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Flutist, improviser and composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1957. For eight years he studied Classical Music and played with Carlos Zingaro and his electro-acoustic improvisation trio... He took several workshops on different musical languages such as jazz and improvised music with Steve Potts, Takashi Kako, Carlos Zingaro, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Richard Teitelbaum and Peter Kowald. He took Contemporary Classic Composition lessons with Emmanuel Nunes and Flute extended techniques with Pierre-Yves Artaud; he also studied Theatre and Multimedia.
He has played solo, in duos and trios in several concerts and some of the most important festivals in the World, having released several CDs.
As parallel activities, he has worked for several years in Music and Drama therapy with handicapped-children; in 1993/95 he organised two improvised music meetings; he took and directed music workshops on improvisation and composition with new technologies. He recently began to do Photograph exhibitions, and has created his author label "Forward.rec" to exclusively release his music projects.
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Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
Arquitectos Portugueses Contemporâneos | 1993 | RTP 2 | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.rtp.pt | Comissioned by the TV director Rui Simões |
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Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Quadrif'Oriental | Premiere | Oriental Stage | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||||
Middle Waves | Premiere | 2005/Nov | "Atlantic Waves" Festival | London | Portugal | Carlos Bechegas (flute) Joëlle Léandre (double bass) | Notes | ||
Close Waves | Premiere | 2005/Nov | "Atlantic Waves" Festival | London | Portugal | Carlos Bechegas (flute) Joëlle Léandre (double bass) | Notes | ||
Open Waves | Premiere | 2005/Nov | "Atlantic Waves" Festival | London | United Kingdom | Carlos Bechegas (flutes) Joëlle Léandre (double bass) | Notes | ||
Open Secrets | Premiere | 2005/Sep/20 | Música Viva 2005 Festival | Oeiras Centre for Social Support | Oeiras | Portugal | Carlos Bechegas (flute and electronics), Barry Guy (double bass) | Notes | |
Improvizus I e II | Premiere | 1998 | Picoas Forum | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Cavalgada | Premiere | 1996 | 2nd Program of the Almada Academy Cine-Theatre | Almada | Portugal | Notes | Luís Damas (choreographer) | ||
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Visão | Premiere | 1995 | Portugal | Notes | Gulbenkian Ballet Luís Damas (choreographer) | ||||
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Despertando | Premiere | 1994/Oct | Benfica Parish | Benfica | Portugal | Notes | |||
Tetr'astrologia | Premiere | 1992 | "Kiron" Astrological Club | Notes | |||||
Imagens | Premiere | 1990/Jun | Comuna Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | José Moreira (artist) Leonor Beltran (dancer) | Notes | ||
Movement Sounds | Premiere | 1989/Jul | Comuna Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Formas | Premiere | 1989/Jun | XII Experimental Coreography Studio of the Gulbenkian Ballet | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | Luís Damas (coreographer) | ||
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Description of Activity | Designation | Period | Organization | URL | Venue | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | |
Lectures | New Technologies in Composition and Improvised Music | 1992 - 1997 | Loures Municipality | URL | Loures | Portugal | Notes | http://www.cm-loures.pt/ | ||
Other | Photographer | - 2001 | Abrantes Municipality Gallery, Club 50 | Abrantes, Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||||
Production | Organizer and Producer | 1993 - 1995 | Improvised Contemporary Music Encounters Oriental Stage | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Teaching | Teacher in Visual and Technological Arts | 1975 | Portugal | Notes | ||||||
Teaching | Teacher in Special Education in Music and Dramatic Expression | 1984 - 1988 | Calouste Gulbenkian Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Centre | Portugal | Notes | |||||