On the 18th of January 2019, pianist Phillip Leslie will give the world premiere of my new piano piece, called NowState, commissioned by the Park Lane Group Music Trust. The concert is part of the SoundState festival, to take place at the Southbank Centre, London, on 16-20 January 2019. The festival aims at “bringing together an unrivalled…
The piece Ex machina colores will be premiered on the 9th of December 2018, 6pm, at Casa da Música, Portugal, by the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann. The title alludes to process of creating harmony through computer programming. The piece is dedicated to composer Luís Tinoco. Click here for tickets.
The piece #where_we’re_going will be premiered on the 4th of November 2018, 6pm, at Casa da Música, Portugal, by the Remix Ensemble, conducted by Peter Rundel. The piece’s title refers to the hashtag commonly used today in social networks. The piece is dedicated to composer and conductor Christopher Bochmann. Click here for tickets.
As part of the artistic residency at Casa da Música, Portugal, I have composed a new piano trio piece. Called Elementos (elements), it will be premiered by Trio Adamastor on the 9th of October 2018, 7:30pm, at Sala 2. The event and tickets can be found here.
Alexander Soares is a pianist I admire very much. We met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama while we were both enrolled on the doctoral programme (DMus). I can never forget his amazing performance of Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles… at the Milton Court Concert Hall. I’m very happy and lucky to be working…