Flo Menezes' awards:


2022 – Honorable Mention (Menção Honrosa) of the Prêmio ABEU 2022, received in October for the book Do erro em Composição (Editora Unesp Digital, São Paulo, 2021), given by ABEU – Associação Brasileira das Editoras Universitárias:

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2019 – Finalist: Prêmio Concerto 2019, given by the most proeminent musical journalists of Brazil and produced by the Revista Concerto of São Paulo, for his NeutriOpera Ritos de Perpassagem in the Category Opera.


2017 – Finalist: Prêmio BRAVO! 2017, given and produced by the Revista BRAVO! of São Paulo, for his DVD "Boulez+" (with works for violin solo and violin and electronics by Boulez, by himself – Scriptio and TransScriptio – and other invited composers, and produced entirely by him at the Studio PANaroma) in the Category CD/DVD/Book, as one of the best Brazilian publication in 2016.


2016 – Prize: Prêmio Concerto 2016, given by the most proeminent musical journalists of Brazil and produced by the Revista Concerto of São Paulo, for his DVD "Boulez+" (with works for violin solo and violin and electronics by Boulez, by himself – Scriptio and TransScriptio – and other invited composers, and produced entirely by him at the Studio PANaroma) in the Category CD/DVD/Book, as the better Brazilian publication in 2016.


2014 – Commission-Prize: given by Ibermúsicas for the composition of a new piece for harp and electronics at the CMMAS center in Morelia, Mexico, in 2015.


2014 – Selection: of TransScriptio, as one of the 8 finalist pieces under 83 pieces from 26 countries, at the Musica Nova Electroacoustic Music Contest in Prague, Czech Republic.


2014 – Selection: of his book Matemática dos Afetos – Tratado de (Re)composição Musical, as finalist under the best Brazilian books in the fields of the arts for the Prêmio Jabuti 2014, in São Paulo, Brazil.


2014 – Commission-Prize: given by FUNARTE / Ministério da Cultura of the Brazilian Gouvernement for the composition of PostScriptio, a violin concerto, for the XXI Biennial of Brazilian Music of Rio de Janeiro 2015.


2012 – Commission-Prize: given by FUNARTE / Ministério da Cultura of the Brazilian Gouvernement for the composition of TransFormantes VI for the XX Biennial of Brazilian Music of Rio de Janeiro 2013.


2011 – Selection: of Motus in Fine Velocior – In Memoriam Stockhausen, under 854 anonymously submitted pieces, for the ICMC 2011 (International Computer Music Conference), University of Huddersfield, U.K..


2011 – Selection: of his article "The Timelessness of Maximal Music", under 187 anonymously submitted papers, for the ICMC 2011 (International Computer Music Conference), University of Huddersfield, U.K..


2008 – Commission-Prize: given by the Experimentalstudio des SWR, Freiburg, Germany, for the composition of Retrato Falado das Paixões, as consequence of the Giga-Hertz-Preis given for La Novità del Suono in 2007.


2007 – Prize: Giga-Hertz-Preis (in its first edition) for La Novità del Suono; given by the ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie), Karlsruhe, and the Experimentalstudio des SWR, Freiburg, Germany; International Jury: Pierre Boulez, Wolfgang Rihm, Horacio Vaggione, Ludger Brümmer, Detlef Heusinger, Armin Köhler and Peter Weibel.


2006 – Prize: Diapason d'Or for the CD mastering of Colores (Phila: in praesentia), given by the French-Brazilian Magazin Diapason.


2005 – Selection: of Todos os Cantos for the V Festival Internacional de Música Electroacústica Ai-maako, Santiago de Chile.


2003 – Commission-Prize: Bolsa Vitae de Artes for the composition of labORAtorio; Fundação Vitae, São Paulo, Brazil.


2002 – Prize: Prêmio Cultural Sergio Motta 2002 for Colores (Phila: in praesentia) (under 441 inscribed works); given by the Instituto Sergio Motta and the Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.


2001 – Selection: selected as a composer for the 30 years of the Festival Synthèse of Bourges, France.


1999 – Selection: finalist (under 508 inscriptions) at the 26ème Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges, France, with ATLAS FOLISIPELIS.


1997 – Selection: selected as one of the 10 composers (under 397 inscriptions) for the Stage d’Informatique Musicale at IRCAM, Paris, France; Jury: Michael Levinas, Wolfgang Rihm, David Robertson, Marco Stroppa, Eric de Visscher.


1996 – Selection: selected as a composer with A Viagem sobre os Grãos for the Festival Sonidos de las Américas, organized by the ACO (American Composers Orchestra) and realized at the Carnegie Hall, New York, USA.


1996 – Prize: First Prize in the Category Mixed Electroacoustic Music for A Viagem sobre os Grãos at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Elettroacustica Luigi Russolo, Varese, Italy.


1996 – Selection: of TransFormantes II for the Festival Ars Musica, Brussels, Belgium.


1995 – Selection: of Parcours de l'Entité for the Tribune International de Compositeurs, Paris, France.


1995 – Prize: Prix Ars Electronica of Linz, Austria, for Parcours de l'Entité.


1995 – Selection and Commission-Prize: selected as a composer for the Festival Voix Nouvelles, Royaumont, France, and commissioned to compose TransFormantes II.


1995 – Selection: selected as a composer for the Projet Contrechamps, organized by the Ensemble Contrechamps and the CDMC of Campinas, Brazil.


1993 – Prize: Internacional Prize of the TRIMALCA (Tribuna Internacional de Música de la América Latina y del Caribe) for Profils Écartelés.


1991 – Selection: of Contextures I (Hommage à Berio) for the I Colloque International de Jeunes Compositeurs de Musique Electro-acoustique, by Unesco, Paris, France.


1991 – Selection: finalist at the XVIII Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo with Profils Écartelés.


1990 – Prize: First Prize as musicologist at the I Premio Internazionale Latina di Studi Musicali, Latina, Italy, with his analysis of Visage by Luciano Berio.


1989 – Selection: finalist (under 415 inscriptions) at the 17ème Concours International de Musique Électroacoustique de Bourges, France, with Profils Écartelés.


1986-1990 – Scholarship: of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) for his studies in Elektronische Komposition in Cologne, Germany.


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