Lunigiana International Music Festival Composition Competition 2019 Call for an ensemble piece (2 to 5 performers) Instrumentation: voice, piano, violin, viola and cello Length: 3 to 6 minutes Prizes: – Performance during the Festival (Fivizzano (Italy), July 18-28, 2019) – Performance in New York City in the 2019/2020 season – Professional recording Jury: Andrea Talmelli – President […]
A special thank you to all who packed the house on IBOC‘s concert première of Joao MacDowell‘s new opera: Cries and Whispers! You can check pictures at our Facebook page. Only 4 days to go: Please consider a donation to our fundraise campaign: We really need your support. Here is a chance to pre-order your CD, DVD, poster […]
“Flores de Plástico” is the Portuguese version of “Plastic Flowers” a 2 act opera composed by Joao MacDowell (IBOC’s Artistic Director). The opera premiered in concert format in New York in 2012, featuring Abby Powell in the lead role of Penelope. This new version had a preview at the Vidigal Favela in Rio de Janeiro […]
Athur Kampela is an important voice in the world of Brazilian music today. One that surprises and challenges listeners into new realms of sonic expression. Kampela has won some of the most prestigious international prizes for contemporary composition, including the Guggenheim fellowship and Berlin Festspiele. His revolutionary piece “Uma Faca Só Lâmina” (‘A Knife All Blade’) […]
Composer Bill Heigen in collaboration with poet Marcos Bassini delivered this week the first completed musical piece of our program for the creation of new repertoire. We are very proud of the result achieved. This 3 movement cycle for Chorus (SATB), will soon start to be rehearsed by Maestro Néviton Barros with the iBoc singers. Congratulations! […]
Thank you for being a part of our début! Obrigado! Grazie! Merci! Arigato! We had an overwhelming response from the audience and international media. We are still compiling press and responding to messages of support. We launched 4 casts out of our 5 productions in the assembly line. We created the Brazilian Chorus that will […]
NYC March 7&8, 8pm concerts. Get your TKTS at Peatix: Brazilianopera.peatix.com New York City: March 7th & 8th Program: • “I Don’t Want to Die” a trio from “Cries and Whispers”, opera in Portuguese and English by Joao MacDowell Featuring Sopranos Shana Grossman, Alexandra Filipe and mezzo-soprano Brooke Larimer. •”O Sonho de Ianadi”, […]
March 7&8th – New York City Baruch’s Engelman Recital Hall. 8pm Tickets available at: brazilianopera.peatix.com March 7th & 8th Program: •”Provvisorietá (Provisoriedade)” an aria from “Anita” opera in Italian and Portuguese by Luigi Porto, libretto by Andrea Amoroso Featuring mezzo-soprano Abby Powell, with sopranos Alexandra Filipe and Julie Diniz. • “I Don’t Want to Die” a […]
Dear iboc supporter, Thank you so much for helping us achieve our fundraising goal for our March 7&8th company debut concerts! We couldn’t have done it without you! To celebrate this new beginning, we would like to invite you as a special guest to the closing exhibition of “The Fairytale Project” – a collaborative multimedia […]
We are proud to announce that we have reached our goal on Kickstarter and we went beyond by 113%. We are very proud of such a wonderful support community. We will put a wonderful concert for you. We are on major Italian press today! Check: Corriere Romano Gruppo ADN Kronos Yahoo Italia Agenzia Fuoritutto