Composer, professor, and cultural manager, João Guilherme Ripper was born in 1959. He frequently collaborates with orchestras, theaters, and festivals in Brazil, Europe and North America, acting as a resident composer and directing his works.

João Guilherme Ripper received the Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Arte award in 2000 for Domitila and, in 2017, for his body of work. In 2020, he was honored with the Innovation Award from Concerto Magazine for creating and coordinating the “Gestores em Movimento” Program, which trains musicians from all over Brazil in the management of orchestras, theaters, and concert halls.

For a full biography of João Guilherme Ripper, click on one of his pictures below.

Further below, listen to two excerpts of Ripper’s Duo Sonatina, recorded while Rong-Huey and Alicja were rehearsing.