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      Fabricio Mattos
      • PERFORMANCE
        CREATIVE DIRECTION
        RESEARCH
      • PERFORMANCE

        projects

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        WGC

        WORLDWIDEGUITAR

        CONNECTIONS

        | Collaborative |

        | Bold |

        | Conceptual |

        | Research |

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        The Colours of Eden

        A Musical Trilogy

        | Conceptual |

        | Experimental |

        | Intense |

        | Narrative |

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        Spencer Collection

        Historical Guitars

        | Heritage |

        | Research |

        | Unique |

        | Aesthetics |

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        WGC is an artistic enterprise founded in 2011 that combines new music by living composers, innovation, sustainability, and integration with audiences worldwide.

        WGC 'On the Road':

        New Music, Tours, Innovation.

        The first phase of WGC explored a great number of innovations in music-making, including new music, sustainability, and numerous world tours in five continents. Comprised of three seasons (WGC Premiere, WGC Beyond, and WGC Heritage), in its first phase, WGC covered a huge conceptual field of what can be done in music. The sustainable action 'Re-program!', of reusable concert programmes by audiences in many countries, is still one of the biggest achievements of WGC's first phase, becoming a great example of how sustainability can be explored in music projects.

      • | WGC BOX |

        Three CDs with all three seasons of the WGC!

        To purchase it, please go to Store.

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      • The Colours

        of

        Eden

        t r i l o g y

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        The Colours of Eden is a musical trilogy exploring the lives of three imagined women.

        In every woman, lives a girl. Throughout their lives, they will experience many different colours of emotion, some of which the woman will dominate and others, the girl. We have chosen three paths for the lives and experiences of these women: the Red Velvet path, the White Silk path, and the Black Leather path, each with its own set of pieces and its own storyline. We are free to travel between completely different music styles, and the songs are performed in seven different languages, creating a unique cross-cultural musical experience for our audiences.

      • Spencer Collection

        The Spencer Collection was created and maintained by Robert Spencer, and since 1997 is part of the collection of the Royal Academy of Music. It is one of the most important collections for guitar and lute in the world, comprising instruments, rare manuscripts, books, artwork, and other items involving particularly the history and development of plucked instruments.

        Fabricio Mattos has been regularly accessing the collection since 2017, and this intense research resulted in the Spencer Series, a set of lecture-recitals at the Royal Academy's Museum exploring in detail some of the material in the collection. Find below photo and video samples of the instruments in the collection (not all in an 'ideal' playing condition), and some images of the material explored by Fabricio Mattos in this series.

      • RARE GUITARS FROM THE SPENCER COLLECTION

        This series was recorded at the Museum of the Royal Academy of Music, which houses the instruments of the Spencer Collection.

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        MINI-RECITAL

        In October 2020, Fabricio Mattos was invited by the AALGA - Asociación Argentina de Laúdes y Guitarras Antiguas to give a talk and record a mini-recital as part of their Ibero-American conference.

      • instruments

        These are some of the instruments that belong to the Spencer Collection, in photos provided by the Royal Academy of Music.

        6-string guitar, G. Fabricatore, 1818
        English guitar, J. Preston, 1780
        6-course guitar, J. Pages, 1805
        French lyre, 1790
        Lyre-guitar, A. Thibaut, 1850
        6-string guitar, L. Panormo, 1840
        6-string guitar, G. Martin, 1880
        Terz guitar, Guiot
        Miniature guitar, Parres y Co, 1890 c.
      • VIDEO

        PROJECTS

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        Marés

        Journeys into Brazilian Music

        | Documentary |

        | Performance |

        | Aesthetics |

        | Research |

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        I N F U S I O N

        A Transcultural Trip

        | Transgressive |

        | Aesthetics |

        | Intense |

        | Narrative |

        GO!
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        Mā

        A New Conceptual Work for Guitar

        | Experimental |

        | Philosophy |

        | Conceptual |

        | Aesthetics |

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      • M a r é s

        Journeys into Brazilian Music

        Audiovisual series of three episodes exploring classical and popular music from Brazil in the 20th and 21st centuries. Each of the episodes is filled with aesthetic experimentation drawing on the visual possibilities of music performance, in a way that is integrated into the setting of the recordings: the stunning Sala Brasil at the Embassy of Brazil in London.

        Creative Direction / Narrator: Fabricio Mattos

        Film Direction: Bernardo Simões

        Production: Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Embassy of Brazil in London

        [Subtitles available in English, Português, Español, Italiano, Deutsch, 中文 (繁體) ]

        [All episodes of MARÉS are available in 4K Ultra HD definition]

        I. A Journey through Spaces & Places

        In this first episode, concrete and abstract ideas on how music is expressed in the Brazilian culture will be explored, offering a glimpse into the diversity and colourfulness of the Brazilian musical landscape.

