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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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