Danilo Valadão - Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Name: ​Danilo Freitas Valadão ​Born:​ October 13th 1987 ​Nationality: ​Brazilian Residency: ​Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Soon to be Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

University Education: • Bachelor’s Degree in Composition and Conducting - Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) - from 2008 to 2013 - Student of Wellington Gomes, Agnaldo Ribeiro, Paulo Lima, Pedro Kroger, Flávio de Queiroz and others.

• Master’s Degree in Music Education at the Professional Post-Graduation Program of the Federal University of Bahia, oriented by Dr. Prof.Joel Luís da Silva Barbosa. Project: The Young Orchestra: a modern and didactic repertoire. - from 2015 to 2016.

- FAPESB Scholarship (Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia) - from 2015 to 2016.

• Doctor’s Degree in Composition - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) - start: March 2019.

Indicated for Scholarship and orientation still to be defined.

Awards and selections at festivals: - Winner of the maximum prize of the 19th Biennial of Contemporary Music of Funarte, in the category "Symphonic Orchestra" with the song "A Tempestade" (2010).

- Received the FAPESB (Foundation for Research Support of the State of Bahia) grant for execution of the Master’s project. Scholarship granted by merit at the Master’s Degree exams for the Professional Master's Program in Music Education by UFBA (2015).

- Selected for the Composition Course of the 46th edition of the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival, SP. Course given by the renowned composer Aylton Escobar. (2015).

- Selected for the 8th edition of Copiu GerminaC.ciones Festival in Santiago, Chile (2015) - Selected in co-partnership with Natanael Ourives to the Brazilian Contemporary Music Festival (FMCB) with the article “Interval Circles on the piece ‘Real Thing I’ of Paulo Costa Lima” - From March 16th to March 18th 2016.

- Selected for the Composition Course of the 48th edition of the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival, SP. Workshop with the Ensemble Modern. (2017) - Selected for paper presentation at the 27th edition of the ANPPOM (Post-Graduation and Research in Music Association) Congress in Campinas, SP (2017).

- Winner of the Composition Prize of the 48th edition of the Campos do Jordão Winter Festival, SP, receiving a commission for a new piece in next edition of the Winter Festival (2017).

- Selected for the Composition Course of the 8th edition of the International Festival Sesc of Pelotas, RS from January 15h to 26th 2018 (2017).

• Music education and pedagogy: - Cello and Double Bass Instructor for Neojiba (Social project of various ensembles throughout the state of Bahia) in 2018 ( from March to December).

- Educator, composer and arranger for the musical education project of GRUMAP (Alto das Pombas Women's Group), located in the city of Salvador, with application of the "Da Capo" Method of the teacher Joel Luis da Silva Barbosa for children and preadolescents, guided by the same - from March to July 2015.

- Pedagogical Accompaniment of the Castro Alves Orchestra (OCA) - 12 to 21 years old - and the Experimental Pedagogical Orchestra (OPE) and adjunct groups - children up to 12 years old - from Neojiba in order to compose a repertoire of didactic pieces as an activity of the Professional Master's UFBA - from March to October 2015.

- Composition and arrangements for didactic repertoire of Symphonic Bands as an activity linked to the Professional Master's Degree, based on the "Da Capo" Method of Professor Joel Barbosa, guided by the same - from 2015 to 2016.