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MIC.PT Interviews
Historical and New MIC.PT Interviews to contemporary composers residing in Portugal, on the MIC.PT YouTube Channel.
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Gerson de Sousa Batista (1988), is a Portuguese composer, playwright, multi-instrumentalist and poet born in Aveiro, Portugal. He started his academic path in civil engineering but early on he began composing. In 2007 he dedicated himself completely to the arts, having enrolled to study Music Theory, Organ, Composition and Vocal Techniques at the Calouste Gulbenkian Music Conservatory of Aveiro. Since then he has composed for a wide range of instruments, published numerous books and works in both physical and digital formats, and created and staged a wide variety of works. EXTERNAL LINKS Gerson Batista's Official Website Last update: 15th of September, 2021 |
Last update: 15th of September, 2021
| Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
| Isto foi no ano 2047 | 2020 | Notes | ||||||
| Outono, instantes numa aldeia | 2021 | d'Orfeu Cultural Association | URL | Águeda | Portugal | Notes | https://www.dorfeu.pt | |
| Verão, instantes numa aldeia | 2021 | d'Orfeu Cultural Association | URL | Águeda | Portugal | Notes | https://www.dorfeu.pt | |
| Inverno, instantes numa aldeia | 2020 | d'Orfeu Cultural Association | URL | Águeda | Portugal | Notes | https://www.dorfeu.pt | |
| Primavera, instantes numa aldeia | 2020 | d'Orfeu Cultural Association | URL | Portugal | Notes | https://www.dorfeu.pt | ||
| Into the Wide Space | 2020 | Jorge Lima | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| Viagem à Caverna do Tempo | 2018 | Music Conservatoire in Águeda | URL | Águeda | Portugal | Notes | http://www.conservatoriodeagueda.org/portal/ | |
| Estratificações | 2020 | Performa Ensemble in the context of the Cidades (in)visiveis project | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/PerformaEnsemble | |
| Tibiae Resonabit | 2014 | Sonustrio | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| Social Resilience | 2017 | Stark Crew/ Facebook | URL | Notes | https://starkcrew.com | Sountrack of a promotional video for the Facebook Safe markers application. | ||
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| Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
| A saia da Carolina | Carl Orff International Composition Competition 2020/ 2021 | Finalist | URL | Germany | Notes | https://www.carl-orff-competition.com | ||||
| Catarztoph | 16th Póvoa de Varzim International Composition Competition | Audience prize | 2023 | Póvoa de Varzim International Music Festival | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://fimpv.pt/pt | |
| Catarztoph | 16th Póvoa de Varzim International Composition Competition | 1st prize | 2023 | Póvoa de Varzim International Music Festival | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://fimpv.pt/pt | |
| Subindo a montanha! | 1 st International Composition Competition The Magic Mountain for bercandeon | 1st Prize | 2021 | Italy | Notes | |||||
| Derepente! | International Composition Competition “Prof. Marin Goleminov” 2021 | 2nd Prize | 2021 | URL | Sofia | Bulgaria | Notes | http://orangefactory.net/maringoleminovcompetition/ | ||
| Quem Chama? | 3rd Manuel Emílio Porto National Choral Composition Competition | 1st Prize | 2021 | Lajes do Pico Municipality | URL | Lajes do Pico | Portugal | Notes | https://cm-lajesdopico.pt | |
| Quarantine! | Gheorghe Dima International Composition Competition · 18th Edition | 1st Prize | 2020 | URL | Romania | Notes | https://www.dimacompetition.ro | |||
| Babalon | Singapore International Choral Composition Competition 2020 | 1st Prize | 2020 | URL | Singapore | Singapore | Notes | http://rafflessingers.org/ | ||
| The Wind Calls Us! | Cornwall International Male Choral Festival Composers Competition 2020 | 1st Prize | 2020 | Cornwall International Male Choral Festival | URL | United Kingdom | Notes | https://www.cimcf.uk | ||
| Playing with the Universe | Cantus International Composition Competition | 2 nd Prize | 2019 | United States of America | Notes | |||||
| Who Is She? | Exaudio Evivakoren International Composition Competition 2019 | 2nd Prize | 2019 | Helsinki | Finland | Notes | ||||
| Wandering the Seven Seas | International Composition CompetitionCaritas Chamber Choir | Runner-up | 2019 | URL | Canterbury | United Kingdom | Notes | http://www.caritaschamberchoir.com | ||
| Bonfire Memories | International Composition Competition “Coro Universitario de Sant Yago” 2019 | 1st Prize | 2019 | Coro Universitario de Sant Yago | Spain | Notes | ||||
| Honourable Mention for the work O Despertar de Cronus | Prémio Francisco Martins da Orquestra Clássica do Centro (OCC) · 2nd edition | 2019 | Orquestra Clássica do Centro (OCC) | URL | Coimbra | Portugal | Notes | https://www.orquestraclassicadocentro.org | ||
