Danilo Freitas Valadão. Born in Juazeiro – Bahia, Brazil on October 13 of 1987. Graduation • Law - Unifacs - 2006 to 2008 - Course dropped . • Bachelor’s Degree in Composition and Conducting by the Music School of the Federal University of Bahia. From 2008 to 2013. • Awards: - Maximum Prize Money on the XIX Biennial of Contemporary Music Funarte on the category "Symphonic Orchestra" with the music "The Storm" (2010). - Partial sponsorship for the recording and broadcasting on the "Orchestral Master Volume 2" CD series by ABLAZE Records (Australia / USA) with the inclusion of the music "The Storm" – February 2014 NOTE: Relinquished the prize • Music Premieres: • 2008: - "Angels Cry" for solo guitar, performed by the composer himself at the Philosophy’s Campus of the Federal University of Bahia, as part of the Bahia’s Biennale of Art, Design and Culture in Salvador / BA • 2009: - "Chaotic Dance n.1" for chamber orchestra, on the 25th of August at 19h in "Young Composers Concert" of EMUS / UFBa held at Martins Gonçalves Theater in Salvador / BA by the Federal University of Bahia Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Prof. Dr. Wellington Gomes. - "Curupira" for 8 percussions, on 1 December at 20h at the meeting hall of the rectory Federal University of Bahia in Salvador / BA as part of the programming of the XXI International Music Seminars - Meeting Composers - EMUS / UFBa performed by the Center of Percussion Federal University of Bahia under the baton of Prof. Dr. Jorge Sacramento. • 2011: - "The Storm (A Tragedy at Sea)" for symphony orchestra on October 10 at 19h at the Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro, in the realization of the XIX Biennial of Contemporary Music FUNARTE, by Orquestra Petrobrás performed under the baton of André Cardozo. • 2013: - "A Compositional Study" for chamber ensemble, on the 14th of October at 20h, performed by the Greek Ensemble "dissonArt" on the "48th Dimitria Festival" in Thessaloniki, Greece, as part of the realization of international Call for Scores "Collaborative Miniature Project" (Greece). • 2014: - "Tragedy Eros" for solo clarinet, on February 28 at 20h at the Auditorium CAM (Calle Mayor, Cartagena, Spain) performed by Javier Garrido Perez as part of the realization of the international Call for Scores "15 Minutes of Fame" Vox Novus (New York ). - “Random Trio (or “Avant de l’apres midi”)” for three musicians, on November 6 at 19h at the Events’s Room of the Music School of University of Bahia. • Participation at Festivals and Venues: - FIMC III (International Festival of Contemporary Music) in 2010, the festival sponsored by the Post-Graduate Program of the School of Music UFBa (PPGMUS - UFBa). Frequenter of minicourses in composition and lectures and instrumentist - September 2010. - Monitor the III Northeast Regional Meeting of ABET and ABET I Regional Meeting of the North, 26-28 October 2012. - Assistant Producer of “Brass in Flames”, inserted in the I Seminar in Musical Composition of the MAB (“Musica de Agora Bahia” – Music of Now of Bahia) program on August 20, 2012. - General-Coordinator of "Germina.Cciones…", a festival that promotes collaborative composition between composer and performers, plus the interaction of different forms of arts with music. From July to November 2014 - Concerto: November 6 at 19h at the Events’s room of the Music School of Federal University of Bahia.
• Composition of Soundtrack: - Movies: "Ana, 11" (short film, São Paulo - SP, 2006); "Um, Dois" (short film, São Paulo - SP, 2011); "Antes de Palavras" (short film, São Paulo - 2012); "Stanza 304" (short film, Bergamo Italy - 2013). - Theatre: "Don Perlimplim and Belize in your garden" (Salvador - BA, 2011); "Le sottilissime astuzie di Bertoldo" - scenic Reading (Brazil-Italy director Gian Franco Zanetti, Salvador - BA 2013); "Fando and Lis" (Salvador - 2014) - Documentary: "Nanook of the North", a project of recreating the trail of one of the first documentaries in history, who attended the first edition of "Cachoeira Doc" Festival (Cachoeira BA, 2011). • Participation in musical groups and / or presentations: • Cello: - Concert 4 of FIMC III: Electroacoustic Music of Brazil and Portugal with audience interaction (Maestro Pedro Figueiredo) - Theatre of Movement School of Dance located at Federal University of Bahia - Salvador, September 2010 - Concert of finalist pieces for String Orchestra of the Fernando Burgos 2010 Competition - Rectory of the UFBa - Salvador, April 27, 2011 - Cellist of the Popular Symphony Orchestra Camaçari - From August 2011 to March 2012. 5 concerts - Concert "I Sing Samba" with Veronica Ribeiro and guests - SESI Theater - Salvador, December 2011. - Live performance of the soundtrack of the play "Don Perlimplim and Belize in your garden" - in November 2011. - Live performance of the soundtrack of the play "Fando and Lis" playing cello, guitar and piano - 6, 7, 20 and October 21, 2014. Upcoming presentations: early December. - Concert of the first “Germina.Cciones…” Festival in Salvador – Bahia. November 6 of 2014 at the Events Room of the Music School of the Federal University of Bahia. • Choir - Member of the suit tenors in the Polyphonic Choir Neojibá - since April 2013. Performances: July 14, 2013 - Solar Unhão - Salvador (BA); 20 October 2013 (tenor soloist) - Teatro Castro Alves Salvador (BA); December 14, 2013 - Teatro Castro Alves - Salvador (BA). - Member of the suit of the tenors of the choir of ALBA (Lyric Association of Bahia) - since September 2013. Presentations: Opera "I Pagliacci" - days: 29 and November 30 and December 1, 2013 - Teatro Castro Alves - Salvador - Bahia. • Taiko (Japanese drumming): - Goer in the course of the Wado Taiko group, affiliated to Anisa (Nippo-Brazilian Cultural Association Salvador) from October 2011 to October 2013. Two presentations at the Bon Odori Festival: August 2012 and August 2013 • Other Activities: • Private and public presentations of Brazilian (mostly Bossa Nova, Samba and regional styles) and International (mostly Jazz) music repertoire with voice and guitar - Since 2007 • Private Teacher of instrument (guitar, electric guitar, piano, electric bass guitar and cello), Music Theory (Elementary theory and harmony) - since 2007 • Editor of scores. • Cellist at weddings, dinners and smaller presentations - since 2009 • Worked with voice and guitar for music therapy at the Sabin Laboratory in August to September 2013. • Eletric Bass Guitar’s Teacher at the Extension Course of the Music School of Federal University of Bahia. From August to December 2013. • Translation of the legends of Portuguese into Spanish for the DVD "Brasilianos" a documentary about the Neojibá (Center for Youth and Children's Orchestras of Bahia). – 2013 • Foreign Languages: - English: Advanced - Aptis proficiency score: C
- Spanish: Advanced - Italian: Basic speaking, Intermediary listening, reading and writing. - French: Basic reading.