

Marcus Siqueira
*5 January 1974
Works by Marcus Siqueira
Biography
Born in Caratinga (Brazil), Marcus Siqueira has an undergraduate degree in Music from the University of São Paulo. He studied with Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, who was his tutor during the undergraduate course and also afterward.
He has been awarded important composition prizes in Brazil: 2010 FUNARTE Classical Composition Prize, 1st National Composition Competition - Sinfonia Cultura/SBMC (2000); VI Nascente Project Competition promoted by Abril Cultural and the University of São Paulo (1996); 1st Composition Competition of the XIV Brazilian Contemporary Music Bienalle (Rio de Janeiro - 2001); 1st National Arrangement Competition for Symphonic Band in Tatui, and others.
He also received three major composition fellowships in his country - FUNARTE (2008); VITAE Foundation (2003) and RioArte (2001).
His pieces have been played in contemporary music festivals and biennales in Brazil, and by Brazilian and foreign musicians in recitals and festivals in the USA, France, Portugal, Germany, Colombia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Turkey, Greece, Mexico and Italy.
He has works for several formations: opera, orchestra, chamber music, madrigal, choir, and several solo pieces. He also uses multimedia and electronic resources in his works for the theatre, especially in the play BR3 by Teatro da Vertigem (2006).
His works have been recorded by Radio Cultura Symphony Orchestra on the Paulus label (Premières – 2001), Água-Forte label (Marcus Siqueira por Gilson Antunes - guitar), SESC label (Contraluz, Ligeti +, Boulez +) and on independent record labels.
As a film composer, he has significant participation in Brazilian documentary films(Evaldo Mocarzel and Jorge Bodansky: directors). He also works with young film directors: Frederico Foroni, Bruno Torres, and others.
He taught in the Superior Music Course (EAD) of the Cantareira Faculty and now teaches free music courses in Italy, where he resides, with special emphasis on courses at institutions such as Conservatoire di Bruno Maderna (Cesena), Conservatoire di Musica Arrigo Boito (Parma) and Conservatorio di Musica Giovan Battista Martini (Bologna) one advanced Rithm studies from the Brazilian classical and popular music aspects.
About the music
“Marcus seems to compose in the manner of an obsessive studio work, expecting equally feverish interpreters. Music that is never repeated, subjecting the material to multiple variants prior to its presentation; music that never reaches a cadence, sometimes in unpredictable suspensions of time, sometimes in immeasurable flux; music that never quotes, it sounds hybrid without any external references. The revelation of deep meaning in musical material seems to occur throughout the quest that the precise notation in the score has the same force and impact as the most surprising improvisation. If responsibility for an organic structure is always present, strong is the imposition of will over argument. Music born from the Babel in which we find ourselves, it does not testify to its structural violence; rather, it detaches itself from hostile reality and invites our ears to turn inward. (Mauricio De Bonis, composer and professor at the São Paulo State University - UNESP).”
Marcus Siqueira has works for several formations: orchestra, chamber music, madrigal, choir, with live electronics (P.D. and Max Msp), and several solo pieces. He also uses multimedia and electronic resources in his works for the theatre and live performances.