Director
mauricio.alves.loureiro@gmail.com
Aeronautical Engineer, graduated at the Technological Institute of Aeronautics – ITA (1976) and clarinetist, graduated at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany (1983), under the supervision of clarinetist Dieter Klöcker. Master’s and PhD degree in Music at the University of Iowa, USA (1991). First clarinet assistant at most prominent Brazilian symphony orchestra, (São Paulo State Symphony), appeared as soloist with leading Brazilian orchestras and chamber groups and as invited artist on major music festivals in Brazil. Chair of the first Brazilian Symposium on Computer Music (1994), as well as its fifth (1998) and tenth versions (2005). Associated professor of music at the State University of São Paulo – UNESP (1984-1992). Since 1992, full professor of music at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG, where directed the IEAT – Institute of Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies (2009-2014) and coordinates the research group CEGeME – Center for Studies on Musical Gesture and Expression.
Research interests:
– empirical musicology
– body movement in musical performance
– analysis of musical expressiveness
– ensemble performance interaction
– psychology of music
– psychoacoustics
– music information retrieval
Other interests:
– beer: home made, trapist
– music: wind ensemble, contemporary music, ancient music, electroacoustic music