Gabriel DUARTE - Composer, Arranger and Educator

Gabriel DUARTE

Composer | Arranger | Educator

Gabriel Duarte (b.1996) is one of the most prolific young Brazilian composers of his generation. He describes himself a “cosmopolitan,” not setting boundaries between musical styles, and demonstrates a diversity and compositional versatility that spans contemporary, classical, and popular music.

Gabriel holds a Master of Music (MM) in Composition from the University of Alabama, USA, where he also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for music theory courses. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Music with an emphasis in Composition from the Department of Music at the University of São Paulo (ECA-USP) and completed a specialization in Composition at the São Paulo State Music School (EMESP Tom Jobim).

His main professors were Silvio Ferraz, Rodrigo Lima, Ronaldo Miranda and Tyler Bradley Walker.

He also complemented his studies by taking private lessons and masterclasses in festivals with Maestro Branco, Júlio César Figueiredo, Carlos Iafelice, Tiago Costa, Rodrigo Morte, André Ribeiro, Valéria Bonafé, Luca Raele, Ivan Moody, Christopher Bochmann, Laurie San Martin, Derek Bermel, Andreia Pinto-Correia, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Max Grafe, Alex Burtzos, Derek Cooper, Mark Hayes, Bob Mintzer, Dave Panichi, John Fedchock, Geoff Stradling and a masterclass with the renowned composer Bill Conti (composer of the soundtrack for the movie Rocky)

As a musician and researcher, his work spans various areas of music, with a primary focus on compositional techniques in 20th- and 21st-century contemporary music, as well as music theory and analysis, arrangement, and orchestration. His work also extends to interests in music technology, music theory pedagogy and music composition pedagogy.

His compositions and arrangements have been performed by many groups such as: SFCMP - San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (USA), Orquestra Brasil Jazz Sinfônica (BRA), Orquestra MPB Jazz (BRA), Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras and Gileno Santana (POR), Hub New Music Ensemble (USA), University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble (USA), University of Alabama Contemporary Music Ensemble (USA), Quinteto Novos Ventos (BRA), Pure Winds Quintet (USA), Quintet Attacca (USA), Quarteto Aurora (BRA), Cia SAX (BRA), UNESP Flute Ensemble (BRA), among others.

Has been continuously awarded and participated in symposiums, composition competitions, conferences, and national and international music festivals, presenting his academic and artistic works in countries such as Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, United States, France and Ecuador. Highlights include:

Awards, Composition Competitions and Call for Scores:

§ 2025 Abundant Silence Composition Competition (USA, 2025) - Honorable Mention

§ 2025 Bill Conti Big Band Arranging Competition – ASMAC (Los Angeles, USA, 2025) - 3rd Prize

§ Finalist composer (2nd round) at the ARTZenter Institute Emerging Composer Competitions Grants (California, USA, 2025).

§ Finalist and Award-winning composer (2nd round) at the ARTZenter Institute Emerging Composer Competitions Grants (California, USA, 2024).

§ Call for Scores Pure Winds Quintet - 3rd Prize (Michigan, USA, 2021).

§ 25th, 26th, and 27th Mostra Nascente de Música Erudita (USP) - Finalist and Honorable Mention (2017-18-19);

§ II Composition Competition Eduardo Álvares at EMESP Tom Jobim (São Paulo, Brazil, 2018);

§ 4th Composition Competition of Academia de Flautas de Verão (Porto, Portugal, 2017), first prize - ESMAE - Escola de Música e Artes do Espetáculo do Instituto Politécnico do Porto;

Music Festivals, Conferences, Symposiums and Colloquiums:

§ RED NOTE New Music Festival - Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (USA - 2026);

§ MUSLAB 2025 – Electroacustic Music International Exhibition | MANTRA - The Art of Healing (Quito, Ecuador, 2025);

§ ESTARREJAZZ Festival 2025 – Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras with trumpet soloist Gileno Santana (Estarreja, Portugal, 2025);

§ ICEBERG New Music Institute 2025 - University of Central Florida, Orlando (USA - 2025);

§ 8th Annual Research on Contemporary Composition Conference - University of North Georgia (USA - 2024);

§ 27th SIICUSP - International Symposium of Scientific Initiation of the University of São Paulo (USP - 2019);

§ VII ECI - Encuentro de Compositores y Intérpretes - Faculdad de Bellas Artes - Universidad Nacional de La Plata - Argentina (2019);

§ III, IV, and V Simpósio Villa-Lobos (ECA-USP - 2017-18-19);

§ 4Eitam - International Meeting on Music Theory and Analysis (ECA - USP - 2017);

§ I Atemporanea Festival: International Festival of Contemporary Music (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019).

In Brazil, he worked as a Music Intern at CEDOC - Centro de Documentação da TV Cultura, Also, interned at Rádio Cultura Brasil during the 2021 season of the “Programa do Estudante,” directed by Eduardo Weber. Also, worked as Music Librarian at the SMC - Santa Marcelina Cultura, managing Theatro São Pedro, EMESP Tom Jobim, and Guri Santa Marcelina (Capital, Interior and Fundação Casa) from 2022 to 2024.

Gabriel is a member of the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC), for which he also contributes writing articles, and the ASCAP. His work as a composer is published by Scherzo Editions, based in Lisbon, Portugal.
https://www.scherzoeditions.com/composers/gabriel-duarte/

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