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…
In 2018 I’ll become the Young Composer in Residence at Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, writing music for the in-house symphony orchestra (Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música), for the Remix Ensemble, and for the award-winning Trio Adamastor. I’m humbled to be joined by Georg Friedrich Haas who will become Composer in Residence for…
Vitorino Coragem photographed Cláudia Sampaio, a Portuguese poet. The result is Fada do Lar (home fairy), a new exhibition to take place at O Bom o Mau e o Vilão, a famous and vibrant club in Lisbon’s Cais do Sodré. I worked with Carolina Amaral, who lent her voice, to create an electroacoustic soundtrack (click here…
The piece A Walk in the Countryside, for solo flute, has been selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music for performance at the ISCM World New Music Days in Vancouver, Canada. The festival will take place from 2-8 November. The flute piece — commissioned by Ensemble Recherche, Germany, and developed with its flutist Martin Fahlenbock — will…