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Name
  
Sara Carvalho

Role
  
Composer

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Sara Carvalho (...a distant mirror) - Nancy Lee Harper - piano.wmv


Sara Carvalho (born 16 June 1970) is a Portuguese composer of contemporary classical music.

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Born in Porto, Portugal she received her first musical training at the age of three and started composing in 1984. In 1995 she graduated with a First Class Degree in Composition, Music and Teaching from the University of Aveiro under Joao Pedro Oliveira. In 1996 she was awarded an MA in Music from York University in the United Kingdom. Between 1996 and 1999 she was awarded a scholarship from the Portuguese National scheme PRAXIS XXI / JNICT to do a DPhil in Composition, also at York, studying with Nicola LeFanu. She has also studied with Emmanuel Nunes, Betsy Jolas, Kurt Schwertsik, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy and Jonathan Harvey. Sara has been played regularly in Portugal and abroad.

Sara is an Artistic Director and founding member of the Contemporary Music Group Momentum Ensemble, and she works in the Department of Art and Communication of Aveiro University where she teaches Composition, Analysis and Orchestration.

Works

Recent works include:

  • E-se for instrumental quartet premiered in London by Lontano;
  • Blows Hot and Cold for string quartet, recorded by the Remix Ensemble;
  • Chimaera for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the University of York Chamber Orchestra and conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk;
  • Solos III for solo flute, commissioned by Aveiro University and published by Numerica;
  • Shards for 2 flutes and piano, premiered in Rome by Trio Dopler;
  • sounding silences for 15 instruments, commissioned by the Cultural Center of Belem in Lisbon
  • Escadas com Estorias for large ensemble, was jointly commissioned by Cultural Center of Belem and Porto 2001 (European Capital of Culture);
  • nothing can both be and not be for large ensemble, one of the six finalists in the 2002 Alea III´s Composition Competition‚ (Boston, USA), premiered in the Boston Tsai Center and conducted by Theodore Antoniou;
  • surya namaskara, for 7 players, premiered by Black Hair;
  • a distant mirror for solo piano, dedicated and commissioned by the pianist Marcel Worms and premiered at forum neuer musik 2004, in Cologne, Germany;
  • Squashed Fairies for harp, piano and string quartet, commissioned by Aveiro University with funding from Institute for the Arts (IA), and premiered by OrquestrUtopica;
  • Ta Prohm commission by GMCL and premiered by Contemporary Music Group of Lisbon (GMCL).

    • References

    Sara Carvalho Wikipedia
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