Igor Maia

Igor Maia is Bachelor of Music Composition from the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague in 2010, where he was a student of Martijn Padding, Gilius van Bergeijk and Patrick van Deurzen and Master of Music Composition from the State University of Campinas (Brazil) under supervision of Silvio Ferraz and with a scholarship from the São Paulo Research Foundation (Brazil). He participated in Festivals and Masterclasses with the composers Jukka Tiensuu at Summer Sounds (Finland - 2009): Brian Ferneyhough at the Fondation Royaumont (France - 2010): Toshio Hosokawa at the Takefu International Composition Workshop (Japan – 2011) as exchange student from the Fondation Royaumont, as well as others in Argentina and Brazil. He was awarded the prizes BMI Student Composer Award (USA), FUNARTE Prize in Composition (Brazil) and 1st Prize of II National Composition Competition Música Hoje (Brazil). His music has been performed in Argentina, Brazil, England, Finland, France, Holland, Japan and the USA. He received commission from Ensemble Reconsil (Austria), 4mil Saxophone Quartet (Argentina), Konart Duo (Spain) and Lawrence University (USA). Currently he is a PhD Student at King’s College London under supervision of Silvina Milstein with a Scholarship from CAPES Foundation (Brazil).