u p c o m i n g   e v e n t s

October 13, 2011 - world première

Mnesterophonia, cantata for baritone and chamber ensemble

XIX Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea (19^th Contemporary Brazilian Music Biennial)

Sala Funarte Sidney Miller
Rua da Imprensa, 16, térreo - Centro
Rio de Janeiro
7.00 pm

August 25, 2011 - paper presentation

A Entropia da Música: Teoria da informação, composição musical e complexidade

("The Entropy of Music: Information theory, music composition, and complexity")

XXI Congresso da ANPPOM
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

March 25, 2009 - world première

Yellow Eagle on Red Sky, for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, viola and piano

Gemini ensemble

David Lovatt Prize - Guildford International Music Festival
PATS Studio 1, University of Surrey
1.10 pm

March 20, 2009 - world première

Diversas Vias, for choir

The Crimson Singers - Jonnie Bridges, conductor

Guildford International Music Festival
Guildford Institute
8 pm

February 11-13, 2009 - paper presentation

The certainty, the impossible, and what falls between: Investigating information theory as a tool for shaping expectancy

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
2nd International Conference for PhD Music Students
Thessaloniki, Greece

January 8, 2009 - world première

Unturning, for violin and piano

Lontano ensemble

King's College London
St. Davis Room
7.30 pm

December 2010

Benvenuti has won the Prêmio Funarte de Composição Clássica, a prestigious award given to composers by the National Art Foundation. His piece Mnesterophonia, a cantata for baritone and chamber ensemble, was chosen by the awarding committee through an anonymous competition to be performed in the 19^th Contemporary Brazilian Music Biennial (XIX Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea) in 2011. The Biennial is considered to be the most important showcase of contemporary classical music in Brazil.

September 2010

Benvenuti finished Mnesterophonia, a cantata for baritone and chamber ensemble. Programme notes to be available soon.

August 2010

Benvenuti finished his PhD thesis entitled "Sound, Noise, and Entropy: An essay on information theory and music creation". The abstract will be available soon.

February 26, 2010

Ayre Español, a concert of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music with the ensemble Il Festino
Bolívar Hall
54 Grafton Way, London W1T 5DL

7.30 pm

February 2, 2010

Paper presentation - "Finding the Context: Segmentation of Non-Tonal Music"
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

November, 2009

His article The Certainty, The Impossible, And What Lies Between: Investigating information theory as a tool for shaping expectancy has been published in the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for PhD Music Students - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. It is also available for download at Scribd.

March 25, 2009

Yellow Eagle on Red Sky, Benvenuti's recently premièred piece written for the Gemini Ensemble, has won the David Lovatt Prize.