Almeida Prado's Cartas Celestes (Celestial Charts) are a series of 18 works depicting the sky and constellations, which he considered an "incredible adventure."
Compositional Technique
Fifteen of the 18 Cartas Celestes are for solo piano, while the others are scored for various ensembles, including two pianos and symphonic band, violin and orchestra, or piano, marimba, and vibraphone.
Compositional Technique
In the Cartas Celestes, Almeida Prado developed a new harmonic language he called "transtonality."
Composer Biography
José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, a prolific Brazilian composer, initially cultivated a national style but later achieved aesthetic freedom encompassing atonalism, post-serialism, and extended tonalism.
Performer Biography
Pianist Aleyson Scopel, a recipient of the Nelson Freire and Magda Tagliaferro awards, has won numerous international piano competitions.
Composition History
The first six volumes of Cartas Celestes, covering all twelve months of the year, can be understood as one colossal composition.
Performer Biography
Almeida Prado dedicated the fifteenth set of his Cartas Celestes to pianist Aleyson Scopel after hearing his performance of the first set.
