Adelaide Pereira da Silva
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Adelaide Pereira da Silva (born 1928) is a Brazilian painter and composer.
. She studied piano with her mother from an early age, then studied piano and composition with Osvaldo Lacerda
and Camargo Guarnieri
. She began working as a music teacher and composer in 1960, and composed a number of works based on Brazilian folk music. She was also successful as a painter.
She won first place in the Gazeta Burajiruforukurore Association composition competition with "Três canções sobre temas do folclore brasileiro", and second place in the Santos City competition with "E tão pouco o que desejo".
Biography
Adelaide Pereira da Silva was born in Sao PauloSão Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
. She studied piano with her mother from an early age, then studied piano and composition with Osvaldo Lacerda
Osvaldo Lacerda
Osvaldo Lacerda ) is a Brazilian composer. He began piano study at nine, and in 1963, he became the first Brazilian composer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship.-References:...
and Camargo Guarnieri
Camargo Guarnieri
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri was a Brazilian composer.-Name:He was registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother's maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed...
. She began working as a music teacher and composer in 1960, and composed a number of works based on Brazilian folk music. She was also successful as a painter.
She won first place in the Gazeta Burajiruforukurore Association composition competition with "Três canções sobre temas do folclore brasileiro", and second place in the Santos City competition with "E tão pouco o que desejo".
Works
Da Silva composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and solo instrument. Selected works include:- 1962 Variations for piano (8 Variations)
- 1965 Suite No. 1 (Shindig, Fad, Polka, Waltz, Cateretê)
- 1965 Ponteio N. 1
- 1965 Ponteio N. 2
- 1965 Chôro N. Waltz 1
- 1965 Chôro N. Waltz 2
- 1966 Ponteio N. 3
- 1966 Ponteio N. 4
- 1966 Ponteio N. 5
- 1967 Suite N. 2 (Bent, Sieve, Chorinho, Baiao)
- 1970 Ponteio N. 6
- 1970 Ponteio N. 7
- 1970 Chôro N. Waltz 3
- 1970 Chôro N. Waltz 4
- 1970 Chôro N. Waltz 5
- 1970 Cantiga naive
- 1978 Recollection
- 1981 Echoes of Childhood
- 1993 Ponteio N. 8
Discography
Da Silva's works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:- Revelando o Brasil, Composições de Adelaide Pereira da Silva
- Teclas Brasileiras
- Brasileira: Piano Music by Brazilian Women Centaur Records
- Mulheres Compositoras França - Brasil