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Portuguese clarinetist, conductor and composer, Luís Carvalho is one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. Having performed several concerts and recitals all over Europe as well as North Africa, Middle East and Asia, Mr. Carvalho often premieres his own pieces and others by Portuguese and foreign contemporary composers.
Mr. Carvalho studied composition in Porto with Fernando Lapa and Analysis and Musical Aesthetics with Miguel Ribeiro Pereira, having also attended workshops and lectures by such renowned composers as Luis de Pablo (Spain) and Magnus Lindberg (Finland).
A prizewinner at several competitions, the ones obtained at the 4th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim (2009) for his orchestral work Metamorphoses ... homage to M. C. Escher, or the Authors Prize 2012 nomination (by the Portuguese Authors Society - SPA) for his work Nise Lacrimosa, also for orchestra, should be highlighted.
Mr. Carvalho has received commissions from Cistermúsica-International Music Festival of Alcobaça, the Portuguese Symphony Band, the horn quartet Trompas Lusas, and such renowned soloists as Sérgio Carolino (tuba), Abel Pereira (horn), Victor Pereira (clarinet) or Henrique Portovedo (saxophone).
His music, mostly published by AvA-editions, has been played by important orchestras and groups, as well as distinguished soloists, and some of his pieces are featured in CD’s by labels NUMÉRICA and AFINAUDIO.
A teacher at the faculty of the Aveiro University, Mr. Carvalho is currently preparing a doctoral thesis devoted to Gustav Mahler’s 10th Symphony in F# major.
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Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
Hornpipe | Abel Pereira | Notes | ||||||
Concertino | 2019 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | http://artenotempo.pt | |
Fantastic Variations | 2006 | Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.bandasinfonicaportuguesa.com/ | |
Hornphony | Bernardo Silva | Notes | ||||||
Nise Lacrimosa | Cistermúsica-2011 (Alcobaça Music Festival) | Alcobaça | Portugal | Notes | ||||
Dancing Flutes | 2022 | FLUTUA – Flute Orchestra of the University of Aveiro | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | FLUTUA | |
... pour le temps perdu | 2019 | Luís Matos (oboist) | Notes | |||||
Arabesco | Paulo Peres | Notes | ||||||
Variações sobre o Carnaval de Veneza | 2019 | Plectrum Cultural Association | URL | Rio Tinto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.orquestra-bandolins.com/ | |
Chiaroscuro | 2015 | Portuguese Symphonic Band | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | https://www.bandasinfonicaportuguesa.com/ | |
Sax-Suite | Quarteto InvictaSax | Notes | ||||||
Alboque | Vítor Pereira | Notes | ||||||
Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
Mosaico | Francisco Martins Composition Award of the Classical Orchestra of the Centre | 1st Award | 2017 | Classical Orchestra of the Centre | URL | Coimbra | Portugal | Notes | https://www.orquestraclassicadocentro.org | |
Metamorphoses... homage à M. C. Escher | 4th Internation Composition Competition of Povoa de Varzim | 2009 | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Isto não é uma Passacaglia | Premiere | 2022/Sep/11 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, Luís Carvalho (conductor) | Notes | ||
Dancing Flutes | Premiere | 2022/Jul/20 | Luís de Camões Auditorium (Conservatory) | São Miguel Island · Ponta Delgada | Portugal | FLUTUA – Flute Orchestra of the University of Aveiro, Jorge Salgado Correia (music direction) | Notes | 20-26 / 07, 1st Tour of the FLUTUA – Flute Orchestra of the University of Aveiro, Azores | |
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Concertino | Premiere | 2019/Dec/30 | 2nd Itinerant Percussion Festival | Garcia de Resende Theatre | Évora | Portugal | Hugo Machado, Rodrigo Allen Pinho, Ângelo Durães, Pedro Pereira, João Calado, Madalena Rato · percussion; Nuno Aroso · musical direction | Notes | |
Variações sobre o Carnaval de Veneza | Premiere | 2019/Dec/15 | Thalia Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Horácio Ferreira · clarinet Symphonic Band of the Amadora Comerce and Industry Philharmonic Society Hélder Gonçalves · musical direction |
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... pour le temps perdu | Premiere | 2019/Nov/02 | Congrès National de l’Association Française du Hautbois 2019 | Club du Silex | Auxerre | France | Luís Matos · English horn | Notes | |
Variações sobre o Carnaval de Veneza | Premiere | 2019/Oct/12 | Rivoli Theatre | Porto | Portugal | Horácio Ferreira · clarinet Bernardo Soares · piano |
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Variações sobre o Carnaval de Veneza | Premiere | 2019/Sep/08 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Portuguese Guitar and Mandolin Orchestra Horácio Ferreira · clarinet Hélder Magalhães · musical direction |
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Níl | Premiere | 2019/Apr/12 | Slovak State Radio | Bratislava | Slovakia | Camerata Nov'Arte Francisco Barbosa (flute) · Ricardo Alves (clarinet) · Gonçalo Vasquez (piano) · André Santos (violin) · Susana Cordeiro (viola) · Tiago Anjinho (cello) Luís Carvalho · musical direction |
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Mosaico | Premiere | 2017/Nov/17 | Auditorium of the Music Conservatory in Coimbra | Coimbra | Portugal | Classical Orchestra of the Centre José Eduardo Gomes · musical direction |
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Gentios são os olhos negros… | Premiere | 2016/Jul/30 | Micaelense Theatre | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Relva Band Luís Carvalho · musical direction |
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Chiaroscuro | Premiere | 2016/Jul/29 | Ribeiro Conceição Theatre | Lamego | Portugal | Portuguese Symphonic Band Francisco Ferreira · musical direction |
Notes | (2nd version, three movements) | |
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Chiaroscuro | Partial premiere | 2016/Jan/24 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Portuguese Symphonic Band Francisco Ferreira · musical direction |
Notes | (1st version, two movements) | |
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Conn-O-Sax | Premiere | 2015/Jul/12 | SaxOpen – World Saxophone Congress | Cité de la musique et de la danse | Salle d’Orgue | Strasbourg | France | Luís Ribeiro . alto saxophone | Notes | |
Chirimia | Premiere | 2014/Jul/11 | Casa Museu Teixeira Lopes | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | Tiago Coimbra (oboe) | Notes | ||
Arabesco | Premiere | 2013/Apr/05 | Auditorium of the Music Conservatoire of Porto | Porto | Portugal | Paulo Peres | Notes | ||
Alboque | Premiere | 2013/Mar/23 | Castelo de Paiva's Municipal Auditorium | Castelo de Paiva | Portugal | Victor Pereira | Notes | ||
Meditation after JP | Premiere | 2013/Feb/16 | Auditorium of the Lisbon's Superior School of Music | Lisbon | Portugal | Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa Luís Carvalho, conductor | Notes | ||
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Performance | 2012/Sep/20 | Teatro Municipal da Guarda | Guarda | Portugal | Jorge Salgado Correia, flute Helena Marinho, piano | Notes | ||
Fantastic Variations | Performance | 2012/Aug/11 | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | Orquestra de Sopros do 4º Estágio de Ouro Luís Carvalho, cond. | Notes | |||
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Performance | 2012/Jun/27 | 2º Encontro Internacional de Música de Câmara da Universidade de Évora | Evora University | Evora | Portugal | Jorge Salgado Correia, flute Helena Marinho, piano | Notes | premiere of the version for alto-flute and piano |
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Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Performance | 2012/Apr/29 | Centro Cultural da Bairrada | Bairrada | Portugal | Henrique Portovedo, saxophone David Knotts, piano | Notes | premiere of the version for Soprano Saxophone and Piano | |
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Suite in Jazz Style | Performance | 2012/Feb/17 | Iº Festival de Clarinetes do Norte Alentejano | Escola de Artes do Norte Alentejano | Portalegre | Portugal | Ensemble de Clarinetes do Norte Alentejano | Notes | |
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Performance | 2012/Feb/10 | Clube Literário do Porto | Oporto | Portugal | Samuel Bastos, oboé David Silva, piano | Notes | premiere of the version for oboe and piano | |
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Nise Lacrimosa | Premiere | 2011/Jul/04 | Cistermúsica-2011 (Alcobaça Music Festival) | Cine-Teatro João D'Oliva Monteiro | Alcobaça | Portuguese Chamber Orchestra Pedro Carneiro, conductor | Notes | ||
Mozartiana - a musical joke | Performance | 2011/Apr/03 | 2nd Dão Clarinet Festival | Auditório Municipal | Santa Comba Dão | Portugal | Clarinet Ensemble of the 2nd Dão Clarinet Festival Sérgio Neves, dir | Notes | |
Hornpipe | Performance | 2010/Oct/17 | 1º Festival de Trompas Lusas | Auditório de Espinho | Espinho | Portugal | Abel Pereira | Notes | |
Hornphony | Premiere | 2010/Oct/17 | Espinho Auditorium | Espinho | Portugal | Trompas Lusas Quartet [J. Bernardo Silva, Bruno Rafael, Nuno Costa e Hugo Sousa] | Notes | ||
Fantastic Variations | Performance | 2010/Sep/03 | Oporto Music Conservatoire | Oporto | Portugal | Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa Avelino Ramos, cond. | Notes | ||
Mozartiana - a musical joke | Premiere | 2009/Aug/11 | ClarinetFest 2009 (Porto) - Oporto Internacional Clarinet Congress | casa da Música | Oporto | Portugal | Clarinetíssimo Ensemble dir. Hélder Tavares | Notes | |
Metamorphoses... homage à M. C. Escher | Premiere | 2009/Jul/24 | 31º Festival Internacional de Música da Póvoa de Varzim | Municipal Auditorium | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Orquestra Sinfónica da Póvoa de Varzim, Pedro Amaral (director) | Notes | |
Fantastic Variations | Performance | 2009/Jul/13 | Internation Saxophone Festival | Palmela | Portugal | Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa Luís Carvalho, cond | Notes | ||
Fantastic Variations | Premiere | 2009/Jul/12 | Casa da Música | Oporto | Portugal | Portuguese Symphony Band dir. Luís Carvalho | Notes | ||
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Performance | 2008/Dec/06 | Fernando Lopes-Graça Auditorium | Tomar | Portugal | Filipe Pereira (clarinet), Natalia Riabova (piano) | Notes | ||
Hornpipe | Premiere | 2008/May/10 | Casa da Música | Oporto | Portugal | Nuno Vaz | Notes | ||
Sax-Suite | Performance | 2008/Mar/15 | Auditorium Amélia Rey Colasso | Algés | Portugal | Oporto Saxophone Quartet | Notes | ||
Quinteto | Premiere | 2008/Feb/16 | French-Portuguese Institute | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Diaphonia Quintet: Natália Monteiro (flute), David Costa (oboe), Iva Barbosa (clarinet), Tiago Paraíso (bassoon), Thomas Gomes (horn) | Notes | |
Sax-Suite | Performance | 2007/Jul/12 | 2º Festival Internacional de Saxofone de Palmela | Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária | Palmela | Portugal | Quarteto InvictaSax | Notes | |
Sax-Suite | Performance | 2007/Jul/07 | Festival de Música de Verão de Paços de Brandão | Casa da Portela | Paços de Brandão | Portugal | Quarteto InvictaSax | Notes | |
Sax-Suite | Performance | 2007/Apr/27 | release of the CD Llocr | Auditório Municipal | Castelo de Paiva | Portugal | Quarteto InvictaSax | Notes | |
Sax-Suite | Performance | 2006/Feb/22 | Funchal Municipality | Funchal | Portugal | Quarteto InvictaSax | Notes | ||
Sax-Suite | Premiere | 2005/Nov/24 | InvictaSax Quartet | Notes | |||||
Suite in Jazz Style | Premiere | 2004/Apr/20 | Helena de Sá e Costa Theatre | Oporto | Portugal | Quarteto Vintage [Iva Barbosa, José Eduardo Gomes, Cândida Oliveira e Ricardo Alves] | Notes | ||
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Premiere | 2000/Nov/01 | Luís Carvalho - clarinet Marian Pivka - piano | Notes | |||||
Trois Pièces d'Hommage | Partial premiere | 1997/Oct/01 | Luís Carvalho - clarinet Rui Pinheiro - piano | Notes | Romance and Elegie | ||||
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Type (+ sub-type) |
Cover/edition title Document title |
Authors | Referring to | Publisher | Date | |
Audio Music |
Henrique Portovedo · Imaginary 1 Luís Carvalho · Chirimia |
chirimia
Luís Carvalho |
R´Roots Productions |
2020 2020 |
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Audio Music |
Trompas Lusas Hornphony |
hornphony
Luís Carvalho |
Afinaudio |
2012 2012 |
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Texts Article |
Da Capo | Revista Musical Portuguesa
Nº 1 Fevereiro, 2014 Ad Libitum: Luís Carvalho |
Luís Carvalho Luís Carvalho |
Da Capo - Revista Musical Portuguesa |
2014 2014 |
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Texts Article |
Glosas | Número 10 | Janeiro de 2014 Compositores a descobrir: José Avelino Canongia (1784-1842) [continuação] |
Luís Carvalho |
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mpmp - Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa |
2014 2014 |
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Texts Article |
Glosas | Número 9 Quadrimestral | Setembro de 2013 Compositores a descobrir | José Avelino Canongia (1784 - 1842) |
Luís Carvalho |
José Avelino Canongia |
mpmp - Movimento Patrimonial pela Música Portuguesa |
2013 2013 |