4. João Pedro OLIVEIRA	“La mer émeraude” 9’38’'

La Mer Émeraude
Let us imagine a small invented world, a micro universe where everything exists... matter, energy, spirit, telluric movements, mysteries, natural and supernatural forces. That world is whole and from afar, whoever watches, sees it as a living ocean.

Composer João Pedro Oliveira holds the Corwin Endowed Chair in Composition for the University of California at Santa Barbara. He studied organ performance, composition and architecture in Lisbon. He completed a PhD in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook. 

His music includes opera, orchestral compositions, chamber music, electroacoustic music and experimental video. 
He has received over 50 international prizes. He taught at Aveiro University (Portugal) and Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and was invited professor at several other universities. 
His publications include several articles in journals and a book on 20th century.

4. João Pedro OLIVEIRA "La Mer Emeraude" (Prix Russolo 2020/21)

Sal (Salt)
Electroacoustic work - 9'11'' - 2016 
Realized at the CMMAS (Mexico) thanks to a residence of Ibermúsicas.
First Prize SIME 2017 (France)
Prize Exhibitronic 2016 (France)
Mention MA/IN 2016 (Italy)

This piece continues the aesthetic expolrations using personal techniques of composition that I call Electroacoustic Orchestration and Polyphony of the space, but in this case with limit auto-imposed of the stereo format. The overall character of the work is vital and energetic with a particular swing. The form of the composition is complex but can be summarized in two large sections abundantly articulated. In two moments the music seems to freeze, creating an unexpected contrast with the rest of the musical discourse, but the tension does not decay due to the created expectation. During its composition in Mexico, an extra local musical element impregnated the spirit of the work: "the salt of worm". Both salt (and condiments) and the worm (and other insects) occupy an important place in the Mexican ancestral culture, hence the title of the piece.
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