        II. A Journey through Rhythm

        In this second episode we explore the exciting musical landscape of Brazilian dances, using the guitar as a means of transportation. Fabricio Mattos takes us on a journey around Brazil through some of our most characteristic dance rhythms, from the carimbó to the milonga, from the frevo to the samba. The selected programme is performed in a single take, without pause, offering a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse of the vast mosaic that characterizes the Brazilian culture.​

        III. A Journey through Timbre

        The last episode features traditional instruments and diverse ensembles from the Brazilian and European traditions. The programme converges on a musical piece that typically exemplifies the universal character of Brazilian music, which remains an ongoing source of inspiration for a new generation of musicians and composers in Brazil and abroad.​

      • I N F U S I O N

        INFUSION is a transnational musical journey spanning three continents, curated and performed by Taiwanese flautist Yi-Hsuan Chen featuring as special guests Fabricio Mattos on the guitar and Joseph Havlat on the piano, and culminating in a world premiere by Brazilian composer Lucas Jordan. Recorded at the St. Pancras Clock Tower in London.

        Concept: Yi-Hsuan Chen & Fabricio Mattos

        Creative Direction: Fabricio Mattos

        Film Direction: Bernardo Simões

        Production: Chinese Arts Now & Tangram

      • Mā

        Sun Keting (2020)

        Mā is the result of a collaboration with the Chinese composer Sun Keting. In Japanese, the concept of mā refers to the perception of space, a gap or interval, the space in between. This powerful idea, together with explorations on the concepts of 'emptiness', resulted in this superb, challenging, and unique work for solo guitar. This video is an exploration of the aesthetic concepts of the work, guided only by the concept itself and the performative gestures.

        Concept: Sun Keting & Fabricio Mattos

        Creative Direction & Performance: Fabricio Mattos

        Film Director: Bernardo Simões

      • RESEARCH

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        PhD project

        (2017-2023)

        New Stages: Revisiting the understanding of stage and performance in music events

        PhD thesis submitted in 2023 to the Royal Academy of Music/University of London

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        Masters project

        (2013-2014)

        Performative Gestures and Equinox by Tōru Takemitsu

        Masters dissertation submitted in 2014 to the Royal Academy of Music/University of London.

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        New Stages: Revisiting the understanding of stage and performance in music events

        PhD, 2017-2023

        Royal Academy of Music

        NEW STAGES, FULL THESIS (.pdf)

        This PhD research project comprised an analysis of the influence of performance layouts and dynamics on performers’ understanding of 'stage' and 'performance' itself. The project was based on both theoretical and applied concepts, approaching creatively fields as diverse as history, aesthetics and anthropology in order to help us explore alternative ways of delivering music performance events in the 21st century.

        The PhD thesis was submitted to the Royal Academy of Music / University of London in November 2023.

        The Routledge Companion to the Sound of Space

        In 2024, Routledge launched this important publication that included a chapter by Fabricio Mattos, heavily based on a section of his PhD thesis. Please find more information about this book on Routledge's website.

        New Stages Series

        The New Stages Series was a series of experimental performance events conceived and curated by Fabricio Mattos as part of his PhD project at the Royal Academy of Music, and continued in a commercial setting in 2023-24 as part of the New Stages Creations enterprise. All events happened in London and explored alternative layouts and dynamics between performers and 'audience' members, based on intensive research on the history and aesthetics of performance and its spaces and places.

        'Igarapés, Amazonian Music & Myths'
        'Intesa'
        'Intesa'
        '靜 勁 境 , Silence, Power, Harmony'
        'The Colours of Eden'
        'PIAZZOLLA, Beyond Tango'
        'AETHEREALLY, The Universes of the Accordion'
        'AETHEREALLY, The Universes of the Accordion'
        'Séance'
        'Analogos'
        'Analogos'
        'This Is Who We Are'
        'Claustrophobia'
        'Deconstructing Dance'
        'NONSENSE', workshop.
        'Empty'
        'This Is Who We Are'
      • Performative Gestures and Equinox by Tōru Takemitsu

        Masters dissertation submitted in 2014 to the Royal Academy of Music/University of London

        Masters Dissertation, Website

        The objectives of this work were: to provide a definition and typology of performative gestures; to analyze the stage as a physical and psychological space, its importance on the perception of performative gestures, and its history in Europe and Japan; and finally to improve the artistic communication in the performance of Takemitsu’s Equinox through the conscious gestural preparation of the performer.

