Eduardo Frigatti - guitarist/composer
He is studying composition with Krzysztof Penderecki, Rodrigo Lima and Maurício Dottori. Currently, he is a PhD student at USP, São Paulo, under the guidance of composer Dr Silvio Ferraz. He has graduated in Music (EMBAP / Unespar) and Music Therapy (FAP / Unespar). He has also completed his master degree at UFPR, under the guidance of composer Dr Maurício Dottori. He has studied at the Music School of the State of São Paulo (Emesp) and at the Academy of Music in Kraków which was possible thanks to a scholarship from Mozarteum Brasileiro. His works have been performed internationally as well as locally: at the International Festival of Krakow Composers in Poland and MusLAB Festival in Mexico, at several festivals in Brazil (Panorama da Musica Brasileira, Bienal Música Hoje, Festival de Música Paranaense, Festival Internacional de Londrina, Simpósio Acadêmico de Violão da EMBAP, Oficina de Música de Curitiba), Sala Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo Concert Hall). Several of his compositions were awarded, such as: first prize in the III Composition Competition of the Music Biennial Today (2015) for his work Campina de Vidro (for string orchestra and piano); an award in the 1st Composition Competition of the Edino Krieger Contemporary Music Festival (2017) for his composition Morriña (a string quartet); second prize in 1st National Competition for Clarinet Solo Composition for his work Moods (2018). His work Prelúdio III was selected to be recorded in the first album of the project Novas, promoting new music for Brazilian guitar. Frigatti’s composition Iguaçu was commissioned and recorded in an album Clarinete Solo Brasileiro by Jairo Wilkens.