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DIOGO DA COSTA FERREIRA was born in Lisbon.
He began his musical studies at the D. Dinis Conservatory of Music, where he studied
Trombone, Music Theory and Composition.
He was Soloist and Principal Trombone of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra
(Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil).
He studied Orchestral Conducting with Roberto Pérez, Jean-Sébastien Béreau and Ernst
Schelle. At the same time, he studied composition with Carlos Marecos.
He also studied Composition at the Lisbon College of Music (Escola Superior de Música
de Lisboa), under the guidance of João Madureira and Carlos Caires.
His portfolio as a composer includes orchestral, chamber and solo music, as well as
music for theater. Recently, several pieces of his own were premiered at the Festival
Música Viva 2015 (Miso Music Portugal, Lisbon), at São Luiz Theatre (Lisbon) and at
Antena 2 Open Concerts (ISEG, Lisbon).
Additionally, he studied Philosophy at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon
(Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa), and specialized in Philosophy of Art and
Aesthetics. His research led to several essays on Philosophy of Art («Artist, society and
viewer», «Art: the redemptive way», «Musical formalism», «The musical interpretation as
an artefact», «Meta-art and hermeneutics: a conceptual heterodoxy as truth and
salvation»), Political Philosophy («The construction of citizenship», «The ignorance of the
state: from Plato to Rawls», «Utopia and Reality»), Philosophy of Existence («Existence:
Sartre and Being», «Apology of death», «Love: catharsis») and Ethics («Value and
Action», «Submission», «Belief: the law of conscience»).
Diogo da Costa Ferreira is also a writer. He published «Sem mundo», «Lisboa
insurgente», «À procura da palavra - poema em três actos», «Excelso amor perpétuo»
and «se fosse um pássaro» (this book was recently presented at the 85th Lisbon Book
Fair). He's a Fellow of the Portuguese Society of Writers (Associação Portuguesa de
Escritores).
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Biography
DIOGO DA COSTA FERREIRA was born in Lisbon.
He began his musical studies at the D. Dinis Conservatory of Music, where he studied
Trombone, Music Theory and Composition.
He was Soloist and Principal Trombone of the National Youth Symphony Orchestra
(Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil).
He studied Orchestral Conducting with Roberto Pérez, Jean-Sébastien Béreau and Ernst
Schelle. At the same time, he studied composition with Carlos Marecos.
He also studied Composition at the Lisbon College of Music (Escola Superior de Música
de Lisboa), under the guidance of João Madureira and Carlos Caires.
His portfolio as a composer includes orchestral, chamber and solo music, as well as
music for theater. Recently, several pieces of his own were premiered at the Festival
Música Viva 2015 (Miso Music Portugal, Lisbon), at São Luiz Theatre (Lisbon) and at
Antena 2 Open Concerts (ISEG, Lisbon).
Additionally, he studied Philosophy at the Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon
(Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa), and specialized in Philosophy of Art and
Aesthetics. His research led to several essays on Philosophy of Art («Artist, society and
viewer», «Art: the redemptive way», «Musical formalism», «The musical interpretation as
an artefact», «Meta-art and hermeneutics: a conceptual heterodoxy as truth and
salvation»), Political Philosophy («The construction of citizenship», «The ignorance of the
state: from Plato to Rawls», «Utopia and Reality»), Philosophy of Existence («Existence:
Sartre and Being», «Apology of death», «Love: catharsis») and Ethics («Value and
Action», «Submission», «Belief: the law of conscience»).
Diogo da Costa Ferreira is also a writer. He published «Sem mundo», «Lisboa
insurgente», «À procura da palavra - poema em três actos», «Excelso amor perpétuo»
and «se fosse um pássaro» (this book was recently presented at the 85th Lisbon Book
Fair). He's a Fellow of the Portuguese Society of Writers (Associação Portuguesa de
Escritores).
Commissions
Prizes
Écho de la Pensée |
International Composition Award for the Six Historic Organs of Mafra |
1st Prize · A Category (Original Work for Six Organs) |
2021 |
Portuguese Ministry of Culture & the Mafra Municipality |
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Mafra |
Portugal |
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Circulation
Missão: Mudar o Mundo |
Premiere |
2024/Jul/04 |
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Jardim do Cerco |
Mafra |
Portugal |
Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública
José Ferreira Brito (conductor) |
Notes |
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Há que ser rio |
Premiere |
2024/May/09 |
Festival Música Viva |
O'culto da Ajuda |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Ensemble MPMP
Jan Wierzba (conductor) |
Notes |
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és a madrugada pura e sem ruína |
Performance |
2024/Feb/04 |
Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea |
Espaço QC |
Porto |
Portugal |
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Notes |
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és a madrugada pura e sem ruína |
Performance |
2024/Jan/28 |
Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea |
Palácio do Sobralinho |
Vila Franca de Xira |
Portugal |
Rui Baeta (baritone)
Patrícia Modesto (soprano)
Adriana Almeida (flute)
Philippe Trovão (saxophone)
Magda Pinto (viola)
Joana Correia (cello)
Carlos Marecos and Alexandre Lyra Leite (artistic direction) |
Notes |
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és a madrugada pura e sem ruína |
Premiere |
2024/Jan/27 |
Laboratório de Criação de Ópera Contemporânea |
Palácio do Sobralinho |
Vila Franca de Xira |
Portugal |
Rui Baeta (baritone)
Patrícia Modesto (soprano)
Adriana Almeida (flute)
Philippe Trovão (saxophone)
Magda Pinto (viola)
Joana Correia (cello)
Carlos Marecos and Alexandre Lyra Leite (artistic direction) |
Notes |
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Penso em ti, logo sou – Homenagem a António Coimbra de Matos |
Premiere |
2022/Jul/10 |
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Aula Magna da Universidade de Lisboa |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
University of Lisbon Academic Orchestra, Tiago Oliveira (conductor) |
Notes |
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Écho de la Pensée |
Premiere |
2021/Nov/17 |
International Composition Award for the Six Historic Organs of Mafra 2021 |
Basílica do Real Edifício |
Mafra |
Portugal |
João Vaz, Sérgio Silva, António Esteireiro, André Ferreira, João Santos, Diogo Rato Pombo (organs) |