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        Excerpt of 'Equinox', by Takemitsu, with Fabricio Mattos' analytical markings.

      • FULL ALBUMS ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS

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        All works from all three WGC seasons in a single album!

        Featuring new commissioned guitar works by composers of different nationalities and musical styles.

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        https://fabriciomattos.hearnow.com/wgc

        WGC PREMIERE | Booklet
        WGC BEYOND | Booklet
        WGC HERITAGE | Booklet
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        E s p a ñ a

        Fabricio Mattos' first album 'España', from 2007, is a celebration of some of the best Spanish guitar music, with works by Rodrigo, Mompou, and López-Chavarri.

        LISTEN NOW

        https://fabriciomattos.hearnow.com/españa

        CD ESPAÑA | Booklet
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        ASTOR PIAZZOLLA

        'HISTOIRE DU TANGO'

        Recorded at Abbey Road Institute, London, this album captures the passion and warmth of Fabricio Mattos' and Lucas Jotdan's live performances. In the same album, you will also find a ‘historical mix’ that takes you on a sonic journey through time, capturing the sound of different eras of recording technology, much like Piazzolla did for each era of tango in his masterpiece.

        LISTEN NOW

        https://histoiredutango.hearnow.com/

        For more videos, please visit Fabricio Mattos's YouTube channel!

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      • AROUND THE WORLD...

        Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. 2024
        HONG KONG
        Lugano, SWITZERLAND
        Calcutta, INDIA
        Curitiba, BRAZIL
        Ljubljana, SLOVENIA. Masterclass at the Slovenia Music Academy.
        London UK. 2023. BBC, presenting 'Road Trip' program
        Lusaka, ZAMBIA
        London, UK (British Museum)
        London, UK (Embassy of Portugal)
        Wiltshire, UK (with Julian Bream)
        Lusaka, ZAMBIA. Little Assisi Care Centre.
        Tianjin, CHINA
        Bratislava, Slovakia (Regent's Palace)
        HONG KONG (with the Hong Kong Guitar Ensemble)
        Chengdu, CHINA
        Lusaka, ZAMBIA. With ethnomusicologist Dr. Mwesa Mapoma.
        Arcoverde, BRAZIL
        London, UK (with Audrey Ardern Jones & Lucas Jordan)
        London, UK (Embassy of Brazil)
        London, UK (Embassy of Brazil)
        Qingdao, CHINA
        London, UK (with Georgia Knower)
        HONG KONG (with Alan Chu)
        Curitiba, BRAZIL
        Lusaka, ZAMBIA
        London, UK (with Amadej Herzog)
        London, UK
        Bangkok, THAILAND
        Modena, ITALY
        London, UK
        London, UK (with David Russell)
        HONG KONG
        Curitiba, BRAZIL (with Fabricio Ribeiro & Thomas Juksch)
        Orleans, BRAZIL
        Curitiba, BRAZIL
        Curitiba, BRAZIL (with Dirceu Saggin & Beto Japa)
        Lapa, BRAZIL
        Lusaka, ZAMBIA. Ngoma Dolce Music Academy.
        London, UK (Embassy of Brazil)
        HONG KONG
        Arcoverde, BRAZIL
        Reykjavik, ICELAND
        London, UK (Royal Academy of Music)
        London, UK
        Goesan, SOUTH KOREA
        Hefei, CHINA
        Curitiba, BRAZIL (with Elisabeth Fadel)
        Rome, ITALY (Sala Palestrina)
        Seoul, SOUTH KOREA
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      • S t o r e

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        SCORES
        RECORDINGS
        HERITAGE SERIES: Spencer Series (.pdf)

        HERITAGE SERIES: Spencer Series (.pdf)

        £1.99
        This a selection of manuscripts form the prestigious Spencer Collection edited by Fabricio Mattos, as recorded on video and released in 2024 by NEW STAGES CREATIONS.

        The Spencer Collection is one of the most important music collections in the world. Robert Spencer (1932-1997) was one of the exponents of early music in England. During many decades Spencer gathered thousands of items for his collection with particular focus on lute and guitar manuscripts and first editions, instruments and historical documents. The Spencer Collection is now hosted by the Royal Academy of Music, London.

