Composer and musician, whose roots and influences extend between the Alentejo culture, the Alto Minho and José Afonso’s music - Amílcar Vasques-Dias is In Focus on MIC.PT in January.
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Pulsars are known as the “beacons” of the universe; they are rotating neutron stars that regularly emit a concentrated beam of electromagnetic radiation that is only visible for those in their path. It is in this idea of regular pulsation, that is based the conception of this piece for woodwind quintet. Sometimes five pulsars at different points in the universe, and sometimes the convergence to a single point, the Pulsar.