Marcilio Onofre
Born on February 7, 1982, in João Pessoa (Brazil), Marcílio Onofre is a composer, pianist and researcher. He graduated in piano from the Federal University of Paraíba - UFPB - and obtained his Masters in Composition at the same institution under the guidance of composer Dr. Eli-Eri Moura. In 2013 he obtained his Artist Diploma from Music Academy in Crakow under the guidance of Dr. h.c. Krzysztof Penderecki, with scholarship of Brazilian Mozarteum. Marcílio works at the UFPB Department of Music as a professor at the Music Undergraduate Program. He is member of the Laboratory of Musical Composition - COMPOMUS/UFPB. Marcílio Onofre has received many prizes, among them: DuoSolo Emerging Composer Competition (2010 - USA), 6th SCCM New Composition (2010 - China), Camargo Guarnieri (2011 - Brazil), National Foundation of Arts (2010, 2012, 2014 - Brazil) and Prêmio Latino-Americano de Composição Piero Bastianelli (2015 - Brazil). His work has been performed in various festivals like the XVI Biennial of Contemporary Brazilian Music (Brazil), Biennale of Contemporary Music in Mato Grosso (Brazil), Cortona Sessions for New Music (Italy) and Académie Internationale de Musique et de Danse du Domaine Forget (Canada).