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Born in Mesão Frio in 1961. Improviser, composer and video artist. A self-taught musician, he studied guitar with José Pina at the Duarte Costa Music School from 1974 to 1976, in Oporto. In 1971 he began his professional activity, joining bands performing “cover versions” of pop and rock music and founding rock bands to perform original music. In 1976 and 1977, he was a member of King Fisher’s Band and, two years later, founded GNR with Alexandre Soares. He gave various concerts with this band, notably in the last Festival of Vilar de Mouros in 1982. In the same year, he met Jorge Lima Barreto, whose influence was a deciding factor in his change of musical direction. Together they formed a group, Telectu, one of the first in Portugal to concentrate on improvised electronic music. Recently he has composed for theatre, dance and cinema. Assuming various functions in different artistic undertakings, his work has been distinguished by his approach to, and crossing of, different areas of music. His career is also paradigmatic of a musician who, beginning his career in pop music, has moved ever close to the world of “classical” music.
“In a certain sense, I feel that there exists, and it is quite strong, a connection, or at least an interaction, between improvisation and composition, a kind of ping-pong between the two things. (...) In composition, one has always to know when it is finished, or when it’s still possible to correct it (...), even if one composes in real time. (...) In improvisation, I think that the best that comes from composition is the rationality of somebody improvising as though he were composing. And, on the other hand, in composition, all those intuitive, spontaneous liberties, and things which arise from contact with instruments and improvisation, have been very useful to me in my work as a composer.”
Vítor Rua, June 2003
IN FOCUS (May 2011)
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Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
1976, A evolução dos cravos | 2023 | Associação Setúbal Voz | URL | Setúbal | Portugal | Notes | https://setubalvoz.pt/ | |
Traumbone | 2006 | Casa da Música | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.pt/ | |
Uma Agulha no Palheiro | 2005 | Lisbon Contemporary Music Group | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.gmcl.pt/ | |
Arbeit French Fries | Orchestrutopica | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://www.novascenas.pt/orchestrutopica/ | |||
Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Shrdlu | Premiere | Belém Cultural Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Fernando Guiomar (guitar) | Notes | |||
Aerofonia | Premiere | Superior School of Music - Noble Room | Lisbon | Portugal | Clarinet Trio Fernando Pernas (conductor) | Notes | |||
1976, A evolução dos cravos | Performance | 2024/Apr/14 | Fórum Municipal Luísa Todi | Setúbal | Portugal | Jorge Salgueiro (conductor) Risoleta Pedro (libretto) Iolanda Rodrigues (coreographer) Coro Setúbal Voz Academia de Dança Contemporânea de Setúbal Characters: Mariana Chaves, Gonçalo Martins, João Merino, Ana Filipa Leitão, Inês Constantino, Helena de Castro, David Martins, Néu Silva, Sara Brites, Diana Cardoso e Sara Batista |
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1976, A evolução dos cravos | Performance | 2024/Apr/13 | Fórum Municipal Luísa Todi | Setúbal | Portugal | Jorge Salgueiro (conductor) Risoleta Pedro (libretto) Iolanda Rodrigues (coreographer) Coro Setúbal Voz Academia de Dança Contemporânea de Setúbal Characters: Mariana Chaves, Gonçalo Martins, João Merino, Ana Filipa Leitão, Inês Constantino, Helena de Castro, David Martins, Néu Silva, Sara Brites, Diana Cardoso e Sara Batista |
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1976, A evolução dos cravos | Premiere | 2024/Apr/12 | Fórum Municipal Luísa Todi | Setúbal | Portugal | Jorge Salgueiro (conductor) Risoleta Pedro (libretto) Iolanda Rodrigues (coreographer) Coro Setúbal Voz Academia de Dança Contemporânea de Setúbal Characters: Mariana Chaves, Gonçalo Martins, João Merino, Ana Filipa Leitão, Inês Constantino, Helena de Castro, David Martins, Néu Silva, Sara Brites, Diana Cardoso e Sara Batista |
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virino kaj naturo # | Pre-premiere | 2023/Sep/07 | São Luiz Municipal Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Sonic Rumble with Green Mustard | Premiere | 2023/May/11 | Música Viva Festival | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | João Pedro Lourenço (percussion and performance) | Notes | |
Ópera em 16 Atos: Poemas Zen de Herberto Helder | Premiere | 2023/Mar/25 | Teatro Cinema de Fafe | Fafe | Portugal | Phoebus Collective Andrea Conangla (soprano), José Teixeira (artistic coordination and whistling), Sílvia Cancela (flute), Frederic Cardoso (clarinet), José Rosas (trombone), Henrique Ramos (percussion), Luís Miguel Leite (guitar), Nuno Areia (piano), Inês Quintas (violin) and Gonçalo Cravinho Lopes (double bass) |
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Ahtou | Premiere | 2021/Jul/23 | Portuguese Contemporary Music for Guitar | Teatro Cinema de Fafe | Fafe | Portugal | Luís Miguel Leite e José Teixeira · guitar duo | Notes | |
As Palavras | Premiere | 2021/Jul/23 | Portuguese Contemporary Music for Guitar | Teatro Cinema de Fafe | Fafe | Portugal | Luís Miguel Leite · guitar Leonor Figueiredo · soprano |
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Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc | Premiere | 2020/Jul/17 | Há Música n'Arcada | Praça 25 de Abril | Fafe | Portugal | Luís Miguel Leite and José Teixeira (electric guitars) | Notes | |
Home Sweet Sound | Premiere | 2019/Sep/28 | Circular 2019 – Performative Arts Festival | VIla do Conde Municipal Theatre | Vila do Conde | Portugal | Joana Gama · piano Vítor Rua · electronics |
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Klimt 2 | Premiere | 2019/Sep/21 | Recital Simbiose(s) | Conservatório de Música de Paredes | Paredes | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso · bass clarinet | Notes | |
Uma Vaca Flatterzunge | Performance | 2009/Feb/01 | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Quarteto Arabesco, Vitor Rua (conductor, electronics), Danel Kientzy (saxophone), Giancarlo Schiaffini (tuba and trombone), John Tilbury (piano), Ana Ferreira (voice), Helder Bento (voice), Marco Alves dos Santos (voice), Margarida Marecos (voice) | Notes | |||
Uma Vaca Flatterzunge | Performance | 2009/Jan/31 | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Quarteto Arabesco, Vitor Rua (conductor, electronics), Danel Kientzy (saxophone), Giancarlo Schiaffini (tuba and trombone), John Tilbury (piano), Ana Ferreira (voice), Helder Bento (voice), Marco Alves dos Santos (voice), Margarida Marecos (voice) | Notes | ||
Traumbone | Performance | 2008/Jul/12 | Belém Art Centre / Música Portuguesa Hoje | Belém Art Centre - Sophia de Mello Breyner Room | Lisbon | Portugal | Simon Cowen (trombone) | Notes | |
Saxopera II | Performance | 2008/Jun/07 | Miso Music Portugal | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Jörgen Pettersson (saxophone), Miso Studio (electronics) | Notes | |
Free pink noise | Performance | 2008/Jun/03 | Orfeão de Leiria / Leiria Music Festival | José Lúcio da Silva Theatre | Leiria | Portugal | Drumming Percussion Group Miquel Bernat (conductor) | Notes | |
Duplicator II | Performance | 2008 | Belém Art Centre / OrchestrUtopica - In Extremis | Belém Art Centre / Small Concert Hall | Lisbon | Portugal | OrchestrUtopica: António Carrilho and Sofia Norton (recorders) | Notes | |
Interstellar Overdrive Remix | Performance | 2008/Mar/08 | Berliner Festspiele - Maerzmusik | Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz | Berlin | Germany | Remix Ensemble Peter Rundel (conductor) | Notes | |
Interstellar Overdrive Remix | Performance | 2008/Mar/02 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Pink Velvet Bad Trip | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Great Concert Hall | Lisbon | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Peter Rundel (conductor) | Notes | |
