Maestro Allan Christian (Allan Christian Domingues Souza, São Paulo, 1983), works as a composer, conductor, artistic director, instrumentalist, researcher and teacher, having performed his compositions in Brazil, Denmark, Canada, United States, Turkey, Portugal, Germany , Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia, Latvia, Serbia, Argentina, South Korea and France. His catalog of works includes compositions for solo instrument, electronics, chamber music, choral, symphonic, choral-symphonic and mixed (choral-symphonic + electronic).
He is a Collaborating Professor and Researcher at the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo - ECA-USP, where he works in teaching, research and research guidance. Since 2019, he has also been a postdoctoral fellow at ECA-USP, under the supervision of the composer Prof. Dr. Silvio Ferraz. At the invitation of CPq-USP, in the years 2020 and 2021, he served as a member of the evaluation board of the national and international stages of the 28th and 29th editions of SIICUSP – International Symposium on Scientific and Technological Initiation of the University of São Paulo. In addition to acting as a university professor, he also works as an academic-scientific and artistic consultant. preparing musicians for entrance examinations in orchestras, choirs, for recitals; guiding researchers during the process of carrying out scientific research and writing articles, and preparing candidates for admission contests in stricto sensu graduate courses (master's and doctorate).
He currently holds the posts of principal conductor and artistic director of the Aurora Sonoris Orchestra and the Aurora Sonoris Choir, groups dedicated exclusively to contemporary music. He has also performed in the following groups: São Paulo Academic Orchestra (associated conductor, 2011/2012), São Paulo City Choir (associated conductor, 2011/2012), Academic Choir of the Faculty of São Paulo-UNIESP/IESP (principal conductor and artistic director, 2012), Coral do CMBP - Conservatorio Musical Brooklin Paulista (main conductor and artistic director, 2009/2010), Madrigal Era Sanctorum (main conductor and artistic director, 2002/2003) and Madrigal In Excelsis (main conductor and artistic director , 2009/2010), exercising intense artistic-musical activity during the period in the direction of these groups.
Holds the titles of Doctor in Music by IA-UNESP (2019), Master in Music also by IA-UNESP (2014); Postgraduate with specialization in musical composition by FMCG (2009); and Bachelor of Music with dual qualification: in composition and conducting, also from FMCG (2007).
He worked as a multidisciplinary teacher (“Canto Choral and Physiology of Voice”, “History of Music I”, “History of Music II” and “Musical Theory and Perception”) of the music course at the Faculty of São Paulo-UNIESP/IESP - 2012 ; from CMBP - Conservatory of Music Brooklin Paulista (“Orchestral Conducting”, “Choral Conducting” and “Musical Composition”) - 2009/2010; among many other institutions. He gave lectures and courses at several institutions, including FAMOSP - Faculdades Mozarteum de São Paulo and FITO - Fundação Instituto Tecnológico de Osasco.
He is the founder, creator and mediator of Aurora Sonoris, an international group of young composers, conductors and researchers whose objective is musical composition, performance, discussion and reflection on musical praxis in the 20th century. XXI, counting the group with members in Brazil, Finland, France, Serbia, South Korea and Portugal. The group has a symphony orchestra, choir and several chamber music formations, focusing on the repertoire of the 19th and 20th centuries. XX and XXI. Aurora Sonoris operates in three distinct areas: artistic, research and teaching; and from 2022, Aurora Sonoris expands its didactic activities, offering courses in video classes and e-books, in addition to continuing face-to-face and video conference courses.
He was founder, director, composer and guitarist of the Finno-Brazilian Progressive Metal band “Cradle of Tales”. During his stay in the Arctic Circle (Lapland), he composed a large number of pieces and developed pre-compositional material for a further series of compositions. During this same period, he had two brief passages through central Europe, resulting in a large number of performances (both as an instrumentalist and as a conductor), compositions and the closing of partnerships with some European artists, highlighting his partnership with the French filmmaker Mélanie Schoeny. (Paris), for those who write film music and soundtracks integrated into their films.
He was a student of Flo Menezes, Celso Mojola, Silvio Ferraz, Ricardo Rizek and Paulo von Zuben in musical composition; by Abel Rocha, Eduardo Fernandes, Naomi Munakata (Japan/Brazil) and Rita de Cássia Fucci Amato in choir conducting; and conductors Paulo Rydlewski, Sir Frank Shipway (United Kingdom), Lutero Rodrigues and Kirk Trevor (United Kingdom/USA) in orchestral conducting. He was a private student of Maestro Paulo Rydlewski, in the disciplines orchestral conducting and musical analysis. Attended master classes and workshops taught by Gilles Gobeil (Canada), Ralph Paland (Germany), Barry Truax (Canada), Miguel Azguime (Portugal), Philippe Manoury (France/USA), Annette Vande Gorne (Belgium), Joshua Bell (USA) ), Makis Solomos (Greece/France), Matthias Kassmannhuber (Austria), Violeta de Gainza (Argentina), Nathalie Junod-Ponsard (France), Jean-Luc Vilmouth (France), Douglas Easterly (USA), Matt Kenyon (USA) , Christian Zöllner (UK), Patrick Fischer (Germany), Tim Webster (Australia), Kenneth Hansen (Denmark), Regine Debatty (Italy), Jörg Piringer (Austria), Kurt Hentschlager (Austria), Chris Coleman (United States) , Ali Momeni (United States), David Clark (Canada), Ernesto Klar (United States/Venezuela), Pau Waelder Laso (Spain), Flo Menezes, Ricardo Rizek, Maestro Ricardo Rocha, Celso Mojola, Edson Zampronha, Silvio Ferraz, etc. .
