Performances

Premiere: Halida Dinova, piano, Ohio Music Teachers Association Annual Convention, Columbus, Ohio, November 16, 2007

Halida Dinova, piano, Mixon Hall, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio, April 6, 2008 (with recital of the poems in Portugese by Thiago Tiberio)

Halida Dinova, piano, Drinko Hall, Cleveland State University, ClevelandOhio, September 28, 2008

‘Quase Um Soneto’ (selection) Halida Dinova, piano, Thanatopolis Exhibition, East Haddam, Connecticut, October 9, 2010

Adela Park, piano, Nevada Museum of Art, January 31, 2013

Program Note

Written for pianist Halida Dinova in fulfillment of the Ohio Music Teachers Association ‘Composer of the Year’ Commission for 2007,  Corpo Sonoro consists of four pieces each based on a poem by the Brazilian poet Maria Davico from her volume of the same title. The poems are in Portugese — a language of beautiful sounds, and are translated into English by Joseph Sekon.

I-A Rosa Mal-temperada (The Ill-tempered Rose)

II-A Poesia (Poetry)

III-Quase Um Soneto (Quasi-sonnet)

IV-Dodecafonicamente (Dodecafonically)

This work is dedicated to the memory of composer Dennis Eberhard who passed away in May 2005.

Awards

Ohio Music Teachers Association 2007 “Composer of the Year” Commission

Thanatopolis Music Prize –“Rituel Adieux” for Quase Um Soneto