
Vanderlei Santos was appointed Associate Principal Clarinet of the Goiânia Symphony Orchestra in 2015 at the age of 19. He previously served as Principal Clarinet of Goiás Chamber Orchestra, Principal clarinet of the UFG Contemporary Music Ensemble and Principal Clarinet of Goias State Wind Ensemble. Mr. Alves, is a founding member of the Goyania Woodwind Quintet.
As an active chamber musician, Vanderlei has performed in several editions of the most prestigious music festival in Latin America - Campos do Jordao Winter Festival and others such as Brasília International music festival, Belskis Mendoça International music festival and Trancoso Music festival where he appared as a soloist of the 2018 and 2019 editions playing with string members of the Berlin Philarmonic and Munich Philarmonic.
the As an educator Vanderlei in 2019 was appointed assistant professor at Federal Institute of Arts, Science and Technology of Goiás, where he taught the clarinet, chamber music and history of music for higher education. He is the author of the book "Memory, Motivation and Deliberate Practice" published by Appris publisher, one of the largest publishers in Brazil that has the highest concept for research at CAPES/Fulbright. He is currently studying the Orchestral repertoire with the legendary clarinetist Michele Zukovisky former principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Vanderlei Alves has experience in the area of Arts, with an emphasis on performance in chamber music and symphony orchestra. He was professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG) during the period 2019 to 2021. At IFG he developed activities as a clarinet and chamber music professor and music history in higher education at DAAI (Department of Academic Areas I).
Mr. Alves develops works in the performance area of his instrument. He recently published a book entitled "Memory, Motivation and Deliberate Practice in Preparing a Musical Performance". Where the focus of the book is the study optimization to obtain an elite performance in the arts, sports and in the whole area of life. Mr. Alves has already given masterclasses in several regions of Brazil.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in clarinet performance from Federal University of Goias under Dr. Johnson Machado. He has a postgraduate degree in higher education teaching from FABEC (Brazilian Faculty of Education and Culture). As an educator, he was a clarinet and chamber For two years (2014-2015) he was Clarinet Professor at the Goiás State Department of Education, Culture and Sport.