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April / May:

AS COMPOSER & CONDUCTOR
The Place, London [April 25]
Gulbenkian, Lisbon [May 3]

Carla Caramujo (Salomé, Aia II, soprano)
Ângela Alves (Aia I, Salomé, soprano)
Sara Braga Simões (Aia II, Salomé, soprano) London Sinfonietta)
Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (Herodes, Pessoa, baritone)
Armando Possante (Slave, baritone)
Mário Redondo (Capitan, baritone)
Otelo Lapa (actor)
Fernanda Lapa (director)
Margarida Moreira (light designer)
The London Sinfonietta

O Sonho [NEW commission: Gulbenkian] (Pedro Amaral)

musikFabrik

AS CONDUCTOR
Assistant conductor to Maestro Peter Eötvös in his production of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Hymnen mit Orchester
avec l'ensemble musikFabrik - Kölner Philharmonie

March:

AS CONDUCTOR
Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca,
Teatro Auditorio, Cuenca [April 2]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)

Linea de Vacio (Abel Paúl)
Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)
Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime)

Main concerts 2009 (September-November)

November:

AS CONDUCTOR
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao [November 18]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)

Etras (Cândido Lima)
Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime)
Timshel (João P. Oliveira)
Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)
Ausgraben und Erinnern (João Madureira)
O Silêncio e as Pedras (Luís Tinoco)

AAS SOLOIST
Radio France - Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris [November 13]
Festival Présences
Performance of Synthesiser 1 part from Peter Eötvös's IMA

Paris, France
(Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conductor: P. Eötvös)

October:

AS CONDUCTOR
Sophiensaele, Berlin [October 26]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)

Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime)
Primordia Rerum (Oscar Bianchi)
Talea (Gerard Grisey)
De Rerum Natura (Oscar Bianchi)
De l'Étant qui le Nie (Miguel Azguime)
Timshel (João P. Oliveira)

September:

AS CONDUCTOR
Cloister of Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon [September 17]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble + Ensemble Aleph)

Ressonâncias - Memórias (António Sousa Dias)
Gestos-Circus-Círculos (Cândido Lima)

AS CONDUCTOR
Miso Music Season
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon [September 12]
(Gulbenkian Orchestra)

The Turfan Fragments (Morton Feldman)
To Earle (Franco Donatoni)
Folio and 4 Systems (Earle Brown)
A-MÈR-ES (Cândido Lima)
Inventio (Hugo Ribeiro)
Linus (Christopher Bochmann)

Main concerts 2009 (January-July)

July:

AS CONDUCTOR
Póvoa do Varzim XXXI International Music Festival [July 24]
(Póvoa do Varzim Symphony Orchestra)

5th Symphony (L. V. Beethoven)
5th Violin Concerto (W.A.Mozart)
Metamorphoses (Luis Carvalho)
This is not a poem (Nuno Pinho)

June:

AS CONDUCTOR
Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [June 24]

parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)

AS CONDUCTOR
FIVE WORLD PREMIÈRES! - A HISTORICAL CONCERT
Miso Music Season
Lisbon: Institut Franco Portugais [June 20]
(Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, Mezzo Soprano: Susana Teixeira)

Do Tempo [NEW commission: GMCL] (Ana Seara)
Dor e Amor [NEW commission: GMCL] (Carlos Marecos)
Etude II - sur les colorations [NEW commission: GMCL] (Pedro Amaral)
Cross Fade [NEW commission: GMCL] (Carlos Caires)
Lacrimae [NEW] (Christopher Bochmann)

AS CONDUCTOR
Lisbon, São Luíz City Theatre [June 9]

parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)

AS CONDUCTOR
Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [June 13]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble, Soprano: Frances Lynch)

To a World Free From Beliefs (Pedro M. Rocha)
De l'Étant qui le Nie (Miguel Azguime)
Pierrot Lunaire (Arnold Schönberg)

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May:

AS CONDUCTOR
Paris, Théâtre Dunois [May 17]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble + Ensemble Aleph)

Ressonâncias - Memórias (António Sousa Dias)
Einspielung I (Emmanuel Nunes)
Rubato, Registres et Résonances (Emmanuel Nunes)
Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)

AS CONDUCTOR
Paris, Théâtre Dunois [May 16]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble + Ensemble Aleph)

Timshel (João P Oliveira)
Gestos-Circus-Círculos (Cândido Lima)
Voi(rex) (Philippe Leroux)

March:

AS CONDUCTOR
"Open Week" of the National Conservatoire, pedagogical concert
Lisbon, Museum of the Azulejo [March 28]

parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)

... 2008 - last months...

