- Julio Medaglia
Julio Medaglia is a
composer ,arranger , and conductor. Born in São Paulo in 1938, he studied theory and conducting withHans-Joachim Koellreutter . He continued his studies at theMusikhochschule inFreiburg ,Germany , and privately withPierre Boulez ,Karlheinz Stockhausen , andSir John Barbirolli , with whom he worked as assistant conductor.After his return to
Brazil in 1966, he established a solid reputation as a conductor, eventually working with all the majororchestra s in the country, in addition to launching his career as arranger and composer of music forfilm andtheater . In 1970, he worked with conductorGünther Schuller in the U.S., and returned for another period of study in Germany, during which he produced several arrangements of Brazilian popular music and composed more than 100 scores for Germantelevision movies.Returning to Brazil in 1974, since then he has worked with several musical and cultural institutions in the country, in addition to contributing the soundtrack for hundreds of Brazilian movies, plays, and television programs. Among the institutions that he has directed are the
Teatro Municipal inRio de Janeiro , theOrquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal inBrasília , and theFestival de Inverno de Campos do Jordão in São Paulo.He was the artistic adviser for the
Rede Globo , the largest TV network in Brazil, and is the founder and director of theAmazonas Filarmônica , the resident orchestra at theTeatro Amazonas inManaus .He wrote his "
Belle Epoque en Sud-America ", aSuite forWind Quintet for theBläserquintett of theBerlin Philharmonic , who have recorded the work and play it on tour. The piece consists ofEl Porsche Negro , a "Tango";Traumreise nach Attersee , subtitled "Vals Paulista "; andRequinta Maluca , a "Chorinho ".External links
* [http://www.soundpost.org/tango.pdf Excerpt from Medaglia´s "Tango"]
* [http://www.soundpost.org/vals.pdf Excerpt from Medaglia´s "Vals Paulista"]
* [http://www.soundpost.org/chorinho.pdf Excerpt from Medaglia´s "Requinta Maluca"]
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