Marcelo Falcão

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Marcelo Falcão conducts the Babylon Orchestra Berlin.
Marcelo Falcão conducts the Babylon Orchestra Berlin.

Marcelo Falcão (born August 19, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian conductor and composer . He specializes in silent film music and is regarded as Europe's only cinema Kapellmeister .

education

Falcão grew up in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied double bass and composition. After completing a bachelor's degree in musicology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , he acquired his first conducting skills in lessons with Alexander Gelovani. After studying contemporary music at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana with Arturo Tamayo, he completed a master's degree in orchestral conducting with merit at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff .

He gained further experience in master classes with Kenneth Kiesler, Colin Metters and Douglas Bostock and conducted, among others, the Russian National Orchestra, the Divertimento Ensemble and the Argovia Philharmonic . He also assisted Catherine Larsen-Maguire, David Jones and Carlo Rizzi in symphonic and operatic productions.

Silent movie

In 2014 Marcelo Falcão conducted several live performances of the classic silent film Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City in Brazil as part of the German-Brazilian Year. He also directed the Brazilian premiere of Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror in São Paulo in 2018 .

Falcão has been chief conductor of the Babylon Orchestra Berlin since it was founded in 2019 . With the ensemble he performed, among others, Metropolis , Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror , Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City , Rosita and Battleship Potemkin . On the occasion of the Morricone Festival at Kino Babylon in summer 2019, he conducted a film music concert with the Babylon Orchestra Berlin in symphonic line-up and choir.

In addition to his work as a conductor, Marcelo Falcão also arranges and composes silent film music. Together with Hans Brandner, he gave the music for Nosferatu and Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari out.

literature

  • Frauke Adrians: Live in front of the screen. In: The orchestra . 11/2019, p. 28.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Marcelo Falcão. In: Composer portrait. Ries & Erler publishing house, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  2. Project catalog for "Germany + Brazil 2013 - 2014". In: Website of the Honorary Consulate of Brazil in Düsseldorf. Claudio Struck, July 2012, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  3. Viola Noll, Christoph Mücher: "Germany + Brazil 2013 - 2014" starts with a brilliant cultural program. In: Press release of the Goethe-Institut. Goethe-Institut, May 13, 2013, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  4. SP terá sessões inéditas de 'Nosferatu' com trilha sonora ao vivo. In: Features of a Brazilian newspaper. Notícias ao Minuto, June 11, 2018, accessed March 1, 2020 (Portuguese).
  5. ^ The orchestra (brief description). In: Website of the Babylon Orchestra Berlin. Hans Brandner, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ Concert with the Babylon Symphony Orchestra. In: Program information from radioeins. radioeins vom rbb, July 27, 2019, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  7. ^ Hans Erdmann: Nosferatu - Fantastisch-Romantische Suite (Score # 51441) . Ed .: Hans Brandner, Marcelo Falcão. Ries & Erler, Berlin 2018.
  8. 100 years "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" - LIVE Babylon Orchester Berlin. In: Event information of the Babylon cinema. February 27, 2020, accessed March 1, 2020 .