ANSELMO  MANCINI  

 

Master   in  Audiovisual  and  bachelor   in  Music  Composition,  both  at  Universidade  de  Sao  

Paulo  –  USP,  Anselmo  Mancini  is  a  versatile  composer  who  has  been  accumulating  a  wide  range  

of  studies  and  work  experience  over  the  last  decade.    

In  2014  was  finalist  of  the  Transatlantyk  Instant  Composition  Contest,  in  Poland,  where  

got   the   4th   prize   and   honorable   mention   for   original   rhythmical   utilization.   Also   in   2014  

presented   his   paper   about   Villa-­‐Lobos’  music   for   the   feature   “The   Discovery   of   Brazil”   at   the  

Surrey  Film  Music  Conference,  in  the  UK.        

In  2012  was  contemplated  with  the  Santander  Bank  Scholarship  of  International  Mobility  

in  order  to  attend  an  exchange  postgraduate  program  in  Film  Studies  at  King’s  College  London,  

UK.  Mancini  has  also  performed  at  Montreux  Jazz  Festival  2006,  Switzerland;  International  Gran  

Canaria  Summer  Festival  of  Choir  Conductors  2009,  Spain  (where  two  of  his  pieces  for  choir  were  

premiered:  En   las  Noches  Claras   and  Anhelo   Infantil);   and,   SMI  Postgraduate  Conference  2013,  

Ireland,   where   he   presented   his   article   “The   Musical   Accompaniment   in   the   Cinematographic  

Universe  -­‐  Dialogue  and  Conflict  of  Generations”,  and  performed  on  the  piano  his  soundtrack  for  

Max  and  the  Lady  Doctor,  by  Max  Linder.    

After   returning   from   London,   Mancini   has   composed   a   new   score   for   the   first  

Hitchcock’s   thriller,  The  Lodger.   For   this   performance,  Mancini  wrote   100  minutes   of   original  

music   for   piano,   percussion,   vibraphone   and   cello,   beyond   electroacoustic   procedures.   This  

work  was  premiered  at  MIS  –  Image  and  Sound  Museum,   in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil,  with   tickets  sold  

out   and   extra   session   (also   sold   out);   and   at   Rational   Theater,   in   Munich,   Germany,   being  

successfully  praised  by  the  audience  and  specialized  critics.      

As  music  director  and  composer  of  Teatro  de  Narradores,  presented  the  spectacle  “Final  

City  –  Choir  City  –  Reverse  City”  at  the  Book  Fair  2013,  in  Frankfurt,  Germany.  On  this  spectacle,  

Mancini  performs  live  piano  improvising  pre-­‐composed  themes  over  a  silent  screening,  with  live  

speech   performed   by   actors;   and   also   directs   a   duo   of   accordion   and   cello.   Moreover,   also  

together   with   Teatro   de   Narradores,   in   2013   he   worked   on   four   Bertold   Brecht’s   texts:   The  

Resistible  Rise  of  Arturo  Ui  (music  by  Rafael  Amaral);  and  the  operas  He  Who  Says  Yes  (music  by  

Kurt  Weill);  He  Who  Says  No  (music  by  Mancini);  and  The  Decision  (music  by  Hans  Eisler);  that  

were  performed  at  SESC,  a  very  well  known  Brazilian  venue.