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Freelance Composer, Sound Designer and Percussionist for Cinema, Theater, Dance, Video Games, Multimedia and Concert. Member of the Digitopia – Casa da Música and and coordinator of the Interferência Association. Manuel Brásio was born on August 1st 1992 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He had his first music lessons at the age of 7 at the Escola de Música de Perre.
At 13, he joined the Music Professional School of Viana do Castelo, where he studied double bass with Sérgio Barbosa and Claudia Rodet. At the same time, he started percussion classes with Pedro Oliveira and Rui Rodrigues. He completed the percussion course in the class of Professor Jean-François Lézé in 2011. During the years of this course, he also attended private drum lessons with Mário Costa and later with Michael Lauren.
Also in 2011, Manuel Brásio won the 1st Award at the 3rd 21st Century Composition Award – Gustav Mahler with the work I need to erase for solo vibraphone. Currently he's jury member at this competition.
He attended Masterclasses and Performance Workshops with Adriano Aguiar, Jean-François Lézé, Matchume Zango, Rainer Seegers, Bruno Costa, Mario Costa, José Salgueiro, Hugo Danin, Emile Parisien, Hugo Carvalhais, Peter Evans and Marito Marques. He also had the opportunity to have contact with the work by several composers and musicologists, such as Robert Rowe, Matthew Davies, Bruce Pennycook, Filipe Lopes, Liviu Dănceanu and Cândido Lima.
In 2014, Manuel Brásio graduated from the Composition course at the ESMAE – Music and Performing Arts College in Porto, having worked with Filipe Vieira, Carlos Azevedo, Carlos Guedes, Fernando C. Lapa, Daniel Moreira, Pedro Santos, Dimitris Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim, Rui Penha and Fredrick Gifford.
He participated in the European project IICS 2014 – Interdisciplinary Involvement and Community Spaces, which took place in Izmir, Turkey.
Manuel Brásio founded various musical projects, such as VHS – Viana House Session, Marquês Jam Trio & Guests. Along with colleagues from the Composition course, he was a fellow of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation within the project Experiências Musicais Contemporâneas (Contemporary Music Experience). He completed, in July 2016, the Master's in Multimedia – Interactive Music and Sound Design at the FEUP. He directs associative projects of artistic intervention, such as AISCA (Association of Social and Artistic Intervention) in Viana do Castelo and Interferência (Association of Intervention in Artistic Practice) in Porto. He also collaborated in the creation of FabLab Porto and its audiovisual studio.
Manuel Brásio has recently composed Bom dia Sophia for oboe solo, a commission by the RTP – Antena 2 (Portuguese National Broadcaster) for the Young Musician's Award 2018. He captured and created sound design for Os Estrangeiros, a documentary by Rita Al Cunha. He also created and operated the soundtrack for the national tour of FANZINE with the Montemuro Theatre, as well as presented SUPRAHUMAN a multimedia performance of his own authorship, produced by the Interferência and supported by the DGArtes, Centro Nacional de Cultura (National Culture Centre), IPDJ, Antena 2 and FabLab Porto.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Manuel Brásio's Official Website
Manuel Brásio – Soundcloud
Manuel Brásio – YouTube
Interferência
AISCA
Last update on: November 11th, 2019
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Biography
Freelance Composer, Sound Designer and Percussionist for Cinema, Theater, Dance, Video Games, Multimedia and Concert. Member of the Digitopia – Casa da Música and and coordinator of the Interferência Association. Manuel Brásio was born on August 1 st 1992 in Viana do Castelo, Portugal. He had his first music lessons at the age of 7 at the Escola de Música de Perre.
At 13, he joined the Music Professional School of Viana do Castelo, where he studied double bass with Sérgio Barbosa and Claudia Rodet. At the same time, he started percussion classes with Pedro Oliveira and Rui Rodrigues. He completed the percussion course in the class of Professor Jean-François Lézé in 2011. During the years of this course, he also attended private drum lessons with Mário Costa and later with Michael Lauren.
Also in 2011, Manuel Brásio won the 1 st Award at the 3 rd 21 st Century Composition Award – Gustav Mahler with the work I need to erase for solo vibraphone. Currently he's jury member at this competition.
He attended Masterclasses and Performance Workshops with Adriano Aguiar, Jean-François Lézé, Matchume Zango, Rainer Seegers, Bruno Costa, Mario Costa, José Salgueiro, Hugo Danin, Emile Parisien, Hugo Carvalhais, Peter Evans and Marito Marques. He also had the opportunity to have contact with the work by several composers and musicologists, such as Robert Rowe, Matthew Davies, Bruce Pennycook, Filipe Lopes, Liviu Dănceanu and Cândido Lima.
