José Siqueira e Mstislav Rostropovich: um encontro possível

Marcelo Moreno da Silva; Felipe Avellar de Aquino

doi:10.35699/2317-6377.2024.51180

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Marcelo Moreno da Silva Federal University of Piauí, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5178-7987
Felipe Avellar de Aquino Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5519-8104

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-6377.2024.51180

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José Siqueira, II Sonata for cello and piano, Benjamin Britten, Performance, Brazilian Music

Abstract

This article proposes to reveal a connection between José Siqueira and the Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich through musical elements present in the II Sonata for Cello and Piano (1972). We’ve explored the cello literature from that period, as well as elements that came to influence Siqueira in his compositional process. Based on Siqueira (1981), Aquino (2006), Santos (2016), and Silva (2023), we suggest the presence of sonorities that are similar to musical gestures from Britten’s First and Third Suites — Siqueira’s contemporary and Rostropovich’s personal friend. Through a comparative study of excerpts, it is possible to perceive important compositional traits in Siqueira’s output, in addition to those from the cultural manifestations of the music of the Brazilian Northeast, as a dualism between regionalism and elements from the European concert music. Thus, we present a more comprehensive perspective of Siqueira’s compositional style, denoting that the connection between Siqueira and Rostropovich goes beyond a dedicatory.

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Marcelo Moreno da Silva, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Marcelo Moreno da Silva is a cellist at the Federal University of Piauí – UFPI, combining research and performance activities, as well as teaching at community courses. He is currently the first cellist of the UFPI Orchestra (OSUFPI) and actively participates in events and university projects as a performer. He has already been part of the artistic staff of the Paraíba Symphony Orchestra (OSPB) and João Pessoa Municipal Symphony Orchestra (OSMJP). He holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the Federal University of Paraíba, in the area of Performance, with research on cello works by José Siqueira. In 2022 he won the 1st prize in the Chamber Music category, at the International Classic Web Competition, organized by the Associazione Musicale Dionízio, in Italy.

Felipe Avellar de Aquino , Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil

Felipe Avellar de Aquino is currently a faculty member at the Federal University of Paraiba - UFPB, in his native Brazil, where he holds a full professorship position, combining his cello teaching activities with research and performance. He has played concerts throughout Brazil, as well as in Argentina, Canada, Italy, Germany, Sweden, and the US; and directs the annual UFPB International Chamber Music Festival. He had his education in both Brazil and the United States, having obtained a Doctoral degree in cello performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. For two terms he was a Visiting Professor at Örebro University, in Sweden (February 2020, and May 2023), through the Linnaeus-Palme Program. His articles are published in journals and magazines such as The Strad Magazine (London, three articles), Piano Magazine (USA), Revista O Estado da Arte (Folha de São Paulo), Revista Opus, PerMusi, and Musica Hodie (Brazil). His research is funded by Fapesq, the Paraíba State Research Foundation.

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