Connection
New Age
Camila Salomé
Camila started her musical studies at the school of Banda Musical de Gondomar at the age of 8, in the violin class. In 2011, she joined the Costa Cabral Music Academy in the trumpet class of professor Telmo Barbosa, where she completed the 5th degree.
In 2016, joined the Professional Course of Wind and Percussion Instrumentalists at the Espinho Professional Music School, in the trumpet class of Professor Ivan Crespo, where she finished the 8th grade. That same year she began her studies in the discipline of Theory and Musical Analysis / Composition with professor Nuno Peixoto de Pinho. She worked with some teachers like Ales Klancar, Pierre Dutôt, Sérgio Pacheco, Carlos Martinho, Paulo Veiga, João Vilão, Mário Pinto, Kevin Wauldron, Luís Granjo, Bruno Fernandes and Roberto Bodí.
In orchestra she worked with conductors such as Pedro Neves, Alex Schillings, José Pascual Vilaplana, Rafa Agulló Albors, Ignacio Petit, Jean-Marc Burfin, Ignatius Wang, Jan Cober, Alpaslan Ertungealp, José Eduardo Gomes, Luciano Pereira, Fernando Marinho, Francisco Ferreira, Paulo Martins, Cesário Costa,, Luís Carvalhoso, Tiago Soares among others.
In collaboration with the Wind Orchestra of the Academy of Arts of Chaves, the 1st prize in the 43rd and 46th edition of the “Certamen Internacional de Bandes de Música Vila d'Altea” stands out, the 1st prize in the “IV CIB Filarmonia D'ouro ”And the 1st prize at the“ VI Musical Exhibition of the Eixo Atlântico ”.
In 2017, she won the 1st prize in the 8th Edition of the “21st Century Composition Award”, with the work “SU (N) gly”, for solo clarinet, premiered at the Alto Minho Artistic School, in the same year . In 2018, she was awarded an honorable mention in the 9th Edition of the “21st Century Composition Award”, with the work “Now it's Pierre”, for solo clarinet, also premiered at the Alto Minho Professional Art School. The same work was premiered in a recital and recorded in a studio for bass clarinet by clarinet player Frederic Cardoso. In 2017, she won the 2nd prize in the 10th Edition of the “21st Century Composition Award”, with the work “O Caminho da Estrada”, for solo trombone, premiered at the Escola Profissional Artística do Alto Minho, in the same year.
In 2019, she joined the CriaSons Festival program as an “emerging composer”, winner of the composition contest of that festival, being the youngest present in this one. It was attended by juries Cândido Lima, Eurico Carrapatoso, Alexandre Delgado, Fernando Lapa, Alejandro Erlich Oliva and Amilcar Vasques-Dias. The work “Primevo”, for flute, clarinet, cello and double bass, was the work written for that festival, premiered at Palácio Foz by Katharine Rawdon (flute), Paulo Gaspar (clarinet), Catherine Strynckx (cello) and Adriano Aguiar ( contrabass). In the same year, she won the contest “Who is Calouste?”, Organized by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in the music category, with the work Hingy, composed collectively.
She is one of the names of the record work “Reflexos”, dedicated to contemporary Portuguese music for bass solo clarinet, recorded by clarinet player Frederic Cardoso. He is also one of the names of the CD “Festival CriaSons II”.
He collaborates regularly with the Classical Orchestra of Espinho and the Wind Orchestra of the Academia de Artes de Chaves. He currently attends a degree in composition at the University of Aveiro.
Motivated by my parents, fruit of the musical environment in which they grew up, right after primary school I opted for musical learning. It's a passion that accompanies and seduces me in all my personal and academic growth. In addition to the interpretation component, as an instrumentalist (of trumpet), what fascinates me most is the creative process of writing and musical composition. In parallel with the development and study of the instrument, I gradually dedicated some time to the creation and writing of small works. From the beginning it was a passion and an artistic and creative challenge. Aware of my interest, my teacher, Nuno Peixoto, challenged me to compose and submit a first work to a composition contest. I was a winner in that first contest and since then I haven't stopped writing. Since then, I ran for three more contests, in which I was also awarded. These participations in competitions resulted in works of different styles, for different instruments. Of these awards won, I highlight the Festival CriaSons 2019 and the importance it has had in my journey to date.
The decision to continue my studies in the area of composition was the result of all the experiences I had in this area - the contact with the musicians who play my works, the preparation of competitions and the freedom I have in the creative process. The life of an instrumentalist, today, is limited to the preparation of orchestral tests, which makes my study always around the same works and excerpts. That would not make me feel fulfilled and happy, so I opted for another aspect than performance.
I joined New Age Connection, not only for being an ensemble with high artistic quality, but also for being a group with elements that were part of my musical journey.
Their project includes the dissemination of the work of young composers and this not only helps the group with the increase of its musical archive, but also gives the composers the opportunity to have their works played and recorded with this excellent ensemble. Including myself in this group of young composers, I am sure that my participation in the New Age Connection project will be beneficial and challenging.