Interstellar Overdrive Remix | Premiere | 2008/Mar/01 | Casa da Música / Pink Velvet Bad Trip | Casa da Música - Suggia Room | Porto | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Peter Rundel (conductor) | Notes | |
Traumbone | Performance | 2007/Aug/29 | Nordic Composers Council / Nordic Music Days | Trapphuset | Norrköping | Sweden | Remix Ensemble: Simon Cowen (trombone) | Notes | |
Traumbone | Performance | 2006/Nov/04 | Novas Músicas Festival | Casa da Música | Oporto | Portugal | Simon Cowen (trombone) | Notes | |
Traumbone | Premiere | 2006/Sep/24 | Festival Musica | Cité de la Musique et de la Danse | Strasburg | France | Simon Cowen (trombone) | Notes | |
Uma Agulha no Palheiro | Premiere | 2006/Mar/17 | Matosinhos Town Hall - Noble Room | Matosinhos | Portugal | Lisbon Contemporary Music Group: Susana Teixeira (mezzo-soprano), João Pereira Coutinho (flute), Luís Gomes (clarinet), José Machado (violin), Ricardo Mateus (viola), Jorge Sá Machado (cello), Andreia Marques (harp) Christopher Bochmann (conductor) | Notes | ||
Noise | Premiere | 2005/Sep/19 | Música Viva 2005 Festival | Oeiras Centre for Social Support | Oeiras | Portugal | Bernini Quartet: Marco Serino (violin), Yoko Ichihara (violin), Gianluca Saggini (viola), Valeriano Taddeo (cello) | Notes | Fabio Cifariello Ciardi (sound projection) |
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Ar | Performance | 2004 | Nova Música Festival | Paris | France | Notes | |||
Gula | Performance | 2004 | Nova Musica Festival | Paris | France | Notes | |||
Hatshepsut | Premiere | 2003 | France | KRP Trio: Daniel Kientzy (saxophone), J. Pierre Robert (double bass), Reina Portuondo (electroacoustics) | Notes | ||||
Saxopera II | Premiere | 2001 | Chatelraut Conservatory | Chatelraut | France | Daniel Kientzy (alto saxophones) | Notes | ||
Recette pour Faire une Souris | Premiere | 2001 | Chatelraut Conservatory | Chatelraut | France | Notes | |||
Gula | Performance | 2000 | ETIC | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Duplicator II | Performance | 2000 | Canterbury Christ Church - University College | Canterbury | United Kingdom | Peter Bowman (alto recorder), Kathryn Bennetts (alto recorder) | Notes | Mark Bromwich (sound projection) | |
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Duplicator II | Premiere | 2000 | Royal Festival Hall - Purcell Room | London | United Kingdom | Peter Bowman (alto recorder), Kathryn Bennetts (alto recorder) | Notes | Mark Bromwich (sound projection) | |
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Duplicator II | Performance | 2000 | 8th International Recorder Symposium - “Erta-Congress” | Peter Bowman (alto recorder), Kathryn Bennetts (alto recorder) | Notes | Mark Bromwich (sound projection) | |||
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Ar | Premiere | 1998 | Le Festival des Créations Sonores - Musiques Aujourd'hui | Perpignon | France | Daniel Kientzy (bass saxophone), Reina Portuondo (live electronics) | Notes | ||
Cyberpunk | Performance | 1998 | Le Festival des Créations Sonores - Musiques Aujourd'hui | Perpignon | France | Daniel Kientzy (baritone saxophone) | Notes | ||
Cyberpunk | Premiere | 1998 | “La Fenice di Veneza” Theatre Foundation | “La Fenice di Veneza” Theatre | Venice | Italy | Daniel Kientzy (baritone saxophone) | Notes | |
Gula | Premiere | 1998 | Culturgest | Lisbon | Portugal | Daniel Kientzy (saxophones), Reina Portuondo/Vítor Rua (live electronics) | Notes | ||
Gula | Performance | 1998 | Rivoli Theatre | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | |||
Duplicator I | Premiere | 1998 | Colourscape Festival | York | United Kingdom | Peter Bowman (alto recorder), Kathryn Bennetts (alto recorder) | Notes | ||
Musique Céréale I | Premiere | 1997 | 7º Festival de Música Nova de Bucareste | Bucharest | Romania | Daniel Kientzy (saxophone) | Notes | ||
Big-Bang | Premiere | 1996 | Belém Cultural Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Beatriz Serrão (percussