Andreia Pinto Correia (born 1971)
Andreia Pinto Correia was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and began her musical studies at the Academia de Amadores de Música and at the Escola de Jazz Luíz Villas-Boas. She received Masters and Doctoral degrees at the New England Conservatory of Music, and currently resides in Brooklyn.
On her website, Andreia Pinto Correia describes the music in this video:
Written for solo alto flute, Pleistocene Landscapes is a reflection on deep time and the metamorphosing of landscapes through history. The work unfolds sonically and atmospherically, evoking the erosion and the geomorphology of Lake Mungo in Australia, an active and vibrant site during the Pleistocene Era. As the piece develops, layers of musical narrative rise to the surface, only to be subsequently submersed by sounds evoking wind and erosion. Pleistocene Landscapes is an homage to an extraordinary ancient historic site and its culture.