News


Scores


As of 2023, many of Flo Menezes' scores are published by the prestigious Universal Edition.


Recent and upcoming concerts


In September 2022, Flo Menezes toured with his work, premiering pieces at the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht, the Festival Dias de Música Eletroacústica in Lisbon, and at the Fylkingen theater in Stockholm, where he performed at EMS as Guest Composer, composing a new acousmatic composition: Perpetui decoris structura.


Recordings / internet releases


Many are the internet publicstions with video and recordings of Flo Menezres' music in the last months in his Youtube Channel.

Specially about Ritos de Perpassagem, there is a complete video recording with the full Opera and many viedo-drops in VR (virtual reality, 360 degrees) at the internet.


Publications


There have been many publications in recent times.

In this month of July 2021, Flo Menezes launches a new book, written together with the philosopher Vladimir Safatle, on Musical Aesthetics, titled A potência das fendas,

Editora Unesp Digital published Flo Menezes' book entitled "From the Error in Composition" (Do erro em Composição), and the composer published also a political book, with a collection of texts on Trotskyism from the event "I Encuento Internacional Leon Trotsky" from Havana, Cuba, in May 2019, of which he was one of the militants.

In addition, an important book was published in his honor on his 60th birthday, with texts in Portuguese and English by many authors analyzing several of his works: Scripture Music!

Throughout 2024, the prestigious Routledge publishing house will publish Flo Menezes' three volumes dedicated to the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen, with an analysis of his main works. The volumes correspond to the German composer's 3 main phases: Serial Music, Intuitive Music and Music by Formulas. There will be around 1000 pages, a veritable treatise on Composition in the 20th century.

See in >books and articles.


Events


See in >lectures and (audio)documents many of Flo Menezes' participations in national and international events, all recorded on video over the internet.


Awards


The DVD by Flo Menezes with works of him, the first surround recording of Anthèmes 2 by Pierre Boulez, and with some orks of other composers was awarded the Prêmio Concerto as the most important Brazilian audio production in 2016 and was also finalist of the BRAVO! Award, both in São Paulo.

The Opera Ritos de Perpassagem was indicated by the Brazilian critics as one of the most significant musical events in Brazil during 2019.

His book Do erro e Composição was awarded a Honorable Mention (Menção Honrosa) of the Prêmio ABEU in October 2022, given by ABEU – Associação Brasileira das Editoras Universitárias.


Recently on this site


There are many new recent professional recordings of the compositions by Flo Menezes, many links to his music at his Youtube Channel, many new photos....

Last but not least, after some years the page of the Studio PANaroma was finally updated!

And from 2022 on, many of Flo Menezes' works are published by the prestigious UE (Universal Edition) in Vienna.



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