December:

AS CONDUCTOR
Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [December 12]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)

Timshel (João P Oliveira)
Paralelus II (Duarte Dinis Silva)
O silêncio e as pedras [NEW commission: Miso Music/Sond'Ar-te] (Luis Tinoco)
Ausgraben und Erinnern (João Madureira)
Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)

November:

AS CONDUCTOR
National Conservatory, Lisbon [November 20]
University of Coimbra [November 19]
(Lisbon Contemporary Music Group)

Transparências (Clotilde Rosa)
Oito poemas breves de Valter Hugo Mãe (Fernando Lapa)
Remake (Jorge Peixinho)
Concerto Campestre (Francisco Monteiro)
El Vaso Reluciente (Clotilde Rosa)

April / May:		AS COMPOSER & CONDUCTOR The Place, London [April 25] Gulbenkian, Lisbon [May 3] Carla Caramujo (Salomé, Aia II, soprano) Ângela Alves (Aia I, Salomé, soprano) Sara Braga Simões (Aia II, Salomé, soprano) London Sinfonietta) Jorge Vaz de Carvalho (Herodes, Pessoa, baritone) Armando Possante (Slave, baritone) Mário Redondo (Capitan, baritone) Otelo Lapa (actor) Fernanda Lapa (director) Margarida Moreira (light designer) The London Sinfonietta O Sonho [NEW commission: Gulbenkian] (Pedro Amaral)

	musikFabrik	AS CONDUCTOR Assistant conductor to Maestro Peter Eötvös in his production of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Hymnen mit Orchester avec l'ensemble musikFabrik - Kölner Philharmonie
March:		AS CONDUCTOR Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca, Teatro Auditorio, Cuenca [April 2] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Linea de Vacio (Abel Paúl) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías) Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime)

November:		AS CONDUCTOR Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao [November 18] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Etras (Cândido Lima) Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime) Timshel (João P. Oliveira) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías) Ausgraben und Erinnern (João Madureira) O Silêncio e as Pedras (Luís Tinoco)
		AAS SOLOIST Radio France - Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris [November 13] Festival Présences Performance of Synthesiser 1 part from Peter Eötvös's IMA Paris, France (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conductor: P. Eötvös)

October:		AS CONDUCTOR Sophiensaele, Berlin [October 26] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Derrière son Double (Miguel Azguime) Primordia Rerum (Oscar Bianchi) Talea (Gerard Grisey) De Rerum Natura (Oscar Bianchi) De l'Étant qui le Nie (Miguel Azguime) Timshel (João P. Oliveira)

September:			AS CONDUCTOR Cloister of Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon [September 17] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble + Ensemble Aleph) Ressonâncias - Memórias (António Sousa Dias) Gestos-Circus-Círculos (Cândido Lima)

		AS CONDUCTOR Miso Music Season Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon [September 12] (Gulbenkian Orchestra) The Turfan Fragments (Morton Feldman) To Earle (Franco Donatoni) Folio and 4 Systems (Earle Brown) A-MÈR-ES (Cândido Lima) Inventio (Hugo Ribeiro) Linus (Christopher Bochmann)

March:		AS CONDUCTOR "Open Week" of the National Conservatoire, pedagogical concert Lisbon, Museum of the Azulejo [March 28] parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)

December:		AS CONDUCTOR Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [December 12] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Timshel (João P Oliveira) Paralelus II (Duarte Dinis Silva) O silêncio e as pedras [NEW commission: Miso Music/Sond'Ar-te] (Luis Tinoco) Ausgraben und Erinnern (João Madureira) Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)
November:		AS CONDUCTOR National Conservatory, Lisbon [November 20] University of Coimbra [November 19] (Lisbon Contemporary Music Group) Transparências (Clotilde Rosa) Oito poemas breves de Valter Hugo Mãe (Fernando Lapa) Remake (Jorge Peixinho) Concerto Campestre (Francisco Monteiro) El Vaso Reluciente (Clotilde Rosa)

Rentrée - Autumn 2008...

in Warsaw, Milan, Lisbon, Pforzheim...

