Stanford Graduate Composers Present: Manuela Freua & The TANK
Date:
Sat, 05/18/2024 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
CCRMA Stage
Event Type:
Concert 
FREE and Open to the Public | In Person
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Manuela Freua: Specializing in Chamber and New/Modern Music, with free transit in Popular Music, São Paulo-born soprano has sung in performances of Quartet no. 2, opus 10, Pierrot Lunaire, opus 21, (Schoenberg - OSESP), Le Marteau sans Maître (Boulez - OSESP), Folk Songs (Berio – Theatro São Pedro), Kafka-Fragmente (Kurtág - Sala do Conservatório, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo) among other works. Recently she has played Lucy in “The Threepenny Opera (Weill/Brecht) and Helena (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Britten), both at Theatro São Pedro. She has collaborated with Theatro São Pedro’s “Atelier de Composição Lírica”, a program that promotes new operas by new composers, since its first edition in 2021. She made her début in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) and has, since then, performed in opera and concert productions in some of the most important concert and opera houses in Brazil. She was a soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (OSPA), Mahler’s 8th Symphony (OSESP), Mahler’s 4th Symphony (Percorso Ensemble), Bach’s St. John’s Passion (OSM), among other works. Manuela recorded, in 2018, with the violinist Emmanuele Baldini, the CD entitled “A Canção e o Violino” (The Song and the Violin). Manuela obtained her Music Degree at UNESP, Popular Music Specialist at FASM and has studied under Isabel Maresca. She also perfected herself, as a Vitae Scholar, at Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest.
