Andersen Viana


Andersen Viana is an international composer.

Life

Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, he has a Ph.D. in Music Composition from the Federal University of Bahia.He has began composing at the age of thirteen and became a professor at the age of nineteen. He has studied with his father - Sebastiao Vianna - and in courses and seminars about music and film in several official institutions at Accademia Chigiana di Siena, Reale Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Arts Academy of Rome, Royal University College of Music Stockholm, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Federal University of Bahia, among others. He currently works as a composer and a professor at the Clóvis Salgado Foundation Brazil, in addition to offering lectures and workshops in various institutions both in Brazil and abroad. His first teacher wa his father, Sebastião Vianna, and most recently furthered his studies in other institutions in Brazil, Italy, and Sweden. He has also published over forty articles both in Brazil and Europe.
Viana has received 29 awards in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Europe and the USA, including the "Prix de Composition" at the "First Composition Competition Festin Choral 2013" in the city of Billère, first prize at the Susanville Symphony Composition Competition 2012, first prize in the international composition contest of "Lys Music Orchestra 2001" in Belgium, first prize and the audience prize in the "Lambersart 2006 International Contest of Composition" in France. To date, he has composed 413 musical pieces for voices, choir, chamber, symphonic as well as electronic instruments.
Viana has also composed film scores for the following films: A Cartomante, Retalhos do Taquaril, Bem Próximo do Mal, Jogando para o Amanhã, O Próximo Passo, Gun’s Speech, Trem Fantasma, 3:00:AM, Corações Ardentes, Filhos de Adão, Perdidos em Abbey Road, Vivalma, Manuelzão e Bananeira, Ofélia, Opostos, Minas Portuguesa, O Homem da Cabeça de Papelão, Convict, Ser Humano, Um Dia Qualquer, Nego, Reenactment, Desafios, Oswaldo França Júnior and Padre Victor.

Ensembles

Viana has also organised and conducted/directed various vocal and instrumental ensembles, including: "Orquestra Experimental", "Septheto Rio", "Coro Pedagógico da FEBEM", "Coro do Centro de Estudos da Embaixada do Brasil em Roma", "Coro da Cultura Inglesa BH", "Trio Barroco", "Orchestra Virtual", "Estocolmo Nonet", “The Duo”, “Coro da SMRU”, “Camerata Primavera”, “A Cigarra e a Orquestra”,“Coral IOCHPE MAXION” and "Coral S.Vianna. He has developed diverse musical projects in countries other than Brazil, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, the USA, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Russia, Denmark, and Sweden.

Academic curriculum

– Best Sound Track at the National Theatre Festival
- Honorable Mention from the Jury at XV Concurso Internacional de Composición en Montserrat Spain.
- “Prix de Composition” at “First Composition Competition Festin Choral 2013” city of Billère-France
- “Prix du Public” at "Concours de Composition pour Orchestre d’Harmonie" Lambersart - France.
- Second Prize at Composition Competition of Federal University of Bahia
- Honorable mention at “Coups de Vents” Composition Competition
-First Prize at the Funarte Composition Competition
-Second Prize at the Funarte Composition Competition
-Second Prize at the Funarte Composition Competition
- Public Prize at the Funarte Composition Competition
- First Prize at "1er Concours de Composition pour Orchestre à Vent" Lys Music Orchestra Comines - Belgium