Festival Musimagem Brasil 2025 – Programa completo
/en Conciertos, Festivales, Noticias, Premios, Talleres /por STFEl Festival Musimagem Brasil, organizado por la Asociación Brasileña de Compositores de Música para Audiovisuales – Musimagem, celebrará su 11ª edición del 16 al 18 de septiembre de 2025, con la participación de una larga lista de compositores brasileños y con la colaboración especial de la Universidad de São Paulo, en São Paulo, Brasil. El festival ofrecerá varios paneles, debates, cursos y tres conciertos.
Descripción oficial:
The Musimagem Festival reaches its eleventh edition!! This time in an unprecedented partnership with USP –
In addition to the Brazilian guests and the composers of Musimagem, among many others, the music festival for images, the first in the Americas, begins another edition in partnership with the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), Abramus, Assim, designer Maurizio Manzo, the Spanish website SoundTrackFest, producer Robert Townson, and this time with a special partnership with the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA/USP) through its Department of Cinema, Radio and Television (CTR). Thus, this 11th edition of the Festival will be integrated into the celebrations of ECA’s 60th anniversary.
Since its inception, the festival has established its importance for professionals working in the audiovisual and music fields, as well as for audiences passionate about soundtracks for audiovisual works, whether in film, television, series, games, advertising, or journalism. This presence has been increasingly highlighted by the specialized press, both in Brazil and abroad.
From September 16th to 18th, the festival will feature lectures and debates with the participation of composers from various parts of Brazil, as well as concerts by musimágicos and our new partner, the ALMAI Orchestra, conducted by maestro and arranger Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla.
It is with great enthusiasm that the Musimagem Festival lands in São Paulo, the cultural capital of Brazil, and with a new feature from the last edition, maintained and expanded, namely: the promotional partnership with the Prêmio Profissionais da Música and the Music Box Brazil channel, which, with production by GRV Música, Media & Entretenimento, will be covering the event for later broadcast on national television.
Where to watch the special from the last edition?
May it be a wonderful, educational and exciting festival!!
A continuación se puede ver el programa completo:
Musimagem Festival 2025 / USP – Auditorium A – CTR (Building 4)
Prof. Lucio Martins Rodrigues Avenue, 443, University City, Butantã, São Paulo, SP
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – 2 hours – Compositional strategies in film music
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Collective memory and indexical senses in audiovisual enjoyment; direct perception and interpretation from the indexical senses by the composer: film narrative and selectivity in the anchoring process; the first sound images, conflicts with the narrative, prototyping, checking and internal resolution. The director’s briefing: the choice of compositional strategies from the given senses; the search for the corresponding sound image and the audiovisual product. Audiovisual pedagogical resources will be used in exercises of perception, reflection and proposition of musical solutions by the students for the proposed problems.
Felipe Radicetti
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – 1 hour – Debate: Creative Synergy: How Music Supervisors and Composers Create Unforgettable Projects
USP (Auditório A CTR)
From choosing the sound concept to the final delivery — strategies to enhance the audiovisual narrative through collaboration.
This panel explores the collaboration between music supervisors and composers as a creative engine for impactful audiovisual projects. Based on practical experiences and success cases, we will discuss how to align artistic vision, narrative, and technical/financial viability to create memorable soundtracks. The audience will have access to insights on work processes, rights negotiation, integration with the creative team, and the strategic use of music as a narrative and branding element.
Rico Manzano – Music Supervisor
Tiago Xorão – Music Supervisor
Alexandre Guerra – Composer
Marcos Souza – Composer
Panel Concept – Mario di Poi
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – 1 hour – Lecture: Behind the creation of the soundtracks for the award-winning films Kasa Branca and Quando Vira a Esquina
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Fernando Aranha (RJ)
The original music for the films Kasa Branca and Quando Vira a Esquina, composed by Fernando Aranha and Guga Bruno, won the award for best soundtrack at the 2024 Rio Film Festival.
Fernando Aranha was also the Sound Designer for both films and will talk about the process of composing the music within a general overview of the films’ soundtrack and the relationship with the directors during the creative process.