In 2014, Manuel Brásio graduated from the Composition course at the ESMAE – Music and Performing Arts College in Porto, having worked with Filipe Vieira, Carlos Azevedo, Carlos Guedes, Fernando C. Lapa, Daniel Moreira, Pedro Santos, Dimitris Andrikopoulos, Eugénio Amorim, Rui Penha and Fredrick Gifford.
He participated in the European project IICS 2014 – Interdisciplinary Involvement and Community Spaces, which took place in Izmir, Turkey.
Manuel Brásio founded various musical projects, such as VHS – Viana House Session, Marquês Jam Trio & Guests. Along with colleagues from the Composition course, he was a fellow of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation within the project Experiências Musicais Contemporâneas (Contemporary Music Experience). He completed, in July 2016, the Master's in Multimedia – Interactive Music and Sound Design at the FEUP. He directs associative projects of artistic intervention, such as AISCA (Association of Social and Artistic Intervention) in Viana do Castelo and Interferência (Association of Intervention in Artistic Practice) in Porto. He also collaborated in the creation of FabLab Porto and its audiovisual studio.
Manuel Brásio has recently composed Bom dia Sophia for oboe solo, a commission by the RTP – Antena 2 (Portuguese National Broadcaster) for the Young Musician's Award 2018. He captured and created sound design for Os Estrangeiros, a documentary by Rita Al Cunha. He also created and operated the soundtrack for the national tour of FANZINE with the Montemuro Theatre, as well as presented SUPRAHUMAN a multimedia performance of his own authorship, produced by the Interferência and supported by the DGArtes, Centro Nacional de Cultura (National Culture Centre), IPDJ, Antena 2 and FabLab Porto.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Manuel Brásio's Official Website
Manuel Brásio – Soundcloud
Manuel Brásio – YouTube
Interferência
AISCA
Last update on: November 11th, 2019
Commissions
Labyrinthitis I |
2017 |
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Portugal |
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Work commissioned by Francisco Vieira
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Work commissioned by Francisco Vieira |
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Labyrinthitis II |
2017 |
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Portugal |
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Work commissioned by Tomás Rosa
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Work commissioned by Tomás Rosa |
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Suspirata Quasi Profunda |
2016 |
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Portugal |
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Work commissioned by Beatriz Rosendo
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Work commissioned by Beatriz Rosendo |
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Flutuações Contemplativas |
2014 |
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Portugal |
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Commission: Filipa Lima
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Bom dia Sophia |
2018 |
Antena 2 / Young Musicians' Award |
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
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https://www.rtp.pt/antena2/premio-jovens-musicos
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Cantos d’Alquimia - coração de barro preto |
2023 |
Banda Musical de Loivos |
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Loivos |
Portugal |
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https://www.facebook.com/banda.musical.loivos
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With the financial support of DGArtes
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With the financial support of DGArtes |
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Grubemanco |
2015 |
Black & White 6tet |
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Portugal |
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https://www.facebook.com/blackwhite6tet/
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Prizes
Ministério do Caos |
13th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim |
2nd Prize |
2020 |
International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim |
URL |
Póvoa de Varzim |
Portugal |
Notes |
http://www.fimpv.pt/
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Ministério do Caos |
3th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim |
Audience Prize |
2020 |
International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim |
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Póvoa de Varzim |
Portugal |
Notes |
http://www.fimpv.pt/
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I need to Erase |
21st Century Composition Award |
1st Award |
2010 |
AMVC / EPMVC |
URL |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
Notes |
https://www.facebook.com/premiocomposicao/
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Circulation
Cantos d’Alquimia - coração de barro preto |
Premiere |
2023/Oct/07 |
Nove Aldeias, Um Povo |
Largo da Feira |
Valpaços |
Portugal |
Banda Musical de Loivos |
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Cosi run tutti |
Premiere |
2022/Nov/04 |
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Vila Real Municipal Theatre |
Vila Real |
Portugal |
Rodrigo Santos, Beatriz Baptista, João Costa, José Tiago Baptista, Manuel Brásio (actors & musicians); Ricardo Leitão Pedro (asynchronous performance – theorbo, choirs, synthesizers) |
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Second performance on November 5th.
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Second performance on November 5th. |
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Dia X de tal de algo que não existe |
Premiere |
2022/Apr/09 |
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Auditório da Cerâmica Arganilense |
Arganil |
Portugal |
PERFORMANCE Coletivo Breathe!
Beatriz Mendes_trombone
Inês Luzio_euphonium
MUSIC & SOUND OPERATION Manuel Brásio
TEXT & STAGING Miguel Branca
LIGHT DESIGN Carín Geada
LIGHT OPERATION João Valentim
SCENOGRAPHY Projeto EZ, Coletivo Breathe!
