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Pedro Carneiro was born in the southern bank of Lisbon in 1975. The son of the principal trumpeter of the Radio Symphony Orchestra and an amateur actress, Pedro was brought up around concerts, rehearsals and performances. He started learning piano as a small child, but quickly switched to cello and trumpet. As a hyperactive child he was seduced by percussion: the wealth of sounds, timbres, instruments and sonic invention - and has always been immersed in music, also composing and conducting.
Carneiro entered the percussion class at the National Conservatoire in Lisbon when he was 12. He moved to London on a scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation and studied percussion with David Corkhill and conducting with Alan Hazeldine, at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama. Later on, he studied conducting with Emilio Pomàrico at the Scuola Civica in Milan.
Today, Pedro Carneiro is acclaimed internationally as one of the world's foremost solo classical percussionists and increasingly active as a conductor and composer. Pedro's virtuosity, passion, explosive energy and emotional spontaneity have inspired several of today's leading composers to write works specially for him. He has performed the world première of over 100 new works and collaborates regularly with a wide range of acclaimed musicians. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Carneiro has commissioned, performed and recorded over a dozen new quintets for marimba and string quartet, with in the company of the Tokyo, Arditti,
Shanghai, Latinoamericano, New Zealand and Chilingirian string quartets.
He performs and records with many orchestras around the globe, such as the Helsinki Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Leipzig Radio Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, São Paulo State Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, to name a few. He also appears regularly as a soloist/director, conducting from the marimba keyboard.
Deeply committed to the musical development of his home country and fostering the work of fellow young musicians, he co-founded the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra in 2007, which he serves as artistic director and chief conductor. In a very short period of time, the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra - an exciting group of some of the nation’s top young professional musicians - has become the “Orchestra in Residence” at the Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), performing their own concert series to sell-out audiences as well as touring nationally and internationally to impressive critical acclaim.
Pedro is also a passionate inventor: he has created many new accessories which are now entering the repertoire and being used by percussionists around the world; and is a keen improviser, performing in many experimental performances, often using live electronics and cutting-edge technology.
His extensive discography includes several prize-winning recordings and features solo recitals, chamber music and concerti – on the ECM, Zig-Zag Territoires, Rattle, Stradivarius and other labels.
Pedro Carneiro lives in Lisbon with his wife Teresa Simas (dancer, choreographer and arts manager) and their two gorgeous little daughters: Carolina and Inês.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro Blog
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Instruments: Conductor, Percussion |
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Biography
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Pedro Carneiro was born in the southern bank of Lisbon in 1975. The son of the principal trumpeter of the Radio Symphony Orchestra and an amateur actress, Pedro was brought up around concerts, rehearsals and performances. He started learning piano as a small child, but quickly switched to cello and trumpet. As a hyperactive child he was seduced by percussion: the wealth of sounds, timbres, instruments and sonic invention - and has always been immersed in music, also composing and conducting.
Carneiro entered the percussion class at the National Conservatoire in Lisbon when he was 12. He moved to London on a scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation and studied percussion with David Corkhill and conducting with Alan Hazeldine, at the Guidhall School of Music and Drama. Later on, he studied conducting with Emilio Pomàrico at the Scuola Civica in Milan.
Today, Pedro Carneiro is acclaimed internationally as one of the world's foremost solo classical percussionists and increasingly active as a conductor and composer. Pedro's virtuosity, passion, explosive energy and emotional spontaneity have inspired several of today's leading composers to write works specially for him. He has performed the world première of over 100 new works and collaborates regularly with a wide range of acclaimed musicians. An enthusiastic chamber musician, Carneiro has commissioned, performed and recorded over a dozen new quintets for marimba and string quartet, with in the company of the Tokyo, Arditti,
Shanghai, Latinoamericano, New Zealand and Chilingirian string quartets.
He performs and records with many orchestras around the globe, such as the Helsinki Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Leipzig Radio Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra, São Paulo State Symphony, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, to name a few. He also appears regularly as a soloist/director, conducting from the marimba keyboard.
Deeply committed to the musical development of his home country and fostering the work of fellow young musicians, he co-founded the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra in 2007, which he serves as artistic director and chief conductor. In a very short period of time, the Portuguese Chamber Orchestra - an exciting group of some of the nation’s top young professional musicians - has become the “Orchestra in Residence” at the Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), performing their own concert series to sell-out audiences as well as touring nationally and internationally to impressive critical acclaim.
Pedro is also a passionate inventor: he has created many new accessories which are now entering the repertoire and being used by percussionists around the world; and is a keen improviser, performing in many experimental performances, often using live electronics and cutting-edge technology.
His extensive discography includes several prize-winning recordings and features solo recitals, chamber music and concerti – on the ECM, Zig-Zag Territoires, Rattle, Stradivarius and other labels.
Pedro Carneiro lives in Lisbon with his wife Teresa Simas (dancer, choreographer and arts manager) and their two gorgeous little daughters: Carolina and Inês.
