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José Antônio Rezende De Almeida Prado
José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado or Almeida Prado (February 8, 1943 – November 21, 2010) was an important Brazilian composer of classical music and a pianist. On Almeida Prado's death, his personal friend, conductor João Carlos Martins stated that Prado had possibly been the most important Brazilian composer ever. Prado wrote over 400 compositions and won various prizes for his work. He was born in Santos, São Paulo in 1943. He died in São Paulo in 2010, having lived there for the latter part of his life. Training In Brazil, Almeida Prado studied with Dinorá de Carvalho ( piano), Osvaldo Lacerda (harmony) and Camargo Guarnieri (composition). Upon winning first prize for his cantata , based on a text by Hilda Hilst, at the ''I Festival de Música da Guanabara'' in 1969, he continued his studies in Europe. He studied with Olivier Messiaen and Nadia Boulanger in Paris from 1970 to 1973, besides brief studies with György Ligeti and Lukas Foss in Darmst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Antônio Rezende De Almeida Prado - Im Markgräflichen Opernhaus - Bayreuth (cropped)
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |