
Luís Salgueiro is a composer of instrumental, electronic, and mixed music. His works — often characterized by timbral and syntactical exuberance — take inspiration from and interact with concepts drawn from a wide range of fields such as literature, philosophy, computer science, and cybernetics. His most characteristic pieces often include open structural elements that highlight subjective and intersubjective disambiguation and decision-making in musical performance. Recent commissions include pieces for the Sond-Ar’te Electric Ensemble and ars ad hoc.
His music has been performed in Germany, the United States, and across Portugal’s most important venues, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Casa da Música’s Sala Suggia, the Main Hall of the National Conservatoire, Palácio da Ajuda, Teatro Aveirense, and Forum Luísa Todi. He has participated in the European Network of Opera Academies, developing work with the Gulbenkian Foundation as well as with the Theaterakademie August Everding, in cooperation with JOiN at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.
Luís holds a Master’s degree in Composition from the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, where he studied with Ming Tsao, Gordon Williamson, and Joachim Heintz as a DAAD scholar. Following his studies, he was granted the Stipendium für innovative Musikkompositionen by the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur. He completed his Bachelor’s at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa under the guidance of António Pinho Vargas, Carlos Marecos, and Luís Tinoco. He sits on the board and serves as co-artistic director of MPMP Património Musical Vivo, an international network of musicians dedicated to the diffusion and study of music from the Western Classical tradition in Portuguese-speaking countries. In addition to his creative work, he has developed significant work in the fields of music engraving and editing, with a particular emphasis on contemporary music, having contributed to distinguished European publishing houses such as Peters, Casa Ricordi, and Durand – Salabert – Eschig.