Andersen Viana

Origin

Belo Horizonte, MG

Years Active

1980

Genres

classical music, contemporary music, soundtrack

Instruments

conducting

Biography

Andersen Viana is a renowned conductor, composer, arranger, and music producer born in Belo Horizonte in 1962. His artistic career is marked by an intense and diverse production within postmodernism, moving fluidly between classical and popular music, as well as spanning from pieces for solo instruments to grand symphonic works and electronic music. The son of conductor and proofreader Sebastião Vianna, he built a solid academic background that includes a PhD in Music and Composition from the Federal University of Bahia and studies at prestigious international institutions in Italy, Sweden, and Brazil, having had renowned mentors such as Ennio Morricone.

Throughout his career, Viana has accumulated dozens of international and national awards in composition competitions held in countries such as France, the United States, Belgium, Chile, Italy, and the Netherlands. His vast catalog exceeds four hundred works, which include creations for voices, acoustic instruments, soundtracks for national cinema, and electronic resources. His international projection has led him to conduct renowned foreign ensembles, such as the Moravska Filarmonie in the Czech Republic and the Russian State Cinema Orchestra in Moscow.

In addition to his prolific work in concert music and soundtracks, the maestro also stands out as an educator, cultural producer, and writer, having released literary works of fiction inspired by cinematic language. He moves across different cultural fronts and is a member of important sector associations, such as the International Film Music Academy. Sharing aesthetic affinities with fundamental figures of Brazilian music such as Heitor Villa-Lobos and contemporary composer Paulo Costa Lima, Viana continues to exert a strong influence on the musical scene of Minas Gerais and Brazil.

Discography

• Eduardo Hazan, Andersen Viana – Instrumental de Casaca (1989)
• Orchestra Virtual (1996)