October:		AS CONDUCTOR TOUR - Italy: Milano Musica Festival [October 5] Germany: Pforzheim CongressCentrum [October 8] (European Workshop Orchestra for Contemporary Music) Hymnen mit Orchester (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
September:	Pagina Postica (String Quartet II)A Musica Viva Festival, Lisbon CCB [September 27] (Smith Quartet)
		AS CONDUCTOR Warsaw Autumn Festival [September 26] (European Workshop Orchestra for Contemporary Music) Hymnen mit Orchester (Karlheinz Stockhausen)
		AS CONDUCTOR Warsaw Autumn Festival [September 22] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Timshel (João P Oliveira) Mimesis II (Ryszard Osada) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías) To a World Free From Beliefs (Pedro M. Rocha) Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)
		AS CONDUCTOR Lisbon, CCB [September 20] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Timshel (João P Oliveira) Paralelus II (Duarte Dinis Silva) Mimesis II (Ryszard Osada) Aranea (insidiis noctis serenae) (Patrícia S. de Almeida) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)
		AS CONDUCTOR Musica Viva Festival Lisbon, Jerónimos Monastery [September 19] (Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, Miso Studio) Mixtur 2003 (Karlheinz Stockhausen)

Main concerts 2008 (January-July)

July:

AS CONDUCTOR
Alentejo
(EvorEnsemble)
Tour, works by: Schönberg, Webern and Stockhausen

June:

AS CONDUCTOR
Lisbon, CCB [July 13]
(OrchestrUtopica)

Organa (Pedro Amaral)
Fulgor (João Madureira)
Alentour Allant Même (Miguel Azguime)
Pyr (José-Júlio Lopes)

June:

AS CONDUCTOR
To be announced [June 26]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)

Timshel (João P Oliveira)
Aranea (insidiis noctis serenae) (Patrícia S. de Almeida)
Duetto I (Carlos Caires)
Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) (George Crumb)
Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)

May:

Aria a quattro [NEW] Madrid: Auditorio Reina Sofía
(Ensemble EQUINOXE, Mezzo: Angelica Cathariou);

AS CONDUCTOR
Galicia Tour [Mai 22, 23, 24]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble)
Works by: Enrique X. Macías and Miguel Azguime

Adhuc (Enrique X. Macías)
Cadencias & Interludios / Percurso I (Enrique X. Macías)
Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)
Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)

April:

Pagina Postica (String Quartet II) [NEW commission: Miso Music Portugal]
Oxford Contemporary Music Season [April 26] (Smith Quartet);

AS CONDUCTOR
Coimbra, GIl Vicente Theatre [April 10]
(Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) To be announced

To a World Free From Beliefs (Pedro M. Rocha)
Timshel (João P Oliveira)
Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)
Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)

AS CONDUCTOR
Lisbon: CCB
Portuguese Chamber Orchestra

Kammersymphonie, op.9 (Arnold Schönberg)

March:

SpiralesAPorto: Casa da Musica [March 29], Lisbon: Gulbenkian Foundation [March 30] (Remix Ensemble, F.Ollu);

February:

AS CONDUCTOR
Assistant conductor to Maestro Michael Zilm in his Schumann/Berg production with the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra

January:

AS CONDUCTOR
BMC/NYC
Porto: Casa de Serralves [January 26], Lisbon: CCB [January 27]
(OrchestrUtopica)

The concert BMC/NYC performed by OrchestrUtopica, conducted by Pedro Amaral, lead us to the 50’s decade in America, with a programme composed by works of Earl Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff and Stefan Wolpe.

