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Recordings with Ruben Jacinto

by Gonçalo Gato9 May, 20208 March, 2021

Back in 2006, I wrote a solo clarinet piece for Ruben Jacinto, who was studying at the same music school as me.

Piece for pianist Marta Menezes

by Gonçalo Gato6 May, 202025 October, 2020

A new piece for solo piano has been commissioned by emerging pianist Marta Menezes. The work is to become an encore to

Exhibition at Vera Cortês

by Gonçalo Gato25 November, 201914 March, 2021

Artist André Guedes invited me for a collaboration while developing his Formas Antigas, Novas Circunstâncias (2019) installation, which features a sound piece

Recordings with CHROMA

by Gonçalo Gato10 October, 20192 March, 2021

This November, recordings of the piece Dégradé will take place in London with the wonderful CHROMA Ensemble, conducted by Christopher Austin. This

Recordings with ensemble recherche

by Gonçalo Gato3 October, 20192 March, 2021

In December, two pieces will be recorded by the wonderful ensemble recherche at the Ensemblehaus, in Freiburg. The first piece is called

Recordings at Casa da Música

by Gonçalo Gato6 August, 20192 March, 2021

Pianist Alexander Soares and recording engineer Hugo Romano Guimarães joined me at Casa da Música in late July 2019 to record the

Premiere of ‘NowState’ at Southbank Centre, London

by Gonçalo Gato15 November, 20188 May, 2020

On the 18th of January 2019, pianist Phillip Leslie will give the world premiere of my new piano piece, called NowState, commissioned by

Premiere of ‘Ex machina colores’ for orchestra

by Gonçalo Gato11 November, 201812 December, 2018

The piece Ex machina colores will be premiered on the 9th of December 2018, 6pm, at Casa da Música, Portugal, by the Orquestra Sinfónica

Premiere of #where_we’re_going for ensemble

by Gonçalo Gato26 October, 201811 November, 2018

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.

Premiere of ‘Elementos’ for piano trio

by Gonçalo Gato26 October, 201811 November, 2018

As part of the artistic residency at Casa da Música, Portugal, I have composed a new piano trio piece. Called Elementos (elements), it

Collaboration with pianist Alexander Soares

by Gonçalo Gato15 August, 20188 March, 2021

Alexander Soares is a pianist I admire very much. We met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama while we were

Artistic Residency at Casa da Música 2018

by Gonçalo Gato17 December, 201726 October, 2018

In 2018 I’ll become the Young Composer in Residence at Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal, writing music for the in-house symphony orchestra

Fada do Lar

by Gonçalo Gato26 September, 201727 October, 2018

Vitorino Coragem photographed Cláudia Sampaio, a Portuguese poet. The result is Fada do Lar (home fairy), a new exhibition to take place at

ISCM World New Music Days

by Gonçalo Gato4 May, 201717 December, 2017

The piece A Walk in the Countryside, for solo flute, has been selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music for performance at the

New piece for Sond’Ar-te

by Gonçalo Gato15 March, 201717 December, 2017

A new work will be premiered by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble (Lisbon, Portugal) on the 21st of October, 2017. The Sond’Ar-te is

Doctoral thesis

by Gonçalo Gato10 February, 201714 May, 2017

Algorithm and Decision in Musical Composition (2016) PDF file (click to download) Attached Algorithms CD-ROM (click to download the ZIP file) City University

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