        CONTENT
        4-6, Pietro Parrini, 'Sonate & Valse'
        7-10, Fernando Ferandiere, 'El Laberinto ó Circulo Armonico'
        11-15, Gregorio Trentin, 'Un tema con sei variazioni, per chitarra francese'
        16-18, Anonymous, 'Suonatine per chitarrone francese'
        19-21, Anonymous, 'Menuetto Andante'

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        WGC Box - Triple CD (2022)

        WGC Box - Triple CD (2022)

        £20.00
        Box with three CDs of all WGC seasons, with new commissioned guitar works by composers of different nationalities and musical styles.
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        DVD Heritage: Brazilian & Italian Guitar Music (2016)

        DVD Heritage: Brazilian & Italian Guitar Music (2016)

        £12.00
        (LOW STOCK!)
        Recorded Live in South Korea, 'Heritage' is a journey through Brazilian and Italian music of many centuries. Fabricio Mattos pays a homage to his inherited Italo-Brazilian origins in a breath-taking programme with some of the best guitar music from both countries.
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        CD España (2007)

        CD España (2007)

        £12.00
        LOW STOCK!

        DIGITAL VERSION: https://fabriciomattos.hearnow.com/

        Fabricio Mattos' first CD, España is a celebration of some of the best Spanish guitar music, with works by Rodrigo, Mompou, and Lopez-Chavarri.
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        HERITAGE SERIES: Sonata in Dm, by Domenico Cimarosa, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        HERITAGE SERIES: Sonata in Dm, by Domenico Cimarosa, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        £1.99
        Mattos' transcription of this beautiful Sonata, as performed on DVD Heritage.

        Coming soon
        HERITAGE SERIES: Sonata da Chiesa in Em, by Tomaso Albinoni, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        HERITAGE SERIES: Sonata da Chiesa in Em, by Tomaso Albinoni, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        £2.99
        Mattos' arrangement of one of Albinoni great Sonatas, in four movements, original for violin and continuo. As performed on DVD Heritage.
        Coming soon
        HERITAGE SERIES: Trad. Korean, ARIRANG, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        HERITAGE SERIES: Trad. Korean, ARIRANG, arr. Mattos (.pdf)

        £1.99
        Mattos' arrangement of this beautiful Korean folksong. As recorded in WGC Heritage, included in the WGC Box.
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      • BIOGRAPHY

        Fabricio Mattos is a classical guitarist and researcher in music performance. Being deeply committed to finding new paths for music-making in the 21st century, he has been performing regularly as a soloist and chamber musician in a great range of countries in five continents, from major music centres such as England, Italy, Switzerland, and the US, to countries with rising concerts tradition such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Zambia. He has launched many recordings, played numerous concert tours worldwide, and won prizes such as the acclaimed ‘Julian Bream Award’, which in parallel to his other personal projects in music-making helped him to reach an increasingly higher level of performance and research.

        Mattos has collaborated with dozens of composers, performers, poets, dancers, and other artists of many nationalities, backgrounds, and styles over the last few years, adding in quantity and quality to the present and future of guitar performance. Recently, Fabricio Mattos has only been involved in essentially collaborative projects. This attitude generated a healthy artistic output that could only be achieved through serious, passionate work in collaboration with other creative professionals. The most impressive results of such artistic view came with the creative enterprise WGC - Worldwide Guitar Connections, founded in 2011 and with which Mattos has travelled to 27 countries so far. WGC has contributed in numerous ways to expand the possibilities of music-making while recognising the work of talented composers from many countries through specially tailored commissions.

        Fabricio Mattos was born in Curitiba, Brazil, and began his musical life at the age of six playing percussion instruments at carnival parties with his father, saxophonist Elio Mattos. After studying the flute, violin, and choir, he took classical guitar lessons with Dirceu Saggin, and afterwards with Luiz Cláudio Ferreira at the School of Music & Fine Arts of Paraná. In 2013 Mattos graduated with Distinction from the Masters of Music-Performance & Research programme at the Royal Academy of Music, having received a full scholarship from that institution. At RAM he received instrumental tuition from Michael Lewin, Timothy Walker, David Russell, Fabio Zanon, and Julian Bream, and developed a research project on gestural processes in the performance of music by Toru Takemitsu under the academic guidance of Sarah Callis and Neil Heyde. In 2023 Fabricio Mattos will become the first latin-american musician ever to be awarded a PhD from the Royal Academy of Music, researching how spaces, performance dynamics and layouts can influence the basic terminology of music performance. During his studies he ran two series at the RAM: ‘New Stages’, with experimental performance events part of his PhD research; and ‘Spencer Series’, performing on historical guitars and exploring rare prints and manuscripts from the world-renowned Spencer Collection. Recently, Fabricio Mattos has been invited to work as creative director in a wide range of projects, and has created and curated specialized content for institutions as diverse as Ibero & Latin American Music Society, the Asociación Argentina de Laúdes y Guitarras Antiguas, the BBC Radio, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has recently contributed a chapter for the prestigious Routledge Companion to the Sound of Space published in November 2024. In 2023-24 Fabricio Mattos worked as creative director of the New Stages Creations.

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