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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Convido a todos para a palestra ilustrada (com
exemplos musicais) pelo Prof. Dr. Paulo César Chagas, da Universidade da
Califórnia (Riverside), pela série "Ofício de Compositor", a ser realizada no
próximo dia 18 de setembro, terça-feira, às 19h, na Sala de Concertos da Tulha
do Departamento de Música de Ribeirão Preto da ECA-USP,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>agradecemos a atenção de todos,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Prof. Rubens R. Ricciardi - professor titular da
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Paulo Chagas - compositor</STRONG>
<P><EM>Professor assistente da Universidade da Califórnia, Riverside</EM></P>
<P>B.M., University of São Paulo (ECA-USP), Brazil,<BR>M. A., Conservatorie
Royal de Musique de Liège, Belgium<BR>Ph.D., 2003, University of Liège, Belgium
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<P>Professor Chagas was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and is composer,
theoretician and researcher in music technology.</P>
<P>Professor Chagas has composed more than 100 pieces - ballet music, operas,
musical theater works, multimedia works, pieces for orchestra, instrumental and
vocal ensembles, electronic and computer music. His works have been performed in
Europe, Russia, the USA, and Latin America to both public and critical
acclaim.Chagas worked for ten years (1990-99) as Sound Director of the Studio
for Electronic Music of the WDR (West German Radio and Television Broadcasting)
where he conducted extensive research into electronic and computer music,
algorithmic composition, interactivity, multimedia and sound spatialization. He
also wrote music software and special computer applications for musical analysis
and composition. As a visiting lecturer, he taught at the Conservatory of Music
and at the University of Liège. From 1996-2004 he belonged to the Board of
Directors of the CRFMW (Musical Research Center of Wallonie, Liège).Paulo C.
Chagas has been invited to take part in international festivals in Europe and
the USA. He has been a member of competition juries and selection committees and
has given lectures and presented papers in conferences in several countries. In
1996, his work Eshu: la porte des enfers (the Gates of Hell) was performed by
the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York. In 1999, his
Techno-opera RAW was premiered by the Opera Bonn. 2004 his orchestra piece
Radiance was premiered by the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra.In the past few
years, Chagas has been commissioned by festivals (Ars Musica, MusikTriennale,
Witten, Moscow Autumn), theaters (Theaterhaus Stuttgart, National Theater
Weimar, Oper Bonn), research institutions (BEC - Bonn Research Centre for
Computer Media, CRFMW - Musical Research Center of Wallonie, Liège), ensembles
and musicians.His theoretical work focuses on subjects like musical semiotics,
music and media philosophy (Wittgenstein), new media, and music technology.
Chagas is presently working on research about gesture and interactivity,
involving the use of sensors and the relationship between sound, image and
movement. He is also developing a topology of sound cognition based on the
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