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OLIVEIRA César de (1977)
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Composition studies with Fernando Lapa at the Conservatório de Música do Porto from 1994-97 with Christopher Bochmann and António Pinho Vargas at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa from 1997-2001 and with Klaas de Vries at the Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans, Rotterdam (2003 - 2004) . In addition, he has attended masterclasses with Philippe Hurel, Helmut Lachenmann, Emmanuel Nunes, Jorge Peixinho and Salvatore Sciarrino. His honours include a Honourable Mention in the Lopes Graça Composition Award (2004).

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Blessures

2005

OrchestrUtopica

Portugal

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Prizes

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chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso

Lopes-Graça Composition Award

2004

Cascais Municipality / Portuguese Music Museum

URL

Cascais

Portugal

Notes

http://www.cm-cascais.pt/

The members of the jury were composers Evgueni Zoudilkine and Sérgio Azevedo and conducter Nikolay Lalov

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chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso

Performance

2009/Sep/28

ISCM - International Society for Contemporary Music

Växjö Konserthus - Christina Nilsson-salen

Växjö

Sweden

Musica Vitae, Staffan Larson (conductor)

Notes

World New Music Days 2009 selected work

i do not know what is it about you that closes and opens

Performance

2008/Mar/27

o Moreau Center for the Arts - Saint Mary's College

Notre Dame - Indiana

United States of America

Ensemble Claricello

Notes

in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me

Premiere

2006/Oct/25

Música Viva 2006 Festival

Belém Cultural Centre - Small Hall

Lisbon

Portugal

Youth Symphony Orchestra Christopher Bochmann (conductor)

Notes

chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso

Premiere

2006/Mar/25

4th Gulbenkian Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Great Hall

Lisbon

Portugal

Members of the Gulbenkian Orchestra Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor)

Notes

Blessures

Premiere

2005/Sep/27

Orient Express Festival

Portugal

OrchestrUtopica

Notes

Tangente

Premiere

2005/Jan/22

3rd Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers

Culturgest

Lisbon

Portugal

Gulbenkian Orchestra Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor)

Notes

a vida, aqui, reduz-se a efémeros passos, surdas gargalhadas, ideias que se evaporam lentamente

Premiere

2003/Nov/25

The Unanswered Question

Lantaren/Venster

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Maarten Bout (clarinet)

Notes

la materia incoherente y vertiginosa de que se componen los sueños

Performance

2001/Dec/21

5th New Music Journeys

Contemporary Art Museum - Serralves Hall

Oporto

Portugal

New Music Journeys Orchestra Beat Furrer (conductor)

Notes

la materia incoherente y vertiginosa de que se componen los sueños

Premiere

2001/Dec/20

5th New Music Journeys

University of Aveiro - Arts and Communication Department - Hall

Aveiro

Portugal

New Music Journeys Orchestra Beat Furrer (conductor)

Notes

sara

Performance

1999/Dec/19

3rd New Music Journeys

Serralves Foundation

Oporto

Portugal

New Music Journeys Orchestra Wolfgang Niessner (conductor)

Notes

sara

Premiere

1999/Dec/18

3rd New Music Journeys

University of Aveiro - Arts and Communication Department - Hall

Aveiro

Portugal

New Music Journeys Orchestra Wolfgang Niessner (conductor)

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Documents

Type (+ sub-type)	Cover/edition title Document title	Authors	Referring to	Publisher	Date
Photos / Images Photograph	César de Oliveira 1		César de Oliveira
Scores	César de Oliveira / Blessures Blessures		blessures César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2006
Scores	César de Oliveira / in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me		in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2006
Scores	César de Oliveira / Départs Lapidés Départs Lapidés		departs lapides César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2005
Scores	César de Oliveira / chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso		chiarezza lontana, respiro affannoso César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2004
Scores	César de Oliveira / hauptwege und nebenwege hauptwege und nebenwege		hauptwege und nebenwege César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2004
Scores	César de Oliveira / Tangente Tangente		tangente César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2004
Scores	César de Oliveira / a vida, aqui, reduz-se a efémeros passos, surdas gargalhadas, ideias que se evaporam lentamente a vida, aqui, reduz-se a efémeros passos, surdas gargalhadas, ideias que se evaporam lentamente		a vida, aqui, reduz-se a efemeros passos, surdas gargalhadas, ideias que se evaporam lentamente César de Oliveira	Centro de Informação da Música Portuguesa	2008 2003

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