Marcelo Chacur Politano
Concert Music
Liminalis (2025-2026)
For large intercultural ensemble. Ca. 25 min
Performers: Eva Alkula (kantele), Francesco Pio Russo (bassoon), Heigo Rosin (percussion), Janne Ojajärvi (piktähuilu), João Luís Lopes (percussion), Katariin Raska (torupill), Linda Halme (violin), Malla Vivolin (piccolo flute), Marta Beljan (accordion), Reetta Näätänen (clarinet).
Jaime Belmonte (conductor)
Performed at the Camerata Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland)
20.01.2026
Águas do Rio Couros (2026)
For solo piccolo flute. Ca. 4 min
Performer: Malla Vivolin (piccolo flute)
Performed at the Camerata Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland)
20.01.2026
Suspender o Céu (2025-2026)
For quena flute, clarinet, kantele and violin. Ca. 12 min
Movements:
I – Chamado dos Pássaros (call of the birds)
II – Prelúdio da Pressão do Céu (prelude to the weight of the sky)
III – Valsa da Pressão do Céu (Waltz of the weight of the sky)
IV – Dança para Suspender o Céu-1 (dance to suspend the sky part1)
V – Dança para Suspender o Céu -2 (dance to suspend the sky part2)
Performers: Eva Alkula (kantele), Linda Halme (violin), Marcelo Politano (quena), Reetta Näätänen (clarinet)
Performed at the Camerata Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland). 20.01.2026
Afoxé do Axé (2025)
"Afoxé do Axé", composed for the Global Orchestra of the Sibelius Academy.
Composer and Conductor: Marcelo C. Politano
Recorded at the Sonore Hall of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki (Finland)
Performed at the Sonore Hall of the Sibelius Academy. Global Fest 2025.
Tuulte Sosinad (2023)
"Tuulte Sosinad" (whispering winds) is a short piano composed after a day out in the woods of Nõmme in Piano Tallinn (Estonia). It was inspired by the landscape of Pääsküla bog and by the gentle wind that was blowing whispering some music to my ears. The piece received first prize at the composition contest Andrée Charlier (Belgium) and was selected as part of the mandatory repertoire for the pianists in 2024.
Performer: Ilana Makarina
Performed at the Great Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia).
07.04.2024
Zum Zum Zum (2024)
For berimbau and percussion.
Performers: Adriano Adewale (berimbau); Heigo Rosin (percussion)
Performed at the Organo Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland)
05.06.2024
Jogo Muusikaline de Talvi (2024)
For Estonian kannel, Finnish kantele and viola caipira
Performers: Eva Alkula (kantele); Laura Lehto (kannel); Marcelo Politano (viola caipira)
Performed at the Organo Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland)
05.06.2024
Suo Agrestessa (2024)
For for Finnish pitkähuilu, Brazilian pífano, clarinet and alto flute.
Performers: Janne Ojajärvi (pitkähuilu); Malla Vivolin (alto flute); Marcelo Politano (pífano); Reetta Näätänen (clarinet)
Performed at the Organo Hall of the Sibelius Academy (Finland)|. 05.06.2024
Polyphonic Jests (2023)
For woodwind quartet.
Movement I: Imitative
Movement II: Fugue 1
Movement III: Heterophonic
Movement IV: Fugue II
Performers:
Flute: Esther Dorado
Oboe: Dmitry Bulgakov
Clarinet: Vittoria Ecclesia
Bassoon: Francesco Pio Russo
Conductor: Marcelo C. Politano
Sound Engineer: Eduard Reitman
Recorded at the Multimedia Keskus/Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
30th May 2023.
Yaraví (2022)
Work for quena flute solo performed by Marcelo Politano at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.
The piece was composed during the doctoral studies of Marcelo Politano at the Sibelius Academy (Finland) and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia).
Roots (2021)
Performed by the Ensemble for New Music Tallinn at the #4 Commute Festival promoted by the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.
Conductor: Arash Yazdani
The piece is part of a larger cycle composed for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello, electronics and visuals entitled "Flying Rivers" (Lendavad Jõed)
Fandango na Mata (2021)
Performed by the Revelia String Orchestra at Great Hall of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater.
Conductor: Eladio Barreto Aguillar
The piece was composed during the doctoral studies of Marcelo Politano at the Sibelius Academy (Finland) and the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (Estonia).
Veins of the Earth (2015)
Short orchestral piece composed for the Symfonieorkest Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Performed at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.
Conductor: Bas Wiegers
Divertimento for 20 saxophones and percussion (2018)
Piece comissioned by the Grachtenfestival and Arno Bornkamp for the Saxophone Ensemble of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Performed at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.
Conductor: Juanpe Luna
Samburá (2017)
for Japanese Sho and Brazilian Pífano Flute.
Composed for the occasion of the Composers Festival 2017 in Amsterdam.
Performed at the Orgel Park (Amsterdam) by Naomi Sato (Sho) and Marcelo Politano (Pífano)
Gingas nº2: Peabiru (2017)
Composed for occasion of the 'Evening of Today 5', promoted by the Nieuw Ensemble (Netherlands) in 2017. The piece was composed for the Nieuw Ensemble plus two quena flute players.
Performed by Nieuw Ensemble + Marcelo Politano (quena) and Gabriel Milliet (quena) at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam.
Conductor: Ryan Bancroft
Vento Encantado (2018)
Solo piano piece selected by the juri of the 2nd Brazilian Contemporary Music Festival Edino Krieger, held in Florianópolis in 2018.
Performance: Lídia Bazarian
Romeiral (2015)
Composed for a chamber quartet as a final piece for the classes of 'contemporary music through non western techniques' at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Performed by:
Bela Horvat: Violin / Carlos Añez: Flute / Daniel Yiau: Bass Clarinet / João Simões: Vibrafone, crotales
Conductor: Marcelo Politano
Scherzo for 3 (2016)
1 minute piece written in 2016 for the first call for scores from the 'Tin Whistle Project' conducted by the Irish composer Darragh Kearn Hayes. Performed by Sarah Jeffery at New Music Arena, Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, Bernard Haitinkzaal, 10 March 2016