Bernardo Barros is a Brazilian composer, pianist and live-electronics improviser. He has devoted himself to the creation of instrumental and electronic works. As a performer he has focused on improvisation with live-electronics developing his own tools. Most recent performances in Europe, Brazil and United States include Sonorities Festival (Belfast), Re:New Festival (Copenhagen), SuperCollicer Symposium (Boulder), CCRMA Modulations (San Francisco), La Pietra Forum (Florence). He holds a BA in music composition from State University of Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil) and studied at the Institute of Sonology (The Hague, The Netherlands) with Konrad Boehmer, Joel Ryan, Clarence Barlow and Kees Tazelaar.

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Very fruitful encounters in masterclass and private composition lessons with Richard Barrett, Erik Ulman, Brian Ferneyhough, Mark André, Helmut Lachenmann, George-Friedrich Haas and others. In 2007 he founded Cyclone with Mario del Nunzio, also performs regularly with Bruno Ruviaro as a live-electronics duo. Sporadically works with film-maker and artist Celso Brandão. Recently released an album with Los Angeles-based quartet Gnarwhallaby: “Gnarwhallaby 4×4”. In 2011 he completed his Masters Degree at University of São Paulo with thesis on gesture and corporeality in musical composition and performance. Recent and on-going collaboration with Gnarwhallaby quartet, SCHAG!, inifinito menos, East Cost Contemporary Ensemble, NME, Vertixe Sonora Ensemble and others new music collectives. For more updated info please visit bernardobarros.com