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Jayme Amatnecks (Ponta Grossa, December 22, 1966) is a Brazilian composer and conductor. [1] In addition to working with several choral groups in Ponta Grossa, Amatnecks taught at University Potiguar (2005-2011) and was twice elected to the Ponta Grossa's Municipal Council of Culture. [2] [3] [4]
Amatnecks studied under Gabriel de Paula Machado, Lucia Passos, Hans-Gerhardt Rotmann, [4] and Hans-Joachim Koellreutter.[ citation needed ]
Amatnecks founded the children's choir at Ponta Grossa State University in 1987 [5] and in 1999 organized the Vox Pop choir and the Ministry of Culture's Camerata Ars Musica, both of which promote Brazilian music in particular. [4] He was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Ponta Grossa between 2002 and 2005. [6] From 2005 to 2011, he taught at the University Potiguar and directed a number of choirs, including the CEIC[ expand acronym ] Choir, the St. Cecilia Women's Choir, the AFENAB/AABB[ expand acronym ] Choir, and the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Norte Choir. [3] He was elected to Ponta Grossa's Municipal Council of Culture twice. [2] He also started a public school program in Ponta Grossa that expanded the existing choral curriculum to include a greater diversity of cultural music. This program formed at least 83 choirs. [4]
In 2013, Amatnecks served as a member of the international jury for the VII International Chorus Inside Festival in Rome. [7] [8] [9] In 2014, he led a workshop on Osvaldo Lacerda for singers and conductors participating in the tenth Chorus Inside Festival in Chieti, Italy.[ citation needed ] In 2015, he conducted a version of Duerme Negrito with the Camerata Ars Musica, featuring Emiglio Solé, which later appeared in the short film Paseo de los Melancólicos 9, 3º B: 28005 Madrid.[ citation needed ] The film was shown at the Cannes Festival in 2017. [10] [11]
Amatnecks has received two awards for artistic merit:[ citation needed ] the Ponta Grossa Anita Philipovsky Prize [12] and the State of Paraná Sower Prize. He has released six CDs[ citation needed ] and has published three children's books through Arco Publishing House in Curitiba: Christmas Gloria, [13] Tic, Tac, Zoin – A History of the Sounds, [14] and A Gift For Mom. [15]
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