- Ronaldo Miranda
Ronaldo Miranda (b.
April 26 ,1948 Rio de Janeiro ) is aBrazil iancomposer andmusic professor.Miranda studied at the "Escola de Música da
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro ", underHenrique Morelenbaum for composition andDulce de Saules forpiano .From 1974 to 1981 Miranda was the primary music critic for the "
Jornal do Brasil ".In 1977, Miranda won first prize in the
chamber music category at the "Concurso Nacional de Composição para a II Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea da Sala Cecília Meireles". After this, he became a freelance composer. The following year, he represented Brazil at the "Tribune International de Componistes deUNESCO " inParis ,France . In 1981 he was awarded a gold medal by the governor of Rio de Janeiro state. He was in the program at theWorld Music Days inAarhus ,Denmark in 1983, at the Tenth Musik-Bienale inBerlin ,Germany , and at the World Music Days inBudapest ,Hungary in 1986.His opera "
Dom Casmurro " premiered at theMunicipal Theater of São Paulo in 1992, and was very popular with both audience and critics. In 2001, he won the "TroféuCarlos Gomes " and the Composer of the Year award by the governor of São Paulo state.Miranda's works have been performed at the
Queen Elizabeth Hall inLondon ,England ; theZürich Town Hall in Zürich,Switzerland ; theMozarteum inSalzburg ,Germany ; theTeatro Colón inBuenos Aires ,Argentina ; and inCarnegie Hall inNew York .Miranda is currently a professor at the "
Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro ", and an adjunct director at the "Sala Cecília Meireles" concert hall in Rio de Janeiro.On
September 22 , 2006 premiered at the "Theatro São Pedro" inSão Paulo his opera "A Tempestade" ("The Tempest "), to which he wrote the libretto himself based on the homonymous play byWilliam Shakespeare .External links
* [http://www.ronaldomiranda.com/ ronaldomiranda.com]
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