Marlos Nobre (born February 18, 1939 in

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) Béhague, Gerard: 'Nobre, Marlos',

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is a Brazilian

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. He has received commissions from numerous institutions, including the

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in Spain, the Free University of Music of São Paulo, the Neuchâtel Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland, The Apollon Foundation in Bremen, Germany and the Maracaibo Music Festival in Venezuela. He has also sat on the juries of numerous international music competitions, including the Cità di Alessandria Prize, the

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accessed June 23, 2007. and the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition. His eclectic compositional style features a mixture of classical compositional techniques such as polytonality, atonality and serialism combined with stylistic and conceptual influences from Brazilian traditional and popular music.His diverse approach to composition has been enhanced through his studies of prominent composers, including Koellreutter, Garnieri, Ginastera, Messiaen, Dellapiccola, and Bernstein.

Education

Nobre studied

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and

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at the Conservatory of Music of Pernambuco from 1948 to 1959, and

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with H. J. Koellreutter and Camargo Guarnieri. When he received a scholarship from the

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, he pursued advanced studies at the Latin American Center in

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, alongside

Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography Ginastera was born in Buen ...

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, Malipiero, Copland and

Dallapiccola Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. Biography Dallapiccola was born in Pisino d'Istria (at the time part of Austria-Hungary, current Pazin, Cro ...

. He worked also with Alexander Goehr and

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at the Berkshire Music Center in

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in 1969, where he met

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. The same year he studied

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at the

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Career highlights

He was

-in-residence at the Brahms-Haus in Baden-Baden invited by the

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Society, Germany from 1980–81. He held the

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in 1985–86. Nobre has been a Visiting Professor at

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, the Universities of

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and

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and

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. He was Music Director of the Radio MEC and the National Symphony Orchestra from 1971 to 1976, the First Director of the National Institute of Music at FUNARTE from 1976 to 1979, and the President of the Brazilian Academy of Music. He was also President of the International Music Council of UNESCO. He was Guest Composer at the

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and

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. In 2000, he received the highest academic awards from the Texas Christian University the "Cecil and Ida Green Honors Professor" and from the Indiana University the "Thomas Hart Benton Medallion".

Compositions

The Desafio No. 3 for violin and strings is among 16 compositions by Nobre for various combinations of instruments that draw on the concept of the "desafio". In Brazilian culture, a "desafio" is a musical duel between two singers known as repentistas sertanejos (lit. country singers) who playfully and competitively alternate improvised poetic lyrics while accompanying themselves on guitar. The "desafio" tradition is particularly common in the

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and typically takes place at a public square or local market. Desafio No. 3 is a dialogue between the violin soloist and string orchestra, ant the piece reflects the modal, lyrical, and conversational nature of the music of the Brazilian repentistas.

Recent years

Nobre is active as a pianist and conductor, having performed and conducted with several orchestras: Suisse Romande Orchestra, Geneve; Collegium Academicum, Switzerland; Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra at Teatro Colón; SODRE Orchestra of Montevideo, Uruguay; the National Orchestras of Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru ( National Symphony Orchestra of Peru), Guatemala and all Brazilian Orchestra; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London; Philharmonic of Nice, France. He is currently the Director of Contemporary Music Programs at Radio MEC-FM of Brazil; the President of "Jeunesses Musicales" of Brazil and the President of the Musica Nova Editions of Brazil. Miembro de Número del Colegio de Compositores Latinoamericanos de Música de Arte, fundado por el compositor y director de orquesta Manuel de Elías.

Awards

Nobre won a number of composers' competitions, including: * Music and Musicians of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (1960) * Broadcasting Music Inc. Award, New York, USA (1961) * The Brazilian Song Contest, Rio de Janeiro (1962) * Ernesto Nazareth National Competition, Brazilian Academy of Music, Rio de Janeiro (1963) * National Composers Contest, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1963) * Torcuato Di Tella Award, Buenos Aires (1963) * City of Santos Contest, São Paulo (1966) * The UNESCO Prize, Paris (1974) * The I TRIMALCA/UNESCO Prize, Colombia (1979) * VI Premio Iberoamerican de la Música "Tomás Luís de Victoria", (2005)Premio Tomás Luís de Victoria
. He has received the following decorations: * Cultural Merit Gold Medal of Pernambuco (1978) * Great Official of the Order of Merit of Brasília (1988) * Official of the

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of the Itamaraty, Brazil (1989) * Official of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (1994) * Gold Medal of Merit of the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation of Pernambuco (1999)

References

External links

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