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Jorge Antunes
Person · male · Brazil · Rio de Janeiro · born 1942 · recording since 1975
Brazilian politician and composer
Timeline
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Música Eletrônica
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
Biography
Jorge de Freitas Antunes (born 23 April 1942) is a Brazilian avant-garde composer of electroacoustic and acousmatic music. He is known as the man who pioneered electronic music in Brazil.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Antunes entered the Escola de Música da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in 1959 where he studied violin. He went on to earn Master of Music degrees in both violin and composition from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Doctor of Music in electroacoustic music from the University of Paris (1977).
Biography
In 1973, Antunes became a professor at the University of Brasília. He directs the Laboratory of Electroacoustic Music and teaches Composition and Musical Acoustics.
Opera
Contato (1968)
Vivaldia MCMLXXV, chamber opera buffa (1975)
Qorpo Santo, opera in three acts (1983)
O rei de uma nota só (The Single-tone King), mini-opera in four scenes (1991)
A borboleta azul (The Blue Butterfly), mini-opera in two acts (1995)
Olga (composed 1987–97, premiered 2006)
Chamber music
Mascaruncho for two violas (1977)
Microformóbiles I for viola and piano (1970)
Modinha para Mindinha (Tune for Mindinha) for seven violas (1985)
Música Eletrônica
2 versions E. S. Mangione 1975
Catastrofe Ultra-Violeta / Isomerism (LP) Sistrum LPS 3001 1976
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (LP) Sistrum LPS 3002 1981
Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB - Jorge Antunes e o GeMUnB (CD, Album) UnB Discos CD 350010 2002
!No Se Mata La Justicia! (CD, Album) Paulinas COMEP CD 11807-9 2003
Música De Câmara II (CD, Album) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CDST008 2010
Música De Câmara I (CD, Album) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CDST007 2010
Coloratus (CDr, Album) ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música none 2011
In Defense Of The Machine (CD) Pogus Productions 21067-2 2013
Cordas Dedilhadas (2xCD, Album) Selo SESC SP CDSS 0132/19 2020
Singles & EPs
Musica Electronica 70's I (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 001 1994
Musica Electronica 70's II (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 002 1995
Musica Electronica 90's I (CD, Mini) Sistrum Edições Musicais Ltda. CD ST 004 1998
Compilations
Música Eletroacústica - Periodo Do Pioneirismo 2 versions ABM Digital, Academia Brasileira De Música 2002
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (3 release groups · 3 studio albums)
Albums · 3
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks
A1Historia De Un Pueblo (BRLXX3)A2Cinta CitaB1Auto-Retrato Sobre Paisaje PorteñoB2Valsa SideralB3Contrapunctus Contra Contrapunctus— · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:11:58
1Tartinia Mcmlxx16:352Poetica13:473Idiosynchronie23:154Poetica II18:21— · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 1:09:23
1Elegia Violeta para Monsenhor Romero21:132Cromorfonética5:593Proudhonia10:374Rimbaudiannisia MCMXCV - Parte I - Expiation pour Cumiqoh10:035Rimbaudiannisia MCMXCV - Parte II - Voyelles9:336Rimbaudiannisia MCMXCV - Parte III - Dithyrambus6:107Rituel Violet5:48
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jorge Antunes head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 3 | 77.1th |
| Studio albums | 3 | 80.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maximiliano_de_Brito%2C_Jorge_Antunes%2C_Renato_Mismetti_%28cropped%29.JPGaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6266e6ec-654c-477c-9a43-8f13ec2453a2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6266e6ec-654c-477c-9a43-8f13ec2453a2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1309284genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1309284seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Antunes_%28composer%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Antunes_%28composer%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Brazilian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Dietrich Hilmi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1309284 · MusicBrainz: 6266e6ec-654c-477c-9a43-8f13ec2453a2
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