Jayme Amatnecks

Jayme Amatnecks (Ponta Grossa, December 22, 1966) is a Brazilian composer and conductor. In addition to working with several choral groups in Ponta Grossa, Amatnecks taught at University Potiguar (2005-2011) and was twice elected to the Ponta Grossa's Municipal Council of Culture.

Education
Amatnecks studied under Gabriel de Paula Machado, Lucia Passos, Hans-Gerhardt Rotmann, and Hans-Joachim Koellreutter.

Career
Amatnecks founded the children's choir at Ponta Grossa State University in 1987 and in 1999 organized the Vox Pop choir and the Ministry of Culture's Camerata Ars Musica, both of which promote Brazilian music in particular. He was conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Ponta Grossa between 2002 and 2005. From 2005 to 2011, he taught at the University Potiguar and directed a number of choirs, including the CEIC Choir, the St. Cecilia Women's Choir, the AFENAB/AABB Choir, and the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Norte Choir. He was elected to Ponta Grossa's Municipal Council of Culture twice. He also started a public school program in Ponta Grossa that expanded the existing choral curriculum to include a greater diversity of cultural music. This program formed at least 83 choirs.

In 2013, Amatnecks served as a member of the international jury for the VII International Chorus Inside Festival in Rome. In 2014, he led a workshop on Osvaldo Lacerda for singers and conductors participating in the tenth Chorus Inside Festival in Chieti, Italy. In 2015, he conducted a version of Duerme Negrito with the Camerata Ars Musica, featuring Emiglio Solé, which later appeared in the short film Paseo de los Melancólicos 9, 3º B: 28005 Madrid. The film was shown at the Cannes Festival in 2017.

Amatnecks has received two awards for artistic merit; Ponta Grossa's Anita Philipovsky Prize; and the State of Paraná Sower prize. He has released six CDs and has published three children's books through Arco Publishing House in Curitiba: "Christmas Gloria", " "Tic, Tac, Zoin – A History of the Sounds", and "A Gift For Mom".