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Luís Neto da Costa is a Portuguese composer. His works cover solo instruments, chamber groups and orchestras, often incorporating electronics in recent years. With a keen interest in expanding his instrumental vocabulary, he has explored new extended techniques, such as the “muffled sounds” for clarinet, dozens of catalogued multiphonics for baritone saxophone, as well as the unique sound qualities produced by the body of the violin. He is currently focused on developing techniques based on the harmonic series, the main topic of his PhD at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he is supervised by Dimitri Papageorgiou, Franck Bedrossian (KUG-Graz) and Emilios Cambouropoulos. He is the holder of a studentship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. He has received commissions from institutions such as Casa da Música, Festival DME, the Portuguese Composers Association, Arte no Tempo and Antena 2. In 2017, he was resident artist at Casa da Música, which led to the creation of three works premiered by the Remix Ensemble, conducted by Peter Rundel, the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann, and the Artium Trio. In 2023, he had an artistic residency at Lisboa Incomum. His compositions have been performed in concert halls across the country and in cities such as Madrid, Valencia, Milan, Bordeaux, Larissa, Monterrey and Rio de Janeiro. Neto da Costa has won nine composition prizes. These include the Francisco de Lacerda Composer Prize from the Millennium bcp Foundation, in which the winning work was premiered by the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, the Ibermúsicas Prize for Composition and Premiere of a Work 2021, and Category B of the International Prize for Composition for the Organs of the National Palace of Mafra in 2021. The composer has collaborated with musicians such as Henrique Portovedo, Dejana Sekulić, Frederic Cardoso, Batista Júnior and Clara Saleiro. The results have been presented at international conferences and magazines, and some works have been included on the albums LUX ET UMBRA and Mixed Dialogues. The collaboration between Neto da Costa and the ars ad hoc group was documented by Arte no Tempo. Neto da Costa has taken part in masterclasses with his supervisors and other composers such as Pierluigi Billone, Luis Naón, Clemens Gadenstätter and Nicolas Tzortis at events such as OutHear New Music Week in Greece, with the Klangforum Wien, and IlSUONO Contemporary Music Week in Italy. He also took part in seminars with Luca Francesconi and Unsuk Chin, and had a lesson with Sir Harrison Birtwistle. Dedicated to the dissemination of new music, Neto da Costa has also taken on the role of conductor in various recitals by young composers and in the recording of a CD with the ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble. In 2021 he took part in the International Conducting Masterclass directed by Peter Rundel, conducting the Remix Ensemble with Marianne Pousseur. Neto da Costa graduated in Composition from the School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE). He holds a Master’s degree in Music Teaching from the University of Aveiro and, in recent years, has taught Analysis and Composition Techniques. EXTERNAL LINKS Luís Neto da Costa's official website Last update: November 22nd, 2023 |
Last update: November 22nd, 2023
Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
das linhas revoltas das mãos | 2020 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://artenotempo.pt | |
Illustrate Internal Clouds | 2020 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://artenotempo.pt | financed by the Garantir Cultura programme |
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na plangência | 2020 | Batista Júnior (clarinettist) | Notes | |||||
Curvatório | 2017 | Casa da Música | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com | |
febres de arabescos em frisos inertes para ensemble | 2017 | Casa da Música | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com | |
O jardim do silêncio | 2017 | Casa da Música | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com | |
Shades of White | DME Project | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.projecto-dme.org | ||
texturas de sombra | 2019 | Frederic Cardoso | URL | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/fredericardoso | ||
Chamariz de Liceia | 2021 | Municipality of Oeiras | URL | Oeiras | Portugal | Notes | https://www.oeiras.pt | Associação Portuguesa de Compositores |
Étude, Lá. Something. | 2015 | RTP – Antena 2 for the 29th Edition of the Young Musicians' Award | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.rtp.pt/antena2/ | |
Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
