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Diogo Alvim composes instrumental and electroacoustic music and develops sound art projects.
His PhD research (SARC, Belfast) focused on the relations between music and architecture. His work has been presented in several events, including: Gulbenkian Orchestra’s composers’ workshop (2008 and 2009); Festival Música Portuguesa Hoje (Orchestrutopica, 2008); International Rostrum of Composers representing Antena 2 (Unesco - Paris, 2009); Festival Synthèse 2009 (Bourges); Young Musicians Award 2009 (commissioned by RDP - Antena 2); ISMIR Conference 2012 (Porto); ICMC2012 (with Unlikely Places, Ljubljana); Festival Música Viva (Lisbon, 2013); Goldsmiths University (London, 2013), Ibrasotope#60, (São Paulo, Brazil); Sounding Cities - Invisible Places (Viseu, 2014); Belfast Festival (with Matilde Meireles, 2014), Sonorities Festival (with the Royal String Quartet, 2015), Do Liminar#6 (Zaratan Gallery, Lisbon, 2016); Habiter l’exposition The House of Dust (CNEAI, Pantin, France); Music for S, by Tânia Carvalho for the National Dance Company, with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra (2018) e Campo Próximo (Near Field), installation and concert at Convento São Francisco, Coimbra (with Matilde Meireles, 2020).
Diogo Alvim teaches Sound Arts at ESAD Caldas da Rainha, and Electronic and Experimental Music at ESART in Castelo Branco and is an integrated researcher at CESEM, NOVA University of Lisbon.
The composer also makes music for dance and theatre and develops collaborations with other artists/ performers.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Diogo Alvim's Official Website
Last update: March 31st, 2020
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Biography
Diogo Alvim composes instrumental and electroacoustic music and develops sound art projects.
His PhD research (SARC, Belfast) focused on the relations between music and architecture. His work has been presented in several events, including: Gulbenkian Orchestra’s composers’ workshop (2008 and 2009); Festival Música Portuguesa Hoje (Orchestrutopica, 2008); International Rostrum of Composers representing Antena 2 (Unesco - Paris, 2009); Festival Synthèse 2009 (Bourges); Young Musicians Award 2009 (commissioned by RDP - Antena 2); ISMIR Conference 2012 (Porto); ICMC2012 (with Unlikely Places, Ljubljana); Festival Música Viva (Lisbon, 2013); Goldsmiths University (London, 2013), Ibrasotope#60, (São Paulo, Brazil); Sounding Cities - Invisible Places (Viseu, 2014); Belfast Festival (with Matilde Meireles, 2014), Sonorities Festival (with the Royal String Quartet, 2015), Do Liminar#6 (Zaratan Gallery, Lisbon, 2016); Habiter l’exposition The House of Dust (CNEAI, Pantin, France); Music for S, by Tânia Carvalho for the National Dance Company, with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra (2018) e Campo Próximo (Near Field), installation and concert at Convento São Francisco, Coimbra (with Matilde Meireles, 2020).
Diogo Alvim teaches Sound Arts at ESAD Caldas da Rainha, and Electronic and Experimental Music at ESART in Castelo Branco and is an integrated researcher at CESEM, NOVA University of Lisbon.
The composer also makes music for dance and theatre and develops collaborations with other artists/ performers.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Diogo Alvim's Official Website
Last update: March 31st, 2020
Commissions
Posição Relativa |
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DME Project (with Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon) |
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
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http://www.projecto-dme.org/
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Jogo Duplo |
2023 |
MisoMusic Portugal |
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
Notes
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https://www.misomusic.me
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Piece commissioned in the context of the exhibition “A Guerra Guardada – Photographs of Portuguese Soldiers in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique (1961-74)”, curated by Maria José Lobo Antunes and Inês Ponte. The exhibition explores personal collections of men who were once soldiers, most of which were collected through face-to-face interviews as part of an ethnographic investigation at ICS-ULisboa.