| String Played by the Mob | International Composition Competition Unternehmengegenwart Stimmgold Vokalensemble 2019 | 1st Prize | 2019 | Stimmgold Vokalensemble | URL | Germany | Notes | https://stimmgold-vokalensemble.de | ||
| Catatónia | Peças Frescas Azores Composition Competition · 5th Edition | 1st Award | 2018 | URL | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/pecasfrescasacores/ | |||
| Rangnarok | International Composition Competition for Choirs Opus Ignotum 2018 | Honourable Mention | 2018 | Czech Republic | Notes | |||||
| Whispers | Kompositionswettbewerb Gegenwart Regensburg | 3rd Prize | 2018 | URL | Regensburg | Germany | Notes | https://www.unternehmengegenwart.com/wettbewerb2018 | ||
| Golden Day | Walter Hussey International Composition Competition 2018 | 1st Prize | 2018 | URL | Reading | United Kingdom | Notes | http://walterhussey.com | ||
| Descontorções | INATEL/ Folefest Association Accordion Composition Prize 2018 | 1st Prize | 2018 | Folefest | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://folefest.com | |
| Volta à Terra | Aveiro Young Creator Competition 2018 | 1st Prize | 2018 | Municipality of Aveiro | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://www.cm-aveiro.pt | |
| O Despertar de Cronus | Francisco Martins Composition Prize 2018 · 2nd Edition | Honourable Mention | 2018 | Orquestra Clássica do Centro | URL | Coimbra | Portugal | Notes | https://www.orquestraclassicadocentro.org | |
| O Labirinto de Pan | Vale do Sousa National Wind Orchestra Composition Competition | 1st Prize | 2017 | Conservatório do Vale do Sousa | URL | Lousada | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/conservatoriovalesousa/ | |
| Os suspiros de Dédalo | Accordion Composition Prize · INATEL Foundation/ Folefest Association | 3rd Prize | 2017 | Folefest | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://folefest.com | |
| Voces Hominum | 10th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim | 2nd Prize | 2017 | International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://www.fimpv.pt | |
| Voces Hominum | 10th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim | Audience Prize | 2017 | International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://www.fimpv.pt | |
| Não canto para surdos | 7th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim | Audiece Prize | 2014 | Internacional Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://www.fimpv.pt | |
| Não canto para surdos | 7th International Composition Competition of Póvoa de Varzim | 2nd Prize | 2014 | Internacional Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | URL | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | https://www.fimpv.pt | |
| Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
| Catarztoph | Premiere | 2023/Jul/16 | Póvoa de Varzim International Music Festival | Cine-teatro Garret | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Ensemble Contemporâneo da Póvoa de Varzim Nuno Coelho (conductor) |
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| palavras flutuadas | Premiere | 2022/Jul/20 | Luís de Camões Auditorium (Conservatory) | São Miguel Island | Portugal | FLUTUA – Flute Orchestra of the University of Aveiro, Jorge Salgado Correia (conductor) | Notes | ||
| É com certeza uma tasca portuguesa | Premiere | 2021/Sep/30 | Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro | Portugal | Jorge Lima and Jonathan da Silva | Notes | ||
| Estratificações | Performance | 2021/Sep/24 | Cidades (in)visíveis | Conservatório Dr José de Azeredo Perdigão | Viseu | Portugal | Performa Ensemble: Belquior Marques (guitar), Helena Marinho (piano), Jorge Salgado Correia (flutes), Luís Bittencourt (percussion) | Notes | |
| Aveiro – Diário de uma Pandemia | Premiere | 2021/Sep/23 | Centro Cultural de Congressos de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Inês Filipe (piano) | Notes | ||
| Estratificações | Premiere | 2021/Sep/23 | Cidades (in)visíveis | Conservatório de Gaia | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | Performa Ensemble: Belquior Marques (guitar), Helena Marinho (piano), Jorge Salgado Correia (flutes), Luís Bittencourt (percussion) | Notes | |
| Não canto para surdos | Premiere | 2021/Jul/22 | Festival Internacional de Música da Póvoa de Varzim | Auditório Municipal da Póvoa de Varzim | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Ensemble Darcos (Filipe Quaresma, José Pereira, Reyes Gallardo, José Pereira, Faurto Corneo e Gael Rassaert), Eduarda Melo (soprano), Nuno Côrte-Real (music direction) | Notes | |
| Subindo a montanha! | Premiere | 2021/Jun/04 | 1 st International Composition Competition The Magic Mountain | online cerimony | Italy | Davide Bonetti (bercandeon) [with multi-track] | Notes | ||
