franco Donatoni (Composition), Salvatore Enrico Failla (Musicology), Ferdinand Leitner (Conducting). He obtained Diploma in the piano and he took a Degree in Arts at the Catania University. He attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana summer courses.
Editor of musicological series for Neopoiesis publishing, in 1996 he was the editor of «CD Classica» and «Orfeo – Il mensile di musica barocca» magazines.
In 1994 he was appointed Professor of History of Music at the Catania Musical Institute “Vincenzo Bellini”. In 2001 was appointed Assistant Headmaster at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”, and in 2003 Headmaster at the CEU. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of History and Aesthetics of Music and History and Analysis at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”. He composed about 200 works played all over the world [Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena), Teatro “La Fenice” (Venice), Foerstr Hall (Prague), Aula Magna Università “Bocconi” (Milan), Teatro Nazionale (Vilnius), A. Rubinstein Hall, Casa de Las Américas (L’Avana), Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Festival Internazionale (Birzai), The Tower Tavern (London), “Gaudeamus” Contemporary Music Center (Amsterdam), Amici della Musica (Palermo), Amici della Musica (Agrigento), Amici della Musica (Pistoia), Amici del Quartetto (Grosseto), Teatro “Carlo Felice” (Genova), Auditorium “Colbe” (Varese), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Catania), Orestiadi (Gibellina), Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Filarmonica Laudamo (Messina), Accademia Filarmonica (Messina), Chiostro del Bramante (Roma), Teatro Greco (Siracusa), Aula Magna Università Statale (Lecce), “Siculorum Gymnasii Musica” Catania University, RAI RadioTelevisioneItaliana (Naples), etc.].
Roberto Carnevale has worked together with prestigious musicians and orchestras (Clementi, Donatoni, Benigni, Brendel, Petrassi, Milella, Menotti, Pennisi, Pollini, Sanzogno, Antonelli, Sollima, Betta, Battista, Risaliti, Bennici, Beths, Guittart, Magnanensi, Leonardi, Schweitzer, Logos Ensemble, Ensemble Octandre, L’Offerta Musicale Ensemble, Soloists of “Santa Cecilia Academy”, Soloists of “Teatro La Fenice”, Soloists of ORT, London Chamber Group, Ensemble Foriani, Ensemble Belliniano, West Chester University Orchestra, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica of Ploesti, Orchestra di Stato di Vilnius, etc.). His works are published by LIM, Suvini-Zerboni, Nuove Edizioni Neopoiesis, Maimone Editore, CULC and has recorded for Carrara (Bergamo), Pongo Records (Paris), Suvini-Zerboni (Milan), CIMS (Palermo), Pagano (Naples), Union-Records (New York), NEN-CD Classica (Florence), etc. In 1988 Roberto Carnevale was awarded the international prize “Council of Europe” (Rome). Roberto regularly performs with his musical partner, the Italian pianist Graziella Concas

Composer-conductor, arranger, music producer and professor. He was born in Belo Horizonte city-Brazil and has studied in courses and seminars about music in several official institutions with: Ennio Morricone,Luca Salvadori,Radamés Gnatalli, Max Rostal, Oilliam Lanna, S.Vianna, Manuel Veiga, Paulo Lima (Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Reale Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Arts Academy of Rome, Royal College of Music - Stockholm, UFMG, UFBA), among others. 253 works composed and five CD’s recorded, two of it recorded in Europe. Nineteen national and international awards received, including the 1st prize at prestigious “1er Concours de Composition Musicale pour Orchestre d’Harmonie” in Comines - Belgium and other two prizes at “Lambersart-France 2006″. He has also composing, conducting and producing music for the following films: The Fortuneteller, 3:00:AM, Burning Hearts, The Adam Children, The Next Step, Gun’s Speech, Lost in Abbey Road, Vivalma, Manuelzão e Bananeira, Ofélia, Playing for Tomorrow, Ghost Train, The Man of Head of Paper, Minas Portuguesa, Near Evil and Condenados. Andersen is a professor at Palácio das Artes and Escola Livre de Cinema in Belo Horizonte - Brazil, pursuing his Doctoral Degree in Music Composition at Federal University of Bahia. He has printed his first book of tales for cinema.

Roberto Carnevale (Catania, 1966). Italian pianist, composer and conductor. He studied under Roberto Bianco (Piano), Angela Giuffrida and Franco Donatoni (Composition), Salvatore Enrico Failla (Musicology), Ferdinand Leitner (Conducting). He obtained Diploma in the piano and he took a Degree in Arts at the Catania University. He attended the Accademia Musicale Chigiana summer courses.

Editor of musicological series for Neopoiesis publishing, in 1996 he was the editor of «CD Classica» and «Orfeo – Il mensile di musica barocca» magazines.