Allan Christian speaks fluently and is proficient in Portuguese, Finnish, English and Spanish; and currently dedicates himself partially to the study of French and German languages.
Bibliographic production:
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Genesis and Evolution in Micropolyphony: Threefold confluence and micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic stylema. Treatise on Micropolyphony. (In progress).
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues. Machinethropy: Artificial Intelligence and Arts. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Threefold Confluence and Evolution of György Ligeti's Micropolyphony Model. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Psychoacoustics as a compositional tool in György Ligeti’s micropolyphony model. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Mandatory and optional parameters in György Ligeti's micropolyphony model under the threefold confluence model. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Poetics of paradox as a compositional model: analytical notes on the dichotomies inherent to György Ligeti’s micropolyphony model. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.“States, Events, Transformations” and the threefold confluence: analytical notes on György Ligeti’s micropolyphony model. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.György Ligeti’s micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic stylema: the confluence of counterpoint and electronic models as part of the threefold confluence. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.György Ligeti’s micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic stylema: the confluence of electronic and serial models as part of the threefold confluence. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.György Ligeti’s micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic stylema: the confluence of serial and counterpoint models as part of the threefold confluence. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.György Ligeti’s micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic stylema the inseparability of threefold confluence. Preprint 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Musical-morphological dichotomies between writing and listening: analytical notes on two different approaches to the first movement of Streichquartett 2 (1968) by György Ligeti. Article submitted and approved, to be published in the book of the 1st Post-Doctoral Journey at ECA-USP, in 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Micropolyphony as a hybrid stylema from the threefold confluence: a delineation of the concept and praxis of the micropolyphony model. Research presentation at the 1st Post-Doctoral Conference at ECA-USP. São Paulo: University of São Paulo, 2022.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic style arising from the triple confluence: an outline of the concept and praxis of the micropolyphonic model. Final postdoctoral research report. São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic style arising from the triple confluence: an outline of the concept and praxis of the micropolyphonic model. Partial postdoctoral research report. São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2022.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Micropolyphony as a hybrid technomorphic style arising from the triple confluence: an outline of the concept and praxis of the micropolyphonic model. Partial postdoctoral research report. São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2020.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Contemporary Musical Interpretation and Creation Laboratory. Final report of the Didactic Training Program at the University of São Paulo. São Paulo, ECA-USP, 2023.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues; AKAMINI, Dayane.Interview with composer Silvio Ferraz. Communication carried out by email. São Paulo, 2022.
AKAMINI, Dayane; SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The construction of the musical performance of “Partita II” by Silvio Ferraz based on dialogue with the composer. São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2023. Final Scientific Initiation Report. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Allan Christian Domingues Souza.
AKAMINI, Dayane; SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The construction of the musical performance of “Partita II” by Silvio Ferraz based on dialogue with the composer. São Paulo: ECA-USP, 2022. Partial Scientific Initiation Report. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Allan Christian Domingues Souza.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Contemporary Art: virtuous or grotesque?. 2017.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Contemporary Art: virtuous or grotesque? 2017.
Compositions:
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Lamentum Macabrum. São Paulo, 2023. (In progress).
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Abyss. São Paulo, 2023. (In progress).
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Multiversum. Cycle of mixed pieces, for chamber groups, choir, soloists and electronics. São Paulo, 2021. Work-in-progress.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Kwarup: Requiem for the Great White Chief. Composition for Orchestra, Symphonic Choir, Indigenous Choir and Electronics. São Paulo, 2021. (In progress).
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Unimultiversum. Cycle of five orchestral compositions (orchestra, choir, soloists, piano and electronics). São Paulo, 2019-2021.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Colors of Venus. Mixed orchestral piece (orchestra, choir, piano and electronics). São Paulo, 2009.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Hidden Landscapes. Cycle of 72 pieces for solo instruments, inspired and composed in cities I visited. Various cities, 2005-. Work-in-progress.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Sacred Songs. Set of 96 choir pieces composed on sacred texts (in progress). São Paulo, 2011-2021.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Religion. Soundtrack for the short film of the same name, directed by Melanie Schoeny. Paris, 2009.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The river. Piece for strings, woodwinds and percussion, composed on a poem of the same name by Manuel Bandeira. São Paulo, 2008.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Aurora Borealis in 5 movements for wind quintet. São Paulo, 2007.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Karheisto. Electro-acoustic composition (in memoriam Karl-Heinz Stockhausen). São Paulo, 2007.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Midnight Sun. Kittilä, 2006.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Millennium. Kittilä, 2005.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Takeaway. Rovaniemi, 2005.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Bless the Child. Paris, 2005.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Seeds of Creation. São Paulo, 2004.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Night Will Come. São Paulo, 2001.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.The Fairy's Waltz. Piano piece, composed for a theatrical performance. São Paulo, 1996.
Texts in newspapers, magazines or non-scientific media:
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Edguy. Helsinki: Hard Blast, 2009. Coverage, review and criticism of musical performance.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.cover bandversus authorial work. Helsinki: Hard Blast, 2009.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Classical music and Heavy Metal. Helsinki: Hard Blast, 2009.
SOUZA, Allan Christian Domingues.Classical music mom. Helsinki: Hard Blast, 2009.