Meet the Composer
Join composer Andrea Pinto Correia as she presents a talk examining how her heritage has influenced her compositional style. The event will include performances by Princeton Symphony Orchestra musicians, commentary from the artist, and insight about how the Portuguese folk tradition has impacted Correia's work as a musician and composer.
Support for this event provided in part by the Edward T. Cone Foundation.
Photo Credit: Daniel Blaufuks
Performers
Krzysztof Kuznik and Emma Richman, violins
William Frampton, viola
Alistair MacRae, cello
Derek Bermel, clarinet
Born in Portugal, composer Andreia Pinto Correia’s music is characterized by close attention to harmonic detail and timbral color. Her work often reflects the influence of literary sources from the Iberian Peninsula. Recent highlights include Cortejo, a L.A. Philharmonic commission with generous support from the Esa-Pekka Salonen Commissions Fund premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Os pássaros da noite (The Birds of Night), a NY Philharmonic commission, both led by Maestro Gustavo Dudamel. Her work Reverdecer, Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra, co-commissioned by the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP, Brazil) and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal), and written for virtuoso Jay Campell, had its European and South American premieres during the 2023-24 Season. Pinto Correia was the curator of the Fertile Crescent Festival for Contemporary Music at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Honors include the Inaugural Sorel Award, the Arts and Letters Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and the DSCH Shostakovich Award for her “contribution to the excellence of Portuguese classical music” from the Ministry of Culture of Portugal. Recently Ms. Pinto Correia was Visiting Associate Professor of Composition at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and is faculty and co-curator of the Gamper Music New Music Series at the Bowdoin International Festival. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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