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Building Bridges, Exploring Identity: A Musical Journey of a Brazilian Cantautora in an Intercultural Context (2025)

Clara Gurjão
Anna Clara Gurjão Matos
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This thesis presents the outcomes of my artistic research conducted as a master’s student in the Improvisation and World Music Performance program at the Academy of Music and Drama, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The present study investigates how a musical identity is constructed and reshaped over time, drawing from my background as a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter, and examining how exchanges with musicians from different fields and exposure to new artistic inputs can influence my creative practice. Central to the research is finding tools to broaden my expressive possibilities within the song format, through the integration of improvisation, diverse ensemble instrumentation, and inventive strategies for communicating artistic intentions and political concerns through music and stage performance. This work also explores possible approaches for overcoming creative blocks and performance-related fears, especially those related to improvisation, seeking to cultivate a state of freedom, openness, fulfillment and joy while playing.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsmusical identity, intercultural contexts, Brazilian music, improvisation, communication, voice and guitar performance, songwriting, cantautora
date26/05/2025
published19/06/2025
last modified19/06/2025
statuspublished
copyrightAnna Clara Gurjão Matos
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languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3710562/3710563
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/rc.3710562
published inResearch Catalogue


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