Jailton de Oliveira

Born in Medina in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais, Jailton de Oliveira received his Bachelors degree from UNICAMP (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) and his Masters of Music from UFG (Universidade Federal de Goiás). He has composed over 80 works, including: choral music, songs, pieces for piano solo, pieces for viola solo, opera, chamber and orchestral music, electroacoustic music. In 1995 he won a prize at the "III Concurso de Composição da Escola de Música da UFMG”, with his work  Soneto n. 1, for orchestra. Later, his Fantasia for Viola Solo received a prize by the “Britten-on-the-Bay Composition Competition 1999”, in New York, USA.