Shows
Cadu Verdan"drifting... Alone" for oboe trio"drifting... Alone" for oboe trio
Premiered at University of Western Ontario, 2023/04/05
Margaret Hancox and Sebastian Handley, oboes
Jessica Arenas, English horn.2023-06-1805 min
Cadu Verdan"In dark hues" 1st movement, "Grey mist""In dark hues" 1st movement, "Grey mist" by Cadu Verdan2023-03-1802 minCadu Verdan"In dark hues" 2nd movement, "Night shadows""In dark hues" 2nd movement, "Night shadows" by Cadu Verdan2023-03-1804 minCadu Verdan"In dark hues" 3rd movement, "Will-o'-the-wisp""In dark hues" 3rd movement, "Will-o'-the-wisp" by Cadu Verdan2023-03-1803 min
Cadu Verdan"Fragile things" for clarinet quintet"Fragile things" was premiered at the von Kuster Hall at University of Western Ontario, March 30 2021.
Paul Baek, violin I
Jillian Yang, violin II
Rachel Miner, viola
Ethan Allers, cello
Joel Robertson, clarinet
This piece is about the small but precious things that make part of our lives. It is about shared moments that may seem uneventful in our busy days, but they grow in our memories with time to become fond pictures in our minds. Like silly moments with friends that make you laugh alone in the bus when you remember them, or hugging your parents in the morning; or...2022-06-0307 min
Cadu Verdan"Still" for guitar quartet"Still" for guitar quartet
Guitars: Miguel Lumbao, Matthew Kwon, Jackson Miller, and Angelo L. Favis.
Premiere: October 26, 2020. Kemp Recital Hall - Illinois State University.2021-01-1305 min
Cadu Verdan"Monody" for soprano and percussion quartet"Monody" for soprano and percussion quartet.
Poem of Herman Melville.
Iris Abigail, soprano
Elliott Godinez, Chuck Willard, Lauren Bobarsky, Jake Okrzesik, percussion.
Center for the Performing Arts, Illinois State University
November 10, 2020.2020-11-1309 min
Cadu Verdan"Monomania" for string trioThis commission was made possible by the Steven R. Gerber Trust for the Fresh Inc Festival 2020.
Violin: Amalia Young
Viola: Tyler Pacheco
Cello: Herine Coetzee Koschak
Monomania is about an obsession for one thing, whichever this may be: something material, a dream, or a person. It’s about this thing growing in your thoughts, silently and slowly. You don’t realize what is happening and you don’t see it coming – until it’s too late. Until all your mind and will are bent over this ideal object, and until this relentless and insane desire of possessing it by all means crum...2020-06-2706 min
Cadu Verdan"Entre amigos" for oboe and clarinet"Entre Amigos" for oboe and clarinet
Oboe: Anastasia Ervin
Clarinet: Danny King
Premiere: October 28 2019, Kemp Hall at Illinois State University2020-01-1406 min
Cadu Verdan"Sobre a angústia" for oboe, clarinet, horn, string quartet and pianoXXII Bienal de Música Contemporânea 2017
Oboe: Luís Carlos Justi
Clarinet: Igor Carvalho
Horn: Philip Doyle
Violin I: Mariana Salles
Violin II: Ayran Nicodemo
Viola: João Senna
Cello: Pablo de Sá
Piano: Raquel Paixão
Conductor: Alexandre Schubert
Venue: Sala Cecília Meireles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Premiere: October 28th 2017
"Sobre a angústia" translates from Portuguese as "about the anguish." It evokes our concerns about our dreams; the people that we care about the most; the things that are beyond our control but deeply affects us; and all the fear and anxiety that we feel when we dread...2018-03-0715 min
Cadu VerdanBobo - III Movimento, "marcha""Bobo" para flauta e dois percussionistas.
Guilherme Brandão, flauta.
Tiago Calderano e Pedro Moita, percussão.2016-04-3001 min
Cadu VerdanBobo - II Movimento, "scherzo""Bobo" para flauta e dois percussionistas.
Guilherme Brandão, flauta.
Tiago Calderano e Pedro Moita, percussão.2016-04-3002 min
Cadu VerdanBobo - I Movimento, "melodia""Bobo" para flauta e dois percussionistas.
Guilherme Brandão, flauta.
Tiago Calderano e Pedro Moita, percussão.2016-04-3001 min
Cadu VerdanPacífico"Pacífico" para duas sopranos, sax barítono e piano.
Déborah Cecília e Natália Trigo, sopranos.
Daniel Montanha, sax barítono.
Eduardo Torres, piano.
Esta é uma música plana, levemente ondulante, clara e difusa, simultaneamente. Sua ideia extramusical não está presa a pessoas ou a lugares, mas, estando você onde estiver, sozinho ou em uma multidão, ao momento onde, você percebe, você se sente parte de um universo que se molda ao seu redor, e a ele você pertence.2016-04-2705 min
Cadu VerdanPenumbra"Penumbra" interpretada pelo Quinteto Carioca.
Há um mal dissimulado entre as pessoas, devorando-as. Silencioso, ele se prende anonimamente a elas e, de certa forma, as solidifica numa imobilidade mórbida, deixando-as oscilar à beira do precipício. Essas pessoas se tornam cegas, ou melhor dizendo, enxergam apenas a escuridão, e todas as cores e formas mergulham num mundo cinzento e amargo. É algo incontrolável. Elas não percebem. Há apenas o silêncio, o isolamento e a inexorável beira do abismo.2016-04-2507 min
Cadu VerdanSarcasmo nº 2 para piano soloThalyson Rodrigues toca "Sarcasmo nº 2" para piano solo.
Salão Leopoldo Miguez, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.2016-04-2304 min
Cadu Verdan"O peso do Eco" for choir, four soloists, two pianos and percussion"O peso do Eco" for choir, four soloists, two pianos and percussion.
Choir: Brasil Ensemble
Soprano: Mariana Gomes
Alto: Beatriz Simões
Tenor: Guilherme Moreira
Baritone: Leo Thieze
Pianos: Duo Bretas-Kevorkian
Percussion: Leo Sousa, Fernanda Kremer e Tiago Calderano.
Conductor: Maria José Chevitarese
Piece awarded with Classical Music Award of National Foundation of Arts (FUNARTE)of 2014. It was premiered at the XXI Biennale of Brazilian Contemporary Music.
"O peso do Eco" reveals a mind devastated by depression, afraid of a chance to get rid of its own darkness. Confused by isolation and morbid apathy, this mind turns back to drown in...2016-02-0314 min