Notes |
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Esta Ítaca que não encontro |
Performance |
2020/Aug/31 |
OperaFest Lisboa 2020 · Opera XXI Marathon · New Operas Competition |
Garden of the National Ancient Art Museum |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Mariana Castello Branco · soprano; Rita Filipe · mezzo-soprano; Carlos Monteiro · tenor; Tiago Matos · baritone; MPMP Ensemble; Rita Castro Blanco · musical direction |
Notes |
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Esta Ítaca que não encontro |
Premiere |
2020/Aug/30 |
OperaFest Lisboa 2020 · Opera XXI Marathon · New Operas Competition |
Garden of the National Ancient Art Museum |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Mariana Castello Branco · soprano; Rita Filipe · mezzo-soprano; Carlos Monteiro · tenor; Tiago Matos · baritone; MPMP Ensemble; Rita Castro Blanco · musical direction |
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Multidão |
Premiere |
2018/Nov/16 |
ESML – Music College of Lisbon |
Thalia Theatre |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Rui Vieira · contratenor; Diogo da Costa Ferreira · direction; Adriana Rebelo · flute; Maria Dias · clarinet; Ana Graça · horn; Rebeca Amorim · harp; Francisco Cipriano · percussion; Nicolas Latorre Contreras · violin; Jaime Jacob · violin; Pedro Massarrão · cello; Nuno Coroado · double bass |
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Le vent murmure Ithaque |
Premiere |
2016/Feb |
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Teatro São Luiz |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Adriana Rebelo (flute) |
Notes |
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weltschmerz I. blindness and mask |
Performance |
2015/Dec |
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ISEG Auditorium |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Ensemble Darcos - Nuno Côrte-Real (direction), Gael Rassaert (violin),
Reyes Gallardo (viola), Filipe Quaresma (cello) and Mariana Godinho (piano) |
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broadcast on Radio Antena 2
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broadcast on Radio Antena 2 |
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the son of iapetus |
Performance |
2015/Oct |
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Small Auditorium (Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Valter Freitas (cello) |
Notes |
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the son of iapetus |
Premiere |
2015/May/26 |
Música 2015 Festival |
O'culto da Ajuda |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Valter Freitas, violoncello |
Notes |
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timeless. psychoanalyse und phänomenologie |
Premiere |
2015/May |
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Vianna da MottaAuditorium (ESML) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Armando Possante (bariton), Nicholas McNair (reciter) and Cândido
Fernandes (piano) |
Notes |
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quasi miniatura. exercício pedagógico para técnicos |
Premiere |
2015/Apr |
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Vianna da Motta Auditorium (ESML) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Rita Rodrigues (flute), Adriana Rebelo (flute), Carolina Silva (flute), Rita
Mendes (alto flute) and Sofia Azevedo (cello) |
Notes |
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pandora |
Performance |
2014/Jul |
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Auditório da Escola de Artes da Universidade de Évora |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Adriana Rebelo (flute) |
Notes |
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pandora |
Performance |
2014/Jul |
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Grande Auditório da ESART |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Adriana Rebelo (flute) |
Notes |
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pandora |
Premiere |
2014/Jun |
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Teatro São Luiz |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Adriana Rebelo (flute) |
Notes |
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pandora |
Performance |
2014/Jun |
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Vianna da Motta Auditorium (ESML) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Adriana Rebelo (flute) |
Notes |
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pequeno trio para um momento escatológico |
Performance |
2014/May |
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Vianna da Motta Auditorium (ESML) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Paulo Pacheco (direction), Victória Salamova (violin), Gabriel Correia
(horn) and Rafael Monteiro (piano) |
Notes |
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epoché |
Premiere |
2013/May |
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Vianna da Motta Auditorium (ESML) |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Camerata Silva Dionísio (direction: Alberto Roque) and Nelson Ferreira
(cello solo) |
Notes |
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pequeno trio para um momento escatológico |
Premiere |
2013/Feb |
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Small Auditorium of the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Paulo Pacheco (direction), Victória Salamova (violin), Gabriel Correia
(horn) and Rafael Monteiro (piano) |
Notes |
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solo |
Premiere |
2012/Oct |
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Auditorium of the Conservatório de Música D. Dinis |
Póvoa de Sto Adrião |
Portugal |
Nuno Ribeiro (trombone) |
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Essay for Children III |
Premiere |
2011/May |
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Auditorium Escola Pedro Alexandrino |
Odivelas |
Portugal |
Catarina António (Euphonium) and Tiago Ferreira (piano) |
Notes |
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Essay for Children II |
Premiere |
2010/Sep |
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Auditorium of the Conservatório de Música D. Dinis |
Póvoa de Sto Adrião |
Portugal |
Francisco Mendes (trombone) and Maja Stoyanovska (piano) |
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Essay for Children I |
Premiere |
2010/Jun |
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Auditorium Conservatório de Música D. Dinis |
Póvoa de Sto Adrião |
Portugal |
Marco Correia (trombone) and Maja Stoyanovska (piano) |
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Artistic Name: Diogo da Costa Ferreira
Born: 1993, Lisbon
Nationality: Portuguese
Sex: Male
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