Roberto Victorio

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Also known as

Roberto Pinto Victorio

Genres

contemporary music, classical music

Instruments

classical guitar, piano, cello, flute, clarinet, percussion, marimba, bass clarinet, real-time electronics

Biography

Roberto Victorio is a renowned Brazilian composer, conductor, and professor, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1959. His academic background is robust, featuring a higher education degree in classical guitar, a bachelor's degree in conducting, and a master's degree in composition from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His teaching career includes stints at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music, where he taught composition and orchestration, and at the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), where he became a full professor and researcher, focusing on ethnomusicology and the ritual music of the Bororo ethnic group.

Throughout his career, Victorio has accumulated an extensive catalog of over three hundred works performed at major contemporary music events in Brazil and abroad, in cities such as Zurich, New York, and Budapest. He has also served as conductor and musical director of the Rio de Janeiro Chamber Orchestra and the UFRJ Grupo Música Nova. His musical output is marked by experimentation, the exploration of timbres, and the relationship between time and space, frequently incorporating elements of indigenous cultures, such as the Bororo, into his compositions.

Roberto Victorio is a multifaceted artist, internationally recognized for his contribution to contemporary music. He has received several awards, such as 1st Prize in the Latin American Orchestral Composition Competition in Montevideo and honorable mentions in international competitions. His work has been the subject of academic study, exploring the complexity of his compositional approaches and the fusion of diverse sound elements. He is a prominent name in the Brazilian music scene, engaging in dialogue with other classical and contemporary music composers and performers.

Discography

• Trilogia Bororo (2016)