Igor Santos

Described as “otherworldly and mysteriously familiar” (Chicago Classical Review), and as “exciting and clear... with a striking boldness" (Luigi Nono Competition Prize), Brazilian-American Igor Santos’s music has been performed internationally by leading musicians such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Dal Niente, Yarn Wire, Alarm Will Sound, POING, the American Composers Orchestra, and the Florida Orchestra. His work is centered on mimetic relationships between found sounds, acoustic instruments, and recently with video, all of which are dramatized through repetition and the use of microtonal keyboards. He has been awarded the Rome Prize (2022), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), and the International Ferruccio Busoni Competition, the Salvatore Martirano Award, and was also awarded Best Sound Design from Theater Tampa Bay for his incidental music. Santos has earned degrees in Music Composition from the University of Chicago, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of South Florida.