Rodrigo Passos Felicissimo

Rodrigo Felicissimo, conductor, born in 1977; musical education started at Rudolf Steiner Waldorf School, in São Paulo, Brazil. Educational background: B.A.: Geography; University of São Paulo. B.A.: Music Conducting; Santa Marcelina College, São Paulo; supervision by maestro Lutero Rodrigues (2008). M.A.: Geography, Human geography, (FFLCH) University of São Paulo. Dissertation: The Soundscape of Migrant Space; supervisor Professor Heinz Dieter Heidemann (2007). PhD: Music creation processes, School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo. Thesis: Interpretive Study of the Compositional Technique Melody of the Mountains, used in the orchestral pieces: New York Sky-Line Melody and Symphony No. 6 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. Supervisor: Gil Jardim. (2014). Pos Doc: Musicology researcher; School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo (2016-2018). Professional background: Rodrigo is a member of the advisory board of the Çarê Institute and artist with an ar-tistic production scholarship (2021). Assistant conductor: Youth Symphony Orchestra of East São Paulo, Fábri-cas de Cultura (Culture Factories); artistic director Enio Antunes, (2017-2020). Field researcher: Perspectivas Analíticas para a Música de Villa-Lobos PAMVILLA research group, choir, and orchestra, focus on musical edu-cation at the Acaia Institute (Non-Governmental Organization), director Elisa Bracher. (2012-2015). Conductor: Antunes Chamber Orchestra (OAC), 2008-2019. Coralusp (Choir of the University of São Paulo USP), 1998-2008. Music conducting studies and improvement in conducting, under guidance of maestro Roberto Duarte (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro UFRJ) and Brazilian Musical Academy ABM. Since 2016. Languages (lev-el): English (fluent), Italian (intermediary), German (basic). Spanish (intermediary). French (intermediary). Pub-lication: Book: PhD Thesis: Estudo Interpretativo da Técnica Composicional Melodia das Montanhas (Interpre-tative Study of the Compositional Technique Melody of the Mountains by Villa-Lobos), publisher NEA (OmniS-criptum Publishing Group), 2017. Main articles: FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Passos; JARDIM, G. R. Interface entre os processos criativos de Paul Klee e H. Villa-Lobos: gráficos para gravar as Melodias das Montanhas. Opus (Belo Horizonte. Online), v. 19, p. 47-70, 2013. FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Passos. Uirapuru, a lenda do pássaro encantado, de Heitor Villa-Lobos. In: Anais II Simpósio Nacional Villa-Lobos: Práticas, Representações e Inter-textualidades, 2017, Rio de Janeiro: Festival Villa-Lobos, 2016. v. 1. p. 158-171. FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Pas-sos. O Processo de Criação Musical de H. Villa-Lobos Desenvolvido na Peça New York Sky-Line Melody. III Simpósio Brasileiro de Pós-Graduandos em Música. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). SIMPOM Anais n. 3. Rio de Janeiro: UNIRIO, Brasil, 2014. v. 3. p. 695-704. FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Passos. Paisagem Sonora do Espaço Migrante. 5º Simpósio Internacional de Paisagismo. Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental. In: 5 Simpósio Internacional de Paisagismo, 2010, Lavras, Minas Gerais. Magazine: FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Passos. The Sound of Silence. The President, São Paulo, p. 22 - 25, 01 jun. 2010. As-sumpção, Silvana; FELICISSIMO, Rodrigo Passos. Reportagem: Paisagens Sonoras por Silvana Assumpção. ADIANTE: Inovação para Sustentabilidade, São Paulo, p. 60 - 61, 01 fev. 2006. Affiliations: Order of Brazil Mu-sicians, pianist, since 1999. Int?l trips / Master Classes/Music Festivals: Participant: Int?l Conducting Institute ICI, artistic director Kirk Trevor; Kromeriz, Czech Republic, 2011 and 2012. Visiting researcher Program: direc-tor Eero Tarasti, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki, Finland; (2016). Participation: Int?l Conducting Institute ICI Program, supervisor Nicholas Carthy, Boulder, Colorado, EUA (2018). Participation: International Congress on Musical Signification ICMS; Director Eero Tarasti, Canterbury, Kent, UK (2016). (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)