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Piece commissioned in the context of the exhibition “A Guerra Guardada – Photographs of Portuguese Soldiers in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique (1961-74)”, curated by Maria José Lobo Antunes and Inês Ponte. The exhibition explores personal collections of men who were once soldiers, most of which were collected through face-to-face interviews as part of an ethnographic investigation at ICS-ULisboa. |
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2009 |
RDP - Young Musicians Prize |
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
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http://tv1.rtp.pt/canais-radio/antena2/inicio_23.php
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Prizes
Circulation
Um Ano A Flor |
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2024/Oct/13 |
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Teatro do Bairro Alto |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Sofia Dinger (criation and performance) |
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Um Ano A Flor |
Performance |
2024/Oct/12 |
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Teatro do Bairro Alto |
Lsbon |
Portugal |
Sofia Dinger (criation and performance) |
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Um Ano A Flor |
Performance |
2024/Oct/06 |
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Teatro do Bairro Alto |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Sofia Dinger (criation and performance) |
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Um Ano A Flor |
Premiere |
2024/Oct/05 |
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Teatro do Bairro Alto |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Sofia Dinger (criation and performer) |
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Música para "Mysterious Heart" |
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2024/Mar/02 |
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Staatstheater Mainz |
Mainz |
Germany |
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Jogo Duplo |
Premiere |
2023/May/13 |
Música Viva Festival 2023 |
O'culto da Ajuda |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Sond'Ar-te Trio
Vitor Vieira (violin)
Filipe Quaresma (cello)
Elsa Silva (piano) |
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[A Guerra Guardada project]
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[A Guerra Guardada project] |
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Posição Relativa |
Premiere |
2023/Jan/28 |
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National Museum of Ancient Art |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Valerio Sannicandro (conductor)
Ensemble DME: Marina Camponês (flute), Carlos Silva (clarinet), Beatriz Costa (violin), Ângela Carneiro (cello), Francisco Cipriano (percussion) |
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Peça com Vista |
Premiere |
2022/Sep/16 |
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O'culto da Ajuda |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Larry Axelrod (piano) |
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Tlumaczenie |
Premiere |
2015/Apr/22 |
Sonorities Festival |
SARC |
Belfast |
Ireland |
Royal String Quartet |
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Provisional Title |
Premiere |
2012/Oct/14 |
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SARC |
Belfast |
Ireland |
Linda Walsh |
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Music for Sax and Boxes |
Performance |
2012/Oct/10 |
ISMIR 2012 |
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Oporto |
Portugal |
Franziska Schroeder |
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Música para "27 Ossos" |
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2012/May/20 |
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Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen |
Paris |
France |
Joana Gama |
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Música para "27 Ossos" |
Premiere |
2012/May/19 |
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Espace 1789, Saint-Ouen |
Paris |
France |
Joana Gama |
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Music for Sax and Boxes |
Premiere |
2012/May/02 |
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SARC |
Belfast |
Ireland |
Franziska Schroeder |
Notes |
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Paralaxe |
Premiere |
2011/Oct/11 |
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Lisbon Superior School of Music |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Ana Francisco |
Notes |
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Música para "Icosahedron" |
Performance |
2011/Apr/30 |
Icosahedron |
Culturgest - Main Room |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Música para "Icosahedron" |
Premiere |
2011/Apr/29 |
Icosahedron |
Culturgest - Main Room |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Do you hear what I'm seeing |
Performance |
2010 |
Miso Music Portugal - Musica Viva Festival 2010 - New Cycles per Second |
French-portuguese institut - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Música para "Como rebolar alegremente sobre um vazio exterior" |
Performance |
2010 |
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Comuna Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Música para "Como rebolar alegremente sobre um vazio exterior" |
Premiere |
2010 |
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TeCA |
Oporto |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Distância |
Performance |
2009/May/31 |
Synthese Festival 2009 |
Maison de La Culture |
Bourges |
France |
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International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music Portuguese Section Oficial Representation
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International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music Portuguese Section Oficial Representation |
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Shift |
Premiere |
2009 |
Youg Musicians PrizeExams |
Lisbon Superior School of Music - Main Room |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Études d'aprés MIDI |
Premiere |
2009 |
ESML/Sao Luiz Theatre - Peças Frescas |
Sao Luís Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Carlos Filipe Cruz |
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Concatenação |
Premiere |
2009/Mar/20 |
7th Gulbenkian Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Main Auditorium |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Orquestra Gulbenkian, Joana Carneiro (conductor) |
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Distância |
Premiere |
2008/Oct/23 |
Miso Music Portugal / Novos Ciclos por Segundo |
French-Portuguese Institute |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Pentacorde |
Performance |
2008/May/19 |
ESML - São Luiz Theatre / Peças Frescas |
São Luiz Theatre - Winter garden |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
ESML Contemporary Music Group, Alberto Roque (conductor) |
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Topografia |
Premiere |
2008 |
Portuguese Music Today Festival |
Belém Arts Centre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Orchestrutopica, Cesário Costa (conductor) |
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Pequeno Concerto para Clarinete e Paisagem |
Premiere |
2008/Jan/26 |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / 6th Gulbenkian Orchestra Workshop for Portuguese Young Composers |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Great Concert Hall |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Gulbenkian Orchestra, Esther Georgie (clarinet), Joana Carneiro (conductor) |
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Estudo_2 |
Premiere |
2007/May/20 |
ESML - São Luiz Theatre / Peças Frescas |
São Luiz Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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Pequenas Peças para Piano |
Premiere |
2007/May/19 |
ESML - São Luiz / Peças FrescasTheatre |
São Luiz Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Marta Menezes |
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Ocupação_1 |
Premiere |
2007 |
ESML - Sao Luiz Theatre/ Peças Frescas |
Sao Luiz Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Sérgio Nogueira (percussiom), Carlos Silva (clarinet), Pedro Pires (clarinet) |
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Personal details
Artistic Name: Diogo Alvim
Born: 1979, Lisbon
Nationality: Portuguese
Sex: Male
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