Composer, researcher, and Associate Professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Paulo Ferreira-Lopes is In Focus on the MIC.PT in May, to mark his 60th anniversary.
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When I started to compose this piece for eight trombones, the first idea that came to me, was to use the slide as a conceptual element in the composition. But finally I've decided to do exactly the contrary, compose without using this particularity of the instrument. This limitation gives name to the piece.