The piece Vacuum Instability (2013) will be performed in Ponta Delgada, Açores, on the 16th of November 2024 by the Ponta Delgada Sinfonietta. More details soon.
‘Vacuum Instability’ performance
Author: Gonçalo Gato
Chapter in book ‘A Experiência Sonora’
A new text is now published by Documenta, Sistema Solar. ‘The composer facing sound reality’ (O compositor frente à realidade sonora) is featured amongst other texts on sound by fellow researchers and provides an updated view on what involves being a composer today. It analyses the historical and technical developments since the beginning of the twentieth century up to our time.
Windsor Project CD
A new CD by saxophone player Ricardo Pires has been released and features the piece Wandering (2008, rev. 2022) for alto sax and electronics. It is edited by mpmp. The CD was launched at Museu Nacional da Música.
‘Travessia’ premiere
The electroacoustic work Travessia (2020) will be premiered during the Música Viva Festival, Lisbon, in November 2022. The piece is based on the sound the 25 de Abril bridge radiates, a very prominent feature of the riverside soundscape of Lisbon.