(...)
...Textos, Parafrases, Perspectivas...A(piano cadences) Nice, Toulouse (France)... French/Italian tour of Anne-Lise Gastaldi with piano works of the "Prix de Rome", from Berlioz until Amaral [CONTINUATION]

July:		AS CONDUCTOR Póvoa do Varzim XXXI International Music Festival [July 24] (Póvoa do Varzim Symphony Orchestra) 5th Symphony (L. V. Beethoven) 5th Violin Concerto (W.A.Mozart) Metamorphoses (Luis Carvalho) This is not a poem (Nuno Pinho)
June:		AS CONDUCTOR Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [June 24] parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
		AS CONDUCTOR FIVE WORLD PREMIÈRES! - A HISTORICAL CONCERT Miso Music Season Lisbon: Institut Franco Portugais [June 20] (Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, Mezzo Soprano: Susana Teixeira) Do Tempo [NEW commission: GMCL] (Ana Seara) Dor e Amor [NEW commission: GMCL] (Carlos Marecos) Etude II - sur les colorations [NEW commission: GMCL] (Pedro Amaral) Cross Fade [NEW commission: GMCL] (Carlos Caires) Lacrimae [NEW] (Christopher Bochmann)
		AS CONDUCTOR Lisbon, São Luíz City Theatre [June 9] parts of: Cosi fan tutte (Mozart)
		AS CONDUCTOR Gandarinha Cultural Centre, Cascais [June 13] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble, Soprano: Frances Lynch) To a World Free From Beliefs (Pedro M. Rocha) De l'Étant qui le Nie (Miguel Azguime) Pierrot Lunaire (Arnold Schönberg)


July:		AS CONDUCTOR Alentejo (EvorEnsemble) Tour, works by: Schönberg, Webern and Stockhausen
June:		AS CONDUCTOR Lisbon, CCB [July 13] (OrchestrUtopica) Organa (Pedro Amaral) Fulgor (João Madureira) Alentour Allant Même (Miguel Azguime) Pyr (José-Júlio Lopes)
June:		AS CONDUCTOR To be announced [June 26] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Timshel (João P Oliveira) Aranea (insidiis noctis serenae) (Patrícia S. de Almeida) Duetto I (Carlos Caires) Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) (George Crumb) Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime)
May:	Aria a quattro [NEW] Madrid: Auditorio Reina Sofía (Ensemble EQUINOXE, Mezzo: Angelica Cathariou);
		AS CONDUCTOR Galicia Tour [Mai 22, 23, 24] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) Works by: Enrique X. Macías and Miguel Azguime Adhuc (Enrique X. Macías) Cadencias & Interludios / Percurso I (Enrique X. Macías) Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)
April:	Pagina Postica (String Quartet II) [NEW commission: Miso Music Portugal] Oxford Contemporary Music Season [April 26] (Smith Quartet);
		AS CONDUCTOR Coimbra, GIl Vicente Theatre [April 10] (Sond'Art-te Electric Ensemble) To be announced To a World Free From Beliefs (Pedro M. Rocha) Timshel (João P Oliveira) Derrière Son Double (Miguel Azguime) Itinerario de Luz (Enrique X. Macías)
		AS CONDUCTOR Lisbon: CCB Portuguese Chamber Orchestra Kammersymphonie, op.9 (Arnold Schönberg)
March:	SpiralesAPorto: Casa da Musica [March 29], Lisbon: Gulbenkian Foundation [March 30] (Remix Ensemble, F.Ollu);

February:			AS CONDUCTOR Assistant conductor to Maestro Michael Zilm in his Schumann/Berg production with the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra
January:		AS CONDUCTOR BMC/NYC Porto: Casa de Serralves [January 26], Lisbon: CCB [January 27] (OrchestrUtopica) The concert BMC/NYC performed by OrchestrUtopica, conducted by Pedro Amaral, lead us to the 50’s decade in America, with a programme composed by works of Earl Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff and Stefan Wolpe.
(...)	...Textos, Parafrases, Perspectivas...A(piano cadences) Nice, Toulouse (France)... French/Italian tour of Anne-Lise Gastaldi with piano works of the "Prix de Rome", from Berlioz until Amaral [CONTINUATION]