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – 1 hour – USP Panel | Debate: Audiovisual soundtracks and academic training
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Participants: Ney Carrasco – professor in the Popular Music and Composition courses (IA/Unicamp); Helio Ziskind – musician and composer (ECA/USP); Guilherme «Guima» Maximiano – Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Soundtracks at Santa Marcelina; Anselmo Mancini – composer / PhD in Audiovisual Media and Processes (ECA/USP)
Coordination: Eduardo Vicente – Professor of the Undergraduate Course in Audiovisual (ECA/USP)
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – 1 hour – Opening Concert: ALMAI Orchestra – National and international soundtracks
Conductor: Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla (SP)
Location: Camargo Guarnieri Auditorium
Rua do Anfiteatro, 109, Butantã, SP
Free Admission
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – 2 hours – Music for TV
USP (Auditório A CTR)
The representation of sound on Television. Sound/image synchronization. Elements of the soundtrack: voice, noises, music. The viewer’s hearing. Technical aspects of sound capture and reproduction. Mastery of the basic concepts of sound, its physical properties, as well as the specifics of analog and digital models. Understanding of the basic procedures of sound capture and editing in order to build a coherent and creative sound discourse within the television narrative. One should also become familiar with the main currents of thought regarding sound and its different uses in television.
Alberto Rosenblit (RJ)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – 1 hour – Debate: Music as a narrative element
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Paulo Marcelo do Vale – ABRA (Brazilian Association of Screenwriters), Benjamim Taubkin (SP) and Nathalia Machiavelli (Musimagem Brasil), Flavia Tygel, (Musimagem Brasil),
Moderator: João Batista Melo
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – 1 hour – Lecture: UBC Table
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Soundtracks that Tell Stories
Moderator: Marcio Ferreira
Participants: Plinio Profeta and Tami Belfer
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – 1 hour – Debate: Soundtracks in Brazilian Cinema
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Beto Villares, Antonio Pinto and Mateus Alves
Moderator: Anselmo Mancini
Thursday, September 18, 2025
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – 2 hours – Composing with free software / Workshop on free software for music production
USP (Auditório A CTR)
Is it possible to compose a soundtrack using free software? Follow how to plan, organize files, and use free software to compose a soundtrack.
Zeh Netto
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – 1 hour – Lecture: Symphonic Music in Cinema
USP (Auditório A CTR)
The tradition of symphonic music in American cinema, which began in the 1930s with composers like Max Steiner, predominated until the late 1950s and early 1960s.
However, with the arrival of new cultural trends—such as jazz, rock, and electronic music—the 1960s and 70s marked a transition to more modern, minimalist, or experimental soundtracks.
This change was reversed with the arrival of John Williams in Star Wars (1977), who revived the classic symphonic style with enormous success.
Alexandre Guerra
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM – 1 hour – Lecture: ABRAMUS TABLE
USP (Auditório A CTR)
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – 1 hour – Lecture: Screenplay and Narrative Music
USP (Auditório A CTR)
ASSIM PANEL
The interaction between the narrative milestones of the screenplay and the governing idea of the story is fundamental for the construction of the Soundtrack. In this lecture, screenplay concepts are revisited in light of their interaction with music.
Marcela Godoy (COO ASSIM)
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM – 1 hour – Closing Concert Musimágicos Concert – National Soundtracks
Remo Usai Trophy awarded to Wagner Tiso
Performers: Wagner Tiso (RJ/MG), Marcos Souza (RJ), Karina Souza (RJ), Zeh Netto (RJ), Natalia Machiavelli (SP), Alberto Rosenblit (RJ), Flavia Tygel (RJ), Fernando Aranha (RJ), Beto Villares (SP), Otavio de Moraes (SP), Rafael Luperi (SP), Anselmo Mancini (SP), Benjamim Taubkin (SP), Mauricio Tagliari (SP), Tomas Roth (SP), Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla (SP), Ruben Feffer (SP)
Location: Camargo Guarnieri Auditorium
Rua do Anfiteatro, 109, Butantã, SP
Free Admission
Saturday, September 20, 2025
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – 1 hour – Extra: “The Music of Bacurau and The Secret Agent” with Mateus Alves
Totem StudioX
Pernambuco-born composer Mateus Alves presents na analysis of his work on Bacurau and The Secret Agent, both directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho — the former co-directed with Juliano Dornelles — and other soundtracks. Using film clips, recordings, and personal accounts, the masterclass offers reflections on music in cinema, its narrative and functional roles, and the unique characteristics of each project.
Intended for composers, audiovisual professionals, students, and those interested in creative film processes, the activity will be divided into two parts, with time for listening, material presentation, and audience interaction.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM – 1 hour – Extra: Almai Orchestra – Hitchcock’s Psycho film with live music
Location: Teatro B32
Conductor: Alexey Kurkdjian Ogalla
Tickets (45-200 BRL / 7-31 €):
https://teatrob32.com.br/cine-concerto-4/
Más información sobre previas ediciones del festival:
http://soundtrackfest.com/es/tag/festival-musimagem-brasil/
Página web oficial:
https://festival.musimagembrasil.com/
