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About Vinícius Motta

Born in Brazil, Vinícius' first contact with music was at the age of 12 when

he started learning how to play the guitar. In 2017, he moved to the UK

and started to study piano, eventually gaining a place in the Young Com-

posers Project in Birmingham at the end of the year. It was around this

time that he discovered his passion for composition. In 2018, Vinícius was

involved in the Sound and Music Summer Program at the Purcell School

where he had the opportunity to write for a jazz quintet. Later in March

2019, he took part in the Composer's Lab in Birmingham where he com-

posed a work for the cello. In summer 2019, he travelled to London for the

Handel & Hendrix Summer School in partnership with RNIB where he

worked with a violinist to compose a piece for solo Baroque violin. In De-

cember of that same year, Vinícius was involved in a project with the Or-

chestra of the Swan and at the end he wrote a piece for Uncommon Quar-

tet, consisting of viola, cello, oboe and trombone. In 2020, he once more

joins the Orchestra of the Swan to compose music during the lockdown.

Now, he joins the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to study composition

as a first-year undergraduate student.

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