| Babalon | Premiere | 2021/Jan | Singapore International Choral Composition Competition 2020 | Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall | Singapore | Singapore | Raffles Singers; Toh Ban Sheng (music direction) | Notes | |
| Who Is She? | Premiere | 2020/Dec/10 | Helsinki | Finland | Eviva and Exaudio Feminine Choirs | Notes | |||
| The Wind Calls Us! | Premiere | 2020/Nov | Cornwall International Male Choral Festival Composers Competition 2020 | Cornwall | United Kingdom | Cornwall Male Choir; Gareth Churcher (music direction) | Notes | ||
| Primavera, instantes numa aldeia | Premiere | 2020/Sep/17 | Águeda | Portugal | Sónia Sobral (accordion); Gonçalo Garcia (drum kit) | Notes | |||
| Inverno, instantes numa aldeia | Premiere | 2020/Sep/17 | Águeda | Portugal | Sónia Sobral (acordeão); Gonçalo Garcia (drum kit) | Notes | |||
| String Played by the Mob | Premiere | 2019/Oct | Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik | Regensburg | Germany | Stimmgold Vokalensemble; Christoph Schapher (music direction) | Notes | ||
| Playing with the Universe | Premiere | 2019/Oct | United States of America | Cantus | Notes | Cantus tour | |||
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| Catatónia | Premiere | 2019/Jul/20 | Igreja do Colégio | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Nova Era Vocal Ensemble; João Barros (music direction) | Notes | ||
| Wandering the Seven Seas | Premiere | 2019/Jul/13 | Colyer Fergusson Hall · University of Kent | Canterbury | United Kingdom | Caritas Chamber Choir | Notes | ||
| Descontorções | Premiere | 2019/May/03 | Prémio de Composição para Acordeão Fundação INATEL/ Associação Folefest 2018 | Auditório Carlos Paredes em Benfica | Lisbon | Portugal | José Pereira (violin); Irma Skenderi (viola); Katharine Rawdon (flute); Catherine Strynckx (cello); Paulo Jorge Ferreira (acordion); Francisco Cipriano (vibraphone) | Notes | |
| Castle of Dracun | Premiere | 2019/Mar/15 | Conservatório de Música de Águeda | Águeda | Portugal | Notes | |||
| Bonfire Memories | Premiere | 2018/Dec | Valencia | Spain | Coro Universitario de Sant Yago; Pau de Luis de Alba (music direction) | Notes | |||
| Dança no Tempo | Premiere | 2018/Nov/17 | Autumn Festivals 2018 | Museum of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Inês Filipe · piano | Notes | |
| Whispers | Premiere | 2018/Oct/20 | Hochschule für Katholische Kirchenmusik | Regensburg | Germany | Stimmgold Vokalensemble; Christoph Schapher (music direction) | Notes | ||
| Volta à Terra | Premiere | 2018/Apr | Museu de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Gerson Batista (multi-channel) | Notes | ||
| Os suspiros de Dédalo | Premiere | 2018/Feb/07 | Teatro da Trindade | Lisboa | Portugal | Pedro Santos (accordion) | Notes | Live broadcast · RTP – Antena 2 | |
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| Voces Hominum | Premiere | 2017/Jul/16 | International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | Cine-Teatro Garrett | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Ensemble Clepsidra, Afonso Fesch (violin), João Paiva (clarinet), Filipe Quaresma (cello) e Miguel Borges Coelho (piano), António Saiote (music direction) | Notes | Live broadcast · RTP – Antena 2 |
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| O Labirinto de Pan | Premiere | 2017/Jun/16 | Lousada | Portugal | Orquestra de Sopros do Conservatório do Vale do Sousa | Notes | |||
| Welcome to the Void | Premiere | 2017/May/16 | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) | Aveiro | Portugal | Rui Barroca (violin), Tiago Melo (violin), Alberto Barroso (cello) | Notes | ||
| Tibiae Resonabit | Premiere of revised version | 2017/May/16 | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Tiago Melo, Nuno Barroca e Alberto Barroso | Notes | string trio version | |
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| A'corda e o Espaço | Premiere | 2016/Dec/08 | GrETUA | Aveiro | Portugal | Filipa Monteiro, Túlio Augusto and Gerson Batista | Notes | ||
| Anima conspicua IIv2 | Premiere | 2015/Jun/04 | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Bernardo Santos (piano), Tiago Melo (violin) e Nuno Faria (clarinet) | Notes | ||
| Melodramas | Premiere | 2014/Jun/15 | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte (DeCA) da Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Ricardo Monteiro and Tiago Melo | Notes | ||
| Tibiae Resonabit | Premiere | 2014 | Auditório da ESML | Lisbon | Portugal | Sonustrio ( Leonilde Vieira, Sónia Henriques and Henrique Andrade) | Notes | ||
| Movimento Perpétuo | Premiere | 2011/Apr | Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Gerson Batista (mandolin) | Notes | ||