EXTERNAL LINKS
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Pedro Carneiro Blog |
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Portuguese Repertoire of the 20th and 21st Century
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Portuguese Repertoire of the 20th and 21st Century |
Title |
Composer |
Musical category |
Instrumentation (general) |
Date |
Duration |
Notes |
Script |
Amaral, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2006 |
26' 00" |
Notes |
Marimba and Live Electronics |
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The Moment of Being |
Augusto, Carlos Alberto |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2005 |
|
Notes |
Marimba, glockenspiel, percussionist's voice, electronics |
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Nocturnal |
Azevedo, Sérgio |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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1998 |
8' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Sinfonia nº 2 em Ré maior |
Bomtempo, João Domingos |
Orchestra |
Instrumentation (general)
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1822 |
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Notes |
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... e todo eu me alevanto e todo eu ardo |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2001 |
12' 00" |
Notes |
|
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For André Sier |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
|
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For Brandon Labelle |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For Chris Brown |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
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For Cristian Vogel |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For Ivan Franco |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For João Pedro Oliveira |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For Ralf Wehowsky |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For Stephan Matieu |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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For The Convolution Brothers |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
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Notes |
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Cadernos de Estudo |
Carneiro, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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|
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Notes |
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Suite d'Aquém e d'Além Mar |
Carrapatoso, Eurico |
Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir |
Instrumentation (general)
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1999 |
12' 00" |
Notes |
Marimba and String Orchestra |
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Solos II |
Carvalho, Sara |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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1998 |
7' 00" |
Notes |
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Insulares II |
Frazão, Emanuel |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2000 |
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Notes |
Wind Octet, Strings and Percussion |
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oito poemas breves de valter hugo mãe |
Lapa, Fernando C. |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2002 |
12' 00" |
Notes |
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Glosa |
Madureira, João |
Chamber music (+ than 8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2001 |
5' 58" |
Notes |
Marimba and 15 Instruments Ensemble |
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Penthos |
Moody, Ivan |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2000 |
|
Notes |
|
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A Pirâmide de Dido |
Nazareth, Paulo |
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Instrumentation (general) |
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|
Notes |
|
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Purlieu |
Nunes, Emmanuel |
Orchestra |
Instrumentation (general)
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1970 |
27' 00" |
Notes |
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Tif'Ereth |
Nunes, Emmanuel |
Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir |
Instrumentation (general)
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1985 |
80' 00" |
Notes |
6 Soloist Instruments and 6 Orchestral Groups directed by two conductors |
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Crazy Mallets |
Oliveira, João Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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1998 |
9' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Inca Roads |
Oliveira, João Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2001 |
|
Notes |
|
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Lâminas Líquidas |
Oliveira, João Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2002 |
12' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Concerto para Percussão |
Oliveira, João Pedro |
Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
|
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Space Marimba |
Oliveira, João Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
|
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Perspective |
Penha, Rui |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
Marimba and string quartet |
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Music for Prosthetic Congas |
Rebelo, Pedro |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2004 |
|
Notes |
Percussion and Live Electronics |
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To a World Free from Religions |
Rocha, Pedro M. |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2006 |
|
Notes |
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Four Cartoons |
Rosa, António Chagas |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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1999 |
6' 00" |
Notes |
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Canto Circular |
Rosa, Clotilde |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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2000 |
8' 00" |
Notes |
Marimba and String Quartet |
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Sonata 68 |
Santiago, Armando |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
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1968 |
20' 00" |
Notes |
2 Pianos, Flute and Percussion |
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Concerto em Ré |
Santos, Joly Braga |
Orchestra |
Instrumentation (general)
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1951 |
18' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Sogno |
Sier, André |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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2007 |
|
Notes |
|
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Mémoires d'Automne - Tableau I |
Soveral, Isabel |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
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1999 |
6' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Mind the Gap |
Tinoco, Luís |
Solo |
Instrumentation (general)
|
2000 |
8' 00" |
Notes |
|
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Ends Meet |
Tinoco, Luís |
Chamber music (2-8 instruments) |
Instrumentation (general)
|
2002 |
16' 30" |
Notes |
Marimba and String Quartet |
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Other repertoire
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Other repertoire |
Obra |
Compositor |
Music for snare drum and computer |
Lippe, Cort |
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Prizes
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Prizes |
Name of Award |
Prize |
Date |
Awarding body |
URL |
Town |
Country |
Notes |
Leiria Orpheon Distinction |
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|
|
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Leiria |
Portugal |
Notes |
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Setúbal Municipality Merit Medal |
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|
|
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Setúbal |
Portugal |
Notes |
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Gulbenkian Award for Arte |
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2011 |
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation |
URL
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
Notes |
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Hattori Foundation Award |
Senior Award |
2001 |
Hattori Foundation |
URL
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London |
United Kingdom |
Notes |
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Park Lane Young Artists Award |
