Jorge Antunes

Brazilian politician and composer

Jorge de Freitas Antunes (born 23 April 1942) is a Brazilian avant-garde composer of electroacoustic and acousmatic music. He is known as the man who pioneered electronic music in Brazil.

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Antunes entered the Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1959 where he studied violin. He went on to earn Master of Music degrees in both violin and composition from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Doctor of Music in electroacoustic music from the University of Paris (1977).

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Historia de un pueblo por nacer, o carta abierta a Vassili Vassilikos y todos los pesimistas
  • Historia de un pueblo por nacer, o carta abierta a Vassili Vassilikos y todos los pesimistas: Part I
  • Historia de un pueblo por nacer, o carta abierta a Vassili Vassilikos y todos los pesimistas: Part II
  • Historia de un pueblo por nacer, o carta abierta a Vassili Vassilikos y todos los pesimistas: Part III
  • Historia de un pueblo por nacer, o carta abierta a Vassili Vassilikos y todos los pesimistas: Part IV
  • Mixolydia
  • O colecionador de pedras descalço
  • Vitraux MCMXCV