Danniel Ribeiro is a Brazilian composer, researcher, and performer from Bahia. His recent work focuses on instrumental music, exploring the use of instruments through project-specific contextualized techniques, preparations, practical sculptural objects, amplification, and transduced electronics.

In Brazil, Danniel studied with Paulo Costa Lima and Wellington Gomes, composers who continued the cultural resistance of the Grupo de Compositores da Bahia (Group of Composers of Bahia). In 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2023, he was awarded the National Prize for Classical Composition from the National Foundation of the Arts of Brazil (FUNARTE). Additionally, he has received research grants in Brazil, Canada, and the US, contributing to research projects in composition, music theory, and analysis.

Danniel has been a composition fellow and participant at Klangspuren Schwaz (Austria), Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada), Domaine Forget (Canada), Festival Musica (France), New Music on the Point (USA), DePaul University Residency for New Music (USA), ilSUONO Contemporary Music Week (Italy), among other festivals and institutions. His works have been performed at Festival Empreintes (France), Festival de Morelia (Mexico), Sala São Paulo (Brazil), and the Biennial for Brazilian Contemporary Music (Brazil). He has collaborated with ensembles such as L’Instant Donné, Yarn/Wire, Schallfeld, lovemusic collective, Barcelona Modern, Vertixe Sonora, JACK Quartet, RAGE Thormbones, Dal Niente, Suono Giallo, Eco, Paramirabo, and Abstrai. He has studied privately with Chaya Czernowin, Franck Bedrossian, Clara Iannotta, Philippe Hurel, Malin Bång, Daniel D'Adamo, Mark Andre, Brian Ferneyhough, and Du Yun.

Danniel holds a Master’s degree in composition (M.Mus, 2018) from McGill University, studying under the guidance of Philippe Leroux. At McGill, he also received additional instruction in music theory from Christopher Neidhöfer and Robert Hasegawa. He completed a postgraduate degree in instrumental and mixed composition at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg (Spécialisation, 2024) and was a fellow of the 2023/24 George Ladd Prix de Paris. Danniel is currently a PhD candidate in music composition at UC Berkeley, studying with Edmund Campion, Ken Ueno, Myra Melford, and Carmine-Emanuele Cella.



 

 

 

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