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1998 |
|
|
London |
United Kingdom |
Notes |
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Maestro Silva Pereira Award |
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1997 |
|
URL
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Lisbon |
Portugal |
Notes |
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Young Musicians Award |
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1997 |
|
URL
|
Lisbon |
Portugal |
Notes |
|
Head of Department Award |
|
1997 |
Guildhall School of Music & Drama |
URL
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London |
United Kingdom |
Notes |
|
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Performances (selection) |
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Documents
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Documents |
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Type (+ sub-type) |
Cover/edition title
Title
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Author of document |
Referring to |
Publisher |
Date |
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Audio
Music |
Gonçalo Gato · NowState
Equilíbrio
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equilibrio
Gonçalo Gato
Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble
Pedro Carneiro
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KAIROS
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2020
2020
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Audio
Music |
Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble · Portuguese Chamber Music of the XXI – Vol. IV
Ricardo Ribeiro · Asper
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asper
Ricardo Ribeiro
Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble
Pedro Carneiro
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Miso Records
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2020
2020
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Audio
Music |
João Pedro Oliveira | Mosaic
Angel Rock
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angel rock
João Pedro Oliveira
Nuno Pinto
Pedro Carneiro
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mpmp | movimento patrimonial pela música portuguesa
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2013
2013
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For André Sier: sogno, quodlibet
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for andre sier
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Brandon Labelle: corale, appena sentito
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for brandon labelle
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Chris Brown: ostinato, meccanico, duro
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for chris brown
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Cristian Vogel: glissando, palpabile
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for cristian vogel
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Ivan Franco: pensierosamente, parlato
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for ivan franco
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For João Pedro Oliveira: marcato assai, scherzo, instabile
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for joao pedro oliveira
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Ralf Wehowsky: ossessivo, balzato, con fantasia
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for ralf wehowsky
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For Stephan Matieu: tremolo, articolato, tumultuoso
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for stephan matieu
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
For The Convolution Brothers: intuitivo, caotico - disintegrazione
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for the convolution brothers
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
Sogno (wool hack)
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sogno
André Sier
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Improbable Transgressions
Space Marimba
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space marimba
João Pedro Oliveira
Pedro Carneiro
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SIRR
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2007
2007
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
... e todo eu me alevanto e todo eu ardo
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... e todo eu me alevanto e todo eu ardo
Pedro Carneiro
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
Crazy Mallets
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crazy mallets
João Pedro Oliveira
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
Four Cartoons
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four cartoons
António Chagas Rosa
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
Mémoires d'Automne - Tableau I
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memoires d automne - tableau i
Isabel Soveral
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
Mind the Gap
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mind the gap
Luís Tinoco
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Pedro Carneiro
Portuguese Music for Marimba
Crazy Mallets
Nocturnal
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nocturnal
Sérgio Azevedo
Pedro Carneiro
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Deux-Elles
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2003
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Audio
Music |
Spiral of Light
Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba
Canto Circular
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canto circular
Clotilde Rosa
Pedro Carneiro
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Etcetera
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2010
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Audio
Music |
Spiral of Light
Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba
Ends Meet
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ends meet
Luís Tinoco
Pedro Carneiro
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Etcetera
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2010
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Audio
Music |
Spiral of Light
Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba
Perspective
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perspective
Rui Penha
Pedro Carneiro
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Etcetera
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2010
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Audio
Music |
Spiral of Light
Portuguese Music for Strings and Marimba
Verzweigungen
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verzweigungen
João Rafael
Pedro Carneiro
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Etcetera
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2010
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Radio programmes
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Arte Eletroacústica: Música de João Pedro Oliveira
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Miguel Azguime |
laminas liquidas
João Pedro Oliveira
Pedro Carneiro
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2012
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Texts
Article |
Da Capo | Revista Musical Portuguesa
Nº 1 Fevereiro, 2014
A Solo: Pedro Carneiro
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Pedro Carneiro
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Da Capo - Revista Musical Portuguesa
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2014
2014
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Texts
Article |
Clotilde Rosa · In Memoriam 1930-2017
Pedro Carneiro · Canto Circular – Sobre a Música e o Amor
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Pedro Carneiro |
Clotilde Rosa
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AvA Musical Editions
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2020
2020
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Texts
Newspaper |
Jornal de Letras, Artes e Ideias
JL 1064
13 a 26 Julho 2011
Pedro Carneiro - um prémio no momento certo
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Manuela Paraíso |
Pedro Carneiro
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Impresa Publishing
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2011
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Video
Documentary |
Iannis Xenakis
Psappha. Rebonds A & B
Okho Pour Trois Djembés
Pedro Carneiro
Matthew Rich / Stephen John Gibson
Iannis Xenakis - Psappha. Rebonds A & B. Okho Pour Trois Djembés - Pedro Carneiro, Matthew Rich & Stephen John Gibson
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Pedro Carneiro
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Zig-Zag Territoires
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2004
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