In 1994 he was appointed Professor of History of Music at the Catania Musical Institute “Vincenzo Bellini”. In 2001 was appointed Assistant Headmaster at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”, and in 2003 Headmaster at the CEU. In 2004 he was appointed Professor of History and Aesthetics of Music and History and Analysis at the Catania Musical Institute “V. Bellini”. He composed about 200 works played all over the world [Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena), Teatro “La Fenice” (Venice), Foerstr Hall (Prague), Aula Magna Università “Bocconi” (Milan), Teatro Nazionale (Vilnius), A. Rubinstein Hall, Casa de Las Américas (L’Avana), Teatro Massimo (Palermo), Festival Internazionale (Birzai), The Tower Tavern (London), “Gaudeamus” Contemporary Music Center (Amsterdam), Amici della Musica (Palermo), Amici della Musica (Agrigento), Amici della Musica (Pistoia), Amici del Quartetto (Grosseto), Teatro “Carlo Felice” (Genova), Auditorium “Colbe” (Varese), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Catania), Orestiadi (Gibellina), Luglio Musicale Trapanese, Filarmonica Laudamo (Messina), Accademia Filarmonica (Messina), Chiostro del Bramante (Roma), Teatro Greco (Siracusa), Aula Magna Università Statale (Lecce), “Siculorum Gymnasii Musica” Catania University, RAI RadioTelevisioneItaliana (Naples), etc.].

Roberto has worked together with prestigious musicians and orchestras (Clementi, Donatoni, Benigni, Brendel, Petrassi, Milella, Menotti, Pennisi, Pollini, Sanzogno, Antonelli, Sollima, Betta, Battista, Risaliti, Bennici, Beths, Guittart, Magnanensi, Schweitzer, Logos Ensemble, Ensemble Octandre, L’Offerta Musicale Ensemble, Soloists of “Santa Cecilia Academy”, Soloists of “Teatro La Fenice”, Soloists of ORT, London Chamber Group, Ensemble Foriani, Ensemble Belliniano, West Chester University Orchestra, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Filarmonica of Ploesti, Orchestra di Stato di Vilnius, etc.). His works are published by LIM, Suvini-Zerboni, Nuove Edizioni Neopoiesis, Maimone Editore, CULC and has recorded for Carrara (Bergamo), Pongo Records (Paris), Suvini-Zerboni (Milan), CIMS (Palermo), Pagano (Naples), Union-Records (New York), NEN-CD Classica (Florence), etc. In 1988 Roberto Carnevale was awarded the international prize “Council of Europe” (Rome). Roberto regularly performs with his musical partner, the Italian pianist Graziella Concas.

Samuel Clarke was born on the 24th October 1989. From an early age he was always interested in music, and especially composition. He first started playing the piano at the age of 6, under the tuition of Mrs Odile Singer.

This is where his passion for composition came about as he said: ‘you have no freedom with lessons, they just restrict the creativeness of the individual’.

At the age of 15, Samuel entered the Redhill and Reigate Music festival for Composition on Piano. He came 2nd , but this just drove his love for composition even more. In the same year he started taking Singing lessons under Lydia Easton  BA (Hons) LLCM. He now has singing lessons with Miss Jenny Clarke (ALCM).
As a composer genre include: Film Music, TV Music, Pop, Fusion, Electronica, Rock, Ballads, and many more.

He had composed for a number of people; ranging from theme music for an airport news channel, a relaxation album and is currently working on a work for the 1st British Khet United Kingdom Championships.

Born in Argentina (1978). Rodriguez arrived to Spain (the island of Majorca) in 1988, where he spent most of his childhood. At an early age, he began to study modern and classical music.

Rodrigo’s professional music career began in Spain. It was there that he discovered his first Asian instrument the Shakuhachi flute, a Japanese bamboo flute used by Buddhist monks in meditation practices. Fascinated by Japanese music, he travelled to Japan several times to enhance his knowledge. Read more…

Famous composer Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau, Saxony. He was the youngest child in his family. Schumann’s father used to sell books and during his earlier years he grew up studying literature and music. According to him, he had started composing even before he became seven. Schumann’s liking for music developed in his childhood days when he became inspired by Ignaz Moscheles, Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn. One of the earlier works of Schumann is Papillons which is a blend of literature with musical representation. Papillons was created after getting inspired from a story in his favorite novel.
Schumman also created Carnaval, one of his most famous piano works, that is charaterized by his personal style. The noteable thing about this work is that all its sections start with notes of music emphasized by the German alphabets that spell Asch the town in Czech Republic. His other accomplishments include Fantasiestücke which is a collection of works for piano. In it Schumman has again combined literature and music together with artistic harmony. Similer qualites are found in his other two pieces, Warum and In der Nacht. Schumman has also produced great piano works, an example of such a work would be Kinderszenen that was finished in 1838. This musical piece has fun filled and childlike qualities associated with it. It is amazingly refreshing and portrays childhood very well. Read more…