Sérgio Azevedo


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Upcoming concerts

– Thu 10 Jul: A Musical and Visual Tour of Scotland Macphail Theatre, Ullapool, Scotland
– Thu 10 Jul: GUBAIDULINA'S PERCEPTION - IN PARIS,COMPOSER Present Salle Cortot, Paris, France
– Wed 16 Jul: Pops in Outer Space Columbus Park,Stamford, CT
– Thu 17 Jul: Five Centuries of Great Duets East Meadow, NY, USA
– Sun 20 Jul: Workshop for Contemporary Music Termoli (CB) - Italy
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Composer news

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Sibelius plaque unveiled in Berlin 24 Apr 2008
Lost Bach composition found back 22 Apr 2008
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Today (5 Jul)

Birthdays:
Theo Verbey
Alain Pierre Pradel
Laurie Conrad
George Rochberg
Domingo Santa-Cruz-Wilson
Dying days:
Ernesto Halffter Escriche
Félix Le Couppey
Events:
– (1937) Aram Ilyich Khachaturian: Premiere of piano concerto in D flat major, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Born: 23 August 1968 — Coimbra — Portugal
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Life

Sérgio Azevedo. Born in Coimbra in 1968. Studies of Guitar, Piano, Solfege and Composition at the Academia de Amadores de Música (composition with Fernando Lopes-Graça) between 1975-1987. 3rd year Master Degree in Composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in 1990 with 19 values [out of 20] in Composition (Constança Capdeville) and 4th year Master Degree in 2000 with 20 values (Christopher Bochmann). Started his Doctorate in Composition at the Universidade de Avora in 2004 (Amílcar Vasques-Dias and Benoit Gibson). Scholarship "Young Artists" from the Centro Nacional de Cultura (CNC) between 1991-92. Seminars and lessons with Emmanuel Nunes, Tristan Murail, Philippe Manoury, Jorge Peixinho, Gilbert Amy, Robert Sherlaw-Johnson, Louis Andriessen, Luca Francesconi, Mary Finsterer. Member of the directors board of the Academia de Amadores de Música between 1994-95 and vice-president and member of the academy artistic council between 1998-2000. Collaborates with RDP (National Radio Broadcasting) between 1993-99 and again between 2002-03. Writes in several magazines and dictionaries such as Arte Musical, Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, Enciclopédia da Música em Portugal no Século XX, ISCM New Music Magazine, and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He also write regularly for IPAE (notes for CD’s covers) and collaborates with several festivals and musical institutions (program notes for CNB, Festival de Espinho, Fine Arts, etc). He was teacher at the Academia de Música Luísa Todi, Academia de Amadores de Música and the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa between 1987- 1995. He is currently teacher of Composition at the Superior School of Music of Lisbon since 1993. Member of the Centro de Estudos Sociais e de Estética Musical (CESEM) since 1998. Wrote two books: A Invenção dos Sons (Caminho, Lisboa 1999) and A Escadaria Angreme - Aforismos (Edições, Porto 2004). In 2002 was invited to member of the jury of the 3rd International Composition Contest Euritmia (Italy). Was member of the jury of the IPAE Contests (Portugal, 2002-03), member of the jury of the 8th Prémio de Composição Fernando Lopes-Graça (2003, Cascais - Portugal), member of the jury of the Concurso de Piano Florinda Santos (2004, São João da Madeira - Portugal), and member of the jury of the Prémio Internacional de Composição Fernando Lopes-Graça (2006, Cascais - Portugal), integrated in the commemorations of the composer’s birth centenary. Artistic Director of the contemporary music festival Os Dias da Nova Música Portuguesa I and II (2003, Condeixa - Portugal, 2004, Coimbra - Portugal) and artistic director of the Ciclo de Música de Câmara / Sons de Setembro (2004, Cascais - Portugal). Also works as a music expert for the courts. Prizes: 1st Prize Joly Braga-Santos 1991 (orchestra), 1st Prize Joly Braga-Santos 1991 (chamber music), 1st Prize Juventude Musical Portuguesa 1992, United Nations Prize 1994, 1st Prize Joly Braga-Santos 1994, 1st Prize Fernando Lopes-Graça 1997, 1st Prize Fernando Lopes-Graça 1998, 2nd Prize Schiedmayer Internationalen Kompositionswettbewerb (Stuttgart - Germany) 1998, Mention of Honour (CPM) 1989, Mention of Honour (CML) 1992, Mention of Honour (CMP) 1996, Mention of Honour (Corué) 1998, Mention of Honour (CMC) 2001, selected for the final of the Prize Fidelidade 1992, selected for the International Rostrum of Composers (UER, Paris) 1992, 1999 e 2000, selected to represent Europe at the International Composition Contest Forum 98 (Montréal - Canada) 1998 and selected for the CD of the Forum, selected for the final of the International Contest of Composition Journées Internationales de la Jeune Musique - Ensemble Télémaque (Marseille - France) 1998 and for the CD of the contest, selected for the International Piano Music Festival PPianissimo (Sofia - Bulgaria) 1999, selected for the 1st Estúdio Coreográfico da Companhia Nacional de Bailado and both Prizes for the Best Ballet Music and Best Ballet in 1999, selected for the 3rd edition of London New Wind Festival - New Wind Chamber Ensemble (London - UK) 2000, selected for "Exploratory Music From Portugal ‘02", free CD attached to music magazine Songlines (London - UK) 2002, proposed for the Grawemeyer Composition Prize 2004 - sponsored by maestro José Ramon Encinar and the Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid. Adress: Rua João de Barros, Lote 21, 1º esq. / Alapraia - São João do Estoril / 2765 099 Estoril - Portugal. E-mail: <sergio.azesapo.pt>. Phone: 96 339 7727. Fax only: 21 466 50 42.

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