December Things — The year ended with a serendipitous, ironic parallel that would’ve been laughed off a piece of creative writing as “too heavy-handed”. On the 13th, All endings are sad, all endless things are impossible to bear … →
September sundries — September brings along a new artistic season — seemingly unaware that I had no vacation to end the last one. To set the tone: a playlist I’ve compiled for MPMP’s monthly newsletter. Starting next month … →
Reencontros de Música Contemporânea 2023 — wrapping premiered this weekend at Reencontros de Música Contemporânea, in Aveiro. The concert was dedicated to promoter’s (and commissioner’s) ongoing project Nova Música para Novos Músicos, to which I’ve had the pleasure of contributing several … →
»All endings…« at Música Viva 2022 — The piece with way too long of a title has been premiered at the opening concert of this year’s Música Viva by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble.
Stipendium für innovative Musikkompositionen — I’m happy to report I’ve been awarded the Stipendium für innovative Musikkompositionen des Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur. This grant supports young artists in the state of Niedersachsen to devote themselves to their artistic … →
Odd Couples — I’ve dusted off my once-effulgent career as an in-demand international soloist [citation needed] to take part in Gordon Williamson’s Odd Couples. I hadn’t even seen any of the music yet, and I was already grinning … →
9 x 9 x 9 — I am about to become super annoying on social media. This week was the première of “9×9×9”, a new offering by MPMP for this coming season. Over the next nine months, a crack team of … →
LS Iris is (finally) for sale! — LS Iris, a new musical typeface designed by me, is now available for sale from Notation Central, your one-stop-shop on the web for all digital engraving goodies. Well — I say new, but… The design … →
La fièvre du temps — I am delighted to let you know that the album featuring my reduction of Ruy Coelho’s A princeza dos sapatos de ferro has been released! La fièvre du temps (Bailados Portugueses I) is the first … →
Glosas pela música portuguesa @ Lusophonica — I’ve had the pleasure of putting together the second episode of Glosas pela música portuguesa, a live radio show produced by mpmp for Lusophonica. Presented live out of their booth in Cascais, my set consisted … →
Princeza dos sapatos de ferro — I flew back to Lisbon just in time to make it to the recording sessions of my reduction-slash-arrangement of Ruy Coelho’s ballet, A princeza dos sapatos de ferro, commissioned and played four-handed by the always … →
»Early Eckensee« featured on 5:4's Outside-In — I’m very happy to be one of twelve composers contributing towards Outside-In, an album project by one of the internet’s most notable, most comprehensive voices in the field of contemporary music: Simon Cummings.Simon pens 5:4 … →