Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti

Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti was born in 1949 in Brazil. He began his musical studies of the trumpet, and musical theory and appreciation. Between 1967 and 1973 he studied guitar, reading and writing, harmony, counterpoint, morphology, orchestration and composition.

From 1975 to 1979 de Hollanda Cavalcanti taught guitar at the Brazilian Music Conservatory and at the Villa-Lobos Music School. From 1984 to 1986, he was a director and teacher of harmony, counterpoint and composition. He worked at the National Music Institute of Funarte as a researcher, musical reviser and phonographic archivist, editor and producer.

De Hollanda Cavalcanti has published articles such as Thesis on Music, On Repertoire in Musica: Texts and Contexts and the essay Music and Dialectics. He is a popular music arranger and record producer. In 1986, upon a request from the Popular Music Division of Funarte, he was in charge of composing arrangements, as well as the musical direction and coproduction of the albumYes, nos temos Braguinha.

During 1992 to 1994, he worked at the National Library Foundation, as Advisor and Chief of the Sound Archives and Musical Division. Some of his works were granted awards and prizes in national and international composition contests. He has been commissioned to write several pieces for choir; for base and piano; for soprano, violin, violoncello and piano; and for orchestra. Since 1976 the composer has taken part in many various events related to music held in Brazil. During 1995 and 1996, the composer was Director of Music Division of the Arts and Culture municipal Institute-RIOARTE, the unit in charge of promoting musical events in Rio de Janeiro City, as well as publishing CDs and scores.

Reference

Classical Composers Database (2009). Brazilian composers. Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti.

Retrieved October 17, 2009 from http://www.classical- composers.org/comp/hollanda

Discography


Orchestra

• Cobras e Lagartos (Abertura)
  


• A Fênix
  


• Ária (para Sonia)
  


• Questão de Ordem – Sinfonia nº 1
  


• Data Venia...(...Sebastian e ...Ludwig) – Sinfonia nº 2
  


• Rio de Janeiro - A Sagração do Verão
  

Chamber

• Divertimento... mesmo!
  
  


• As Ruas da Cidade – Sinfonietta
  

With solo

• Concerto Simples (para violão / for guitar)
  


• Microconcerto nº 1 (para flauta / for flute)
  


• O Sábio em lá
  (para flauta e clarineta / for flute and clarinet)
  

Strings

• Os Cabocolinhos
  


• Suíte de "Cobras e Lagartos"
  
  


• Suíte "Louvor"
  


• Suíte Aberta em Forma de Coisas
  


• Violão, por quem choras?
  – Suíte
  

With solo

• 3 Ais (soprano)
  


• Um Gringo no Brasil
  – Suíte (para clarineta ou sax soprano / for clarinet or soprano sax.)
  
  


• Simple Concert For Guitar Without Guitar
  (para harpa e piano / for harp and piano)