Rondino (L. van Beethoven) | 3rd Pedro de Araújo International Composition Award | 1st Award (B Category) | 2022 | International Organ Festival in Braga | URL | Braga | Portugal | Notes | https://www.festivalorgaobraga.com | |
Atrito | 5th Edition of the Folefest Accordion Composition Competition | 2nd Award | 2021 | Folefest | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://folefest.com | |
cae mi voz | Ibermúsicas Composition Award and Premiere of the Work 2021 | Winning Work | 2021 | Ibermúsicas | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://ibermusicas.org | ||
Abertura Coriolano (L. van Beethoven) | International Composition Award for the Six Historic Organs of Mafra | 1st Prize · B Category (Transcription for Six Organs) | 2021 | Portuguese Ministry of Culture & the Mafra Municipality | Mafra | Portugal | Notes | |||
Sonatina | Flute: Hands on Research 2018 – conference and competition for flutuists and composers | Audience's Award | 2018 | University of Aveiro | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://www.ua.pt | |
Colosso | Youth Wind Orchestra Composition Competition · Lousada Municipality | 2nd Award | 2017 | Lousada Municipality | URL | Lousada | Portugal | Notes | https://www.cm-lousada.pt | |
Alusão | ESMAE/ Casa da Música Composition Award (World Music Day 2015) | Honourable Mention | 2015 | Casa da Música/ ESMAE | Porto | Portugal | Notes | |||
Irrazionalità | 4th Edition of the SPA/ Antena 2 Composition Competition | Honourable Mention | 2015 | SPA/ Antena 2 | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Old Vynil | Premiere | 2024/Mar/23 | Jovens Solistas pela Igualdade | Aula Magna, Universidade dos Açores | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Erline Moreira (basson) Camerata Arquipélago Hélio Soares (conductor) |
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Ecos de Trovas | Premiere | 2023/Sep/30 | Encontros Sonoros Atlânticos | Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal | Lisbon | Portugal | Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa Rita Castro Blanco (conductor) |
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Ecos de Trovas | Pre-premiere | 2023/Sep/29 | Encontros Sonoros Atlânticos | National Railway Museum | Entroncamento | Portugal | Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa Rita Castro Blanco (conductor) |
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Desertificação | Premiere | 2023/Aug/20 | José Luís Peixoto Auditorium | Galveias | Portugal | Participants of the 3rd edition of the Woodwinds Summercamp 2023 – Soundscapes | Notes | ||
Shades of White | Premiere | 2023/May/20 | Violino + Concert | Lisboa Incomum | Lisbon | Portugal | Dejana Sekulić · violin | Notes | |
Rondino (L. van Beethoven) | Premiere | 2023/Apr/28 | IX Braga International Organ Festival | Sé Catedral of Braga | Braga | Portugal | Arturo Barba Sevillano and Cristan Tarabbia | Notes | |
Atrito | Premiere | 2022/Dec/21 | Concert – Portuguese Music for Accordion (Folefest) | MNAA – National Ancient Art Museum | Lisbon | Portugal | Pedro Meireles (violin), Catarina Bastos (violin), Irma Skenderi (viola), Catherine Strynckx (cello), Fernando Brites (accordion) | Notes | |
na plangência | Premiere | 2022/Jul/28 | Festival Plurisons | Paraíba Federal University | João Pessoa | Brazil | José Batista Junior (clarinet) | Notes | |
Colosso | Premiere | 2022/Jun/16 | Municipal Auditorium of Lousada | Lousada | Portugal | Youth Orchestra of the Vale de Sousa Conservatory | Notes | ||
Illustrate Internal Clouds | Premiere | 2022/Jun/02 | Auditório de Serralves | Porto | Portugal | ars ad hoc; Ricardo Carvalho (flaute), Horácio Ferreira (clarinet), João Casimiro Almeida (piano), Ana do Vale & Diogo Coelho (violin), Ricardo Gaspar (viola), Gonçalo Lélis (violoncello) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2022/Apr/16 | Conference · Experimentation and beyond music | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | |
cae mi voz | Premiere | 2022/Apr/01 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Monterrey | Mexico | Neighborwoods Trio | Notes | ||
Abertura Coriolano (L. van Beethoven) | Premiere | 2021/Nov/17 | International Composition Award for the Six Historic Organs of Mafra 2021 | Basílica do Real Edifício (Palácio Nacional de Mafra) | Mafra | Portugal | João Vaz, Sérgio Silva, António Esteireiro, André Ferreira, João Santos, Diogo Rato Pombo (organs) | Notes | |
Chamariz de Liceia | Premiere | 2021/Oct/10 | Croma · Ciclo de Música Contemporânea de Oeiras | Auditório Municipal Ruy de Carvalho | Carnaxide | Portugal | Lisbon Ensemble 20/ 21, Pedro Pinto Figueiredo (music direction) | Notes | |
texturas de sombra | Performance | 2021/Sep/10 | Christopher Bochmann Auditorium | Évora | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | ||
Duet | Premiere | 2021/Jun/09 | Auditorium at the Music Conservatory in Paredes | Paredes | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet), Hugo Nunes (clarinet) | Notes | ||
