Alexandre Guerra (2)

Alexandre Guerra is a Brazilian composer, born in São Paulo in 1971. His production is divided between musical creations for films and original works intended for the concert hall. He is a member of “Sociétaires Professionnels” (Sacem – France) and WSA (World Soundtrack Academy). He graduated from Berklee College of Music with a degree in film composition. In Brazil, he studied harmony and composition with Hans Koellheuter – an important name in Brazilian musical life during the 20th century. His training allowed him fluency in a wide variety of styles and orchestral formations, present in his compositions dedicated to films, as well as in his authorial work focused on concert music. Images and stories serve as a creative trigger for Alexandre, many of his works were inspired by the literature of Eça de Queiroz, Alexandre Dumas, or works by visual artists such as Matisse, Picasso and Goeldi. In recent years, his music has been performed regularly by several orchestras, such as the Budapest Symphony, Montevideo Philharmonic, Porto Alegre Symphony, National Symphony, Bucharest Symphony, among others, in a total of more than 20 orchestras. In 2022, there were 22 concerts by 11 orchestras, including the premieres of “Divagações sobre a Noite” at Sala São Paulo by saxophonist Nailor Proveta and the São Paulo Chamber Soloists, from the song cycle “O Mar como quem vê” at the Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, with mezzo-soprano Denise de Freitas, and his “Poems for Piano”, with Cristian Budu. Recently, the Paraná Symphony Orchestra and the Teatro Guaíra ballet presented his work “Lendas Brasileiras“ to an audience of more than 20,000 people”, and in Manaus the Amazonas Chamber Orchestra dedicated a program exclusively to his works. In 2018, Alexandre composed the symphonic opening “Guerreiras Amazonas” in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Santo André Symphony Orchestra and the following year, at the invitation of maestro Laércio Diniz, Alexandre participated in the program of the “Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de João Pessoa”, as resident composer. The composer has released 27 albums, 11 of which were recorded by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, including “Fantasia for Guitar and Orchestra” with solo by Chrystian Dozza. The “Fantasia Rodin & Camille” for piano and string orchestra, featured a special participation by Fabio Martino, and his album “Ballet de Azul e Vento” was a finalist at the 26th Brazilian Music Awards. In the world of popular music, he worked as an arranger in projects with Carlinhos Brown & Orquestra Sinfônica da Bahia, and Léo Gandelman and Banda Sinfônica de Natal, in addition to being awarded the Sharp Prize in the instrumental music category, as best arranger for the album “Girassol ” by Ed Ribeiro Lima. His beginnings in cinema came as an instrumentalist, in the film “Pentathlon” by Dolph Lundgren, in 1994. Today, Alexandre brings together over 30 concert works, from Symphonic Poems to Opera, and 130 soundtracks composed in collaboration with directors such as Jayme Monjardim , Bruno Barreto, Pascal Cuissot and Marcelo Machado, in films and series such as “O Tempo e o Vento”, “Tudo o que Aprendemos Juntos”, “The American Guest” (HBO), “Blue Brazil” (Disney) and “Maysa” (Rede Globo).