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Born in Porto and currently living in Amsterdam, Igor C Silva is a composer devoted to electronics and new media music, creating projects where performers, computers and many noisy and psychedelic things happen on stage, creating a multi-sensorial experience. Silva works regularly with ensembles, performers and orchestras, receiving several commissions from ensembles and festivals, and publishing recordings of his music.
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Igor was the Resident Young Composer at Casa da Música in 2012. He was also the Composer in Residence at Miso Music Studios in 2015 and in the 2018/19 he was the resident composer of Drumming GP. Recently, his work "Plastic Air" for flexible duo, electronics and video/light won a recommendation at the International Rostrum of Composers in Hungary (2018). Igor C Silva won several prizes, including the 1st Prize at the 1st International Electroacoustic and Intermedial Composition Competition "eviMus" (Germany) with the piece "Numb", the 1st Prize at the “Concurso Internacional de Composição GMCL/Jorge Peixinho” (Portugal) with Blood Ink, among others. Igor C Silva is a co founder of Trash Panda Collective.
 
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Website: https://igorcsilva.com/index.php#whatsup



Born in Porto and currently living in Amsterdam, Igor C Silva is a composer devoted to electronics and new media music, creating projects where performers, computers and many noisy and psychedelic things happen on stage, creating a multi-sensorial experience. Silva works regularly with ensembles, performers and orchestras, receiving several commissions from ensembles and festivals, and publishing recordings of his music. Igor C Silva also collaborates regularly with soloists, ensembles and jazz groups, devoting part of his musical and composing activity to improvisation and interactive performances with electronics and multimedia tools.

Igor was the Resident Young Composer at Casa da Música in 2012. He was also the Composer in Residence at Miso Music Studios in 2015 and in the 2018/19 he was the resident composer of Drumming GP. Recently, his work "Plastic Air" for flexible duo, electronics and video/light won a recommendation at the International Rostrum of Composers in Hungary (2018). Igor C Silva won several prizes, including the 1st Prize at the 1st International Electroacoustic and Intermedial Composition Competition "eviMus" (Germany) with the piece "Numb", the 1st Prize at the “Concurso Internacional de Composição GMCL/Jorge Peixinho” (Portugal) with Blood Ink, among others. Igor C Silva is a co founder of Trash Panda Collective.


Works for Percussion

Percussion Solo

Drive! - Vibraphone; Multiple Percussion and Electronics
Your Trash - Percussion; Electronics and Video

Percussion Ensemble

Ecos 74 - Percussion Quartet

Flexible Percussion Ensemble

My Empty Hands - Percussion Quartet; electronics and Video

With Other Instruments

Blackout Phase - Percussion Trio; Electric Guitar; Electric and Lighting

References