Rafael Nassif

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Brazilian composer based in Europe, whose work concentrates on timbric and spatial aspects. He was initially a self-taught composer in Cataguases, where he grew up, and at the age of 15 gave a piano recital of his own compositions. In his teenage years he studied composition informally with Almeida Prado and Marlos Nobre. Later Nassif received his Bachelor's degree in Composition at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2003-7), studied at the Federal University of Bahia on an exchange program in 2006, and received his Master's degree from the State University of Music and Performing Arts of Stuttgart (2009-12, class of Caspar Johannes Walter; seminars on Sonology with Oliver Schneller and Marco Stroppa); at the same University he concluded in 2014 with honor the Konzertexamen in Composition, last musical degree in Germany. He also carried out studies in the Alexander Technique (and the musical phenomenon, etc.) with Ilan Sebastian Grabe, a former pupil of Celibidache. Master-classes at international festivals include among others Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff, Kaija Saariajo, Beat Furrer, George Aperghis and Georg Friedrich Haas. Nassif's music has been played and recorded worldwide; in 2013 his portrait CD musica d'incanto was published in Brazil. He has also received various awards for his works, among them first prizes in events such as the Irino Prize 2011 (Tokyo) and the BMI Student Composer Awards 2009 (NY), as well as commissions (among others from the Philharmonic

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