Edino Krieger

Origin

Brusque, SC

Years Active

1944–2022

Genres

classical music, contemporary classical, orchestral music

Instruments

violin, piano

Biography

Edino Krieger was a prominent Brazilian classical composer, conductor, and music critic, born in Brusque, Santa Catarina. He began studying the violin under his father's guidance at a young age before moving to Rio de Janeiro in 1943 to study at the Conservatório Brasileiro de Música and with Hans-Joachim Koellreutter. He was a key member of the Grupo Música Viva and later studied in the United States at Tanglewood and the Juilliard School, working with notable figures such as Aaron Copland and Darius Milhaud.

Throughout his prolific career, Krieger held numerous influential positions in Brazilian musical institutions, including director of the National Music Institute at FUNARTE and president of the Academia Brasileira de Música. He was also instrumental in creating the National Symphony Orchestra and the contemporary music biennials in Brazil. His compositional style evolved through various phases, encompassing baroque and impressionist influences, dodecaphony, neoclassicism, and a distinctive nationalist synthesis that incorporated Brazilian regional elements, as seen in his renowned suite Brasiliana and Canticum Naturale.

Krieger passed away in Rio de Janeiro in 2022, leaving behind a rich legacy as a composer, cultural organizer, and fierce advocate for Brazilian art music. His work bridged international avant-garde techniques with native sounds, profoundly shaping the landscape of 20th-century classical music in Brazil. He worked alongside and was influenced by important contemporaries such as Claudio Santoro and Guerra-Peixe.

Discography

• Radamés Gnattali, Villa-Lobos, Edino Krieger, José Menezes, Mario Tavares, Orquestra de Câmara da Rádio Ministério da Educação e Cultura – Concertino N.3 para Violão, Orquestra de Cordas, Flauta e Timpani / Ciranda das Sete Notas (Para Fagote e Orquestra) / Brasiliana para Viola e Orquestra de Cordas (1962)
• Edino Krieger, Ernst Widmer, J. Lins – MEC 70 Música do Brasil Vol. 1 (1971)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos / Burle Marx / Edino Krieger / Marlos Nobre – Violoncelo Festival Villa-Lobos 1976 (1977)
• Edino Krieger, Lorenzo Fernandez – Festival Villa-Lobos 1977 (1977)
• Edino Krieger, Raul do Valle, Ernst Widmer, Mário Ficarelli, Ricardo Tacuchian – II Bienal de Música Brasileira Contemporânea - Disco 2 (1977)
• Edino e Aldo Krieger (1986)
• Interpreta Edino Krieger e Fructuoso Vianna (1988)
• Canticum Naturale (1996)
• Jorge Antunes, Edino Krieger, Almeida Prado, Ronaldo Miranda, Egberto Gismonti, Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal, Silvio Barbato – Sinfonias Brasil 500 Anos (2000)
• Edino Krieger, Orquestra de Câmara Solistas de Londrina – Retratos Brasileiros (2011)
• Brahms - Krieger - Schumann - Höller (2013)
• Celso Loureiro Chaves, Paulo Zuben, Edino Krieger, André Mehmari, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, Marin Alsop, Pedro Neves, Valentina Peleggi, Luíz Fílip, Leonardo Hilsdorf, Coro da Osesp, Marcos Thadeu – Encomendas Osesp 2017 (2018)
• Krieger, Beethoven, Elgar - Orquestra do Festival de Campos do Jordão 2018, Sian Edwards, Arnaldo Cohen – Festival 2018 (2018)
• Edino Krieger, Flávia Fernandes, Sao Paulo Symphony Choir, Goiás Philharmonic Orchestra, Neil Thomson – Canticum Naturale / Ludus Symphonicus / Variações Elementares (2023)
• Orquestra de Câmara da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Lev Markiz, E. Krieger, E. Grieg, B. Britten – Concerto em Nova Friburgo