FIGURINOS Beatriz Prada, Coletivo Breathe!
GRAPHIC DESIGN Gracja Zegarowicz
VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY Vasco Mendes |
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Au revoir |
Premiere |
2022/Jan/15 |
Sons de Bolso |
Marco Fronteiriço n.º 1 |
Cevide |
Portugal |
Andrea Conangla (singing voice and whisper I); Teresa Silva, Tiago Batista, Nuno Areia, José Silva, José Tiago Batista (whispers II); Luís Neto (sound capturing and master); Manuel Brásio (percussion and electronics) |
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Ministério do Caos |
Premiere |
2020/Sep/20 |
42nd International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim |
Cine-Teatro Garrett |
Póvoa de Varzim |
Portugal |
Drumming – Percussion Group; Miquel Bernat (musical direction) |
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SUPRAHUMAN Vol. 1 |
Premiere |
2018/Nov/03 |
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Sá de Miranda Municipal Theatre |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
Manuel Brásio . composition and percussion
Tiago Azevedo . cello
Jorge Pandeirada . electronics
Filipe Fernandes . video manipulation and production
Tiago Candal . sound engineering
Zé Tiago Baptista . assistant producer and creation
Beatriz Rosendo . scenography
Clara Araújo . photography
Filipe Moreira . video
Susana Carreiras . graphic design |
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SUPRAHUMAN
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Bom dia Sophia |
Premiere |
2018/Jun/12 |
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Conservatoire of Music in Coimbra |
Coimbra |
Portugal |
Oboists, participants at the Young Musicians' Award 2018 (Prémio Jovens Músicos 2018) |
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Suspirata Quasi Profunda |
Premiere |
2016/Jul/01 |
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Conservatoire of Music in Coimbra |
Coimbra |
Portugal |
Beatriz Rosendo · vibraphone |
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Qualia |
Premiere |
2016/Jun/11 |
Final Presentation within the Master’s in Multimedia: Interactive Sonic Design · Engineering Faculty at the University of Porto |
Black Box at the Superior School of Music and Performance Arts (ESMAE) |
Porto |
Portugal |
André B. Silva · guitar; Francisco Soutinho Ventura · bassoon; Tiago Azevedo · cello; André Dias · percussion; Manuel Brásio · piloting / performance orientation |
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Grubemanco |
Premiere |
2016/Mar/18 |
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Conservatoire of Music in Paredes |
Paredes |
Portugal |
Black & White 6tet
José Pinto / Frederic Cardoso / Carlos Ferreira / João Ramos / Tiago Bento / Vitor Fernandes · clarinets
Ricardo Frade · percussion |
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ESTEIO |
Premiere |
2014/Jul/25 |
Final Recital of Composition Licentiate at the ESMAE |
Helena Sá e Costa Theatre |
Porto |
Portugal |
Direction: Bruno Oliveira Martins
Ensemble:
Flaute: Fátima Seabra; Clarinet: Bruno Ferreira; Bass Clarinet: Pedro Santos; Bassoon: Francisco Ventura; Horn:
David Pardal; Trumpet: João Sousa; Bass Trombone: Kevin Severino; Tuba: João Soares; Violin I: Iakov
Arutyunyan; Violin II: José Baptista; Cello: Manuela Ferrão; Percussion: José Silva
Rock Band:
Electric Guitar : Filipe Fernandes; Electric Bass: Carlos Garrote; Electric Piano: Gonçalo Rego; Drums: Manuel
Brásio
Jazz Soloists:
Viola: José Valente; Saxophone: Ligia Silva; Euphonium: Luis Castro; Vibraphone: Eduardo Cardinho |
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Momentum Aeternum |
Premiere |
2014/May/24 |
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Helena Sá e Costa Theatre |
Porto |
Portugal |
ESMAE Sinfonieta
Bart Bouckaert · musical direction |
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Flutuações Contemplativas |
Premiere |
2014/May/24 |
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Café-Teatro – Sá de Miranda Municipal Theatre |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
Filipa Lima · flute |
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MNMD |
Premiere |
2013/May/15 |
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Café Teatro Francisco Beja, ESMAE |
Porto |
Portugal |
Pedro Santos · bass clarinet
Manuel Alcaraz Clemente · vibraphone |
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Next Step to the End |
Premiere |
2012/Jul |
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Professional Music School of Viana do Castelo |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
David William · timpani |
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I need to Erase |
Premiere |
2011/Sep/30 |
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Professional Music School of Viana do Castelo |
Viana do Castelo |
Portugal |
José Silva · percussion |
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Personal details
Artistic Name: Manuel Brásio
Born: 1992/Aug/01, Viana do Castelo
Nationality: Portuguese
Sex: Male
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