das linhas revoltas das mãos | Premiere | 2021/May/29 | Contemporary Music Reencounters 2021 | GrETUA | Aveiro | Portugal | Marta Fonseca (guitar), Nádia Carvalho (electronics) | Notes | |
Étude, Lá. Something. | Performance | 2020/Feb/16 | Casa Branca de Gramido | Gondomar | Portugal | Luís Matos (oboe) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2019/Nov/14 | 4th International Clarinettist Festival | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Batista Júnior (clarinet) | Notes | ||
Étude, Lá. Something. | Performance | 2019/Nov/02 | French Oboe Association Conference | Auxerre | France | Luís Matos (oboe) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2019/Nov/01 | 8th National Clarinet Congress | Torrent | Spain | Batista Júnior (clarinet) | Notes | ||
texturas de sombra | Premiere | 2019/Jun/04 | Diálogo a Preto e Branco | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso · clarinet | Notes | |
Orgias do agora | Performance | 2019/May/12 | Museo Lázaro Galdiano | Madrid | Spain | Henrique Portovedo (saxophone) | Notes | ||
Orgias do agora | Performance | 2019/Mar/27 | Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi | Milan | Italy | Henrique Portovedo (saxophone) | Notes | ||
Orgias do agora | Premiere | 2019/Mar/26 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Henrique Portovedo · saxophone and electronics | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2018/Oct/31 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | ||
fala | Premiere | 2018/Oct/17 | DeCA, University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Hélder Monteiro (timpani) | Notes | ||
Sonatina | Premiere | 2018/Jul/31 | DeCA Auditorium, University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Clara Saleiro (flute) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2018/Jul/05 | University of Évora | Évora | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2018/Jun/20 | Lisboa Incomum | Lisbon | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | ||
E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Performance | 2018/Apr/11 | CCCI Auditorium, DeCA, University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (clarinet) | Notes | ||
O jardim do silêncio | Premiere | 2017/Dec/19 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Artium Trio Francisco Lima Santos . violin Pedro Gomes Silva . cello João Barata piano |
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E é sempre melhor o impreciso que embala do que o certo que basta | Premiere | 2017/Dec/05 | Auditório do Conservatório de Música de Paredes | Paredes | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso . clarinet | Notes | ||
Curvatório | Premiere | 2017/Dec/02 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música Baldur Brönnimann . musical direction |
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febres de arabescos em frisos inertes para ensemble | Premiere | 2017/Nov/05 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Casa da Música Peter Rundel . musical direction |
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a kind of sensuous meaningfulness | Premiere | 2016/Oct/28 | Vila do Conde Municipal Theatre | Vila do Conde | Portugal | Fátima Seabra (flute), Frederic Cardoso (clarinet), Carla Quelhas (piano) | Notes | ||
exercício de apofenia | Premiere | 2016/Apr/28 | Vila do Conde Municipal Theatre | Vila do Conde | Portugal | Jorge Lima (percussion), Rita Fernandes (violoncello) | Notes | ||
My Tiny Little Piece | Premiere | 2016/Feb/26 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Symphony Orchestra, Ivo Venkov (conductor) | Notes | ||
Étude, Lá. Something. | Premiere | 2016/Feb/02 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | Rafael Sousa (oboe) | Notes | ||
Between choices | Premiere | 2016/Feb/02 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble, Luís Neto da Costa (conductor) | Notes | transcription for ensemble | |
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Alusão | Performance | 2016/Feb/02 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble, Luís Neto da Costa (conductor) | Notes | ||
Irrazionalità | Premiere | 2016/Feb/02 | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble, Luís Neto da Costa (conductor) | Notes | transcription for ensemble | |
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Alusão | Premiere | 2015/Oct/01 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Clara Saleiro (soloflute), Saxophone and Clarinet Orchestra, Pedro Neves (conductor) | Notes | ||
Étude, Lá. Something. | Other | 2015 | Young Musicians' Award 2015 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Notes | ||
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Young Composer in Residence at the Casa da Música | 2017 - 2017 | Casa da Música | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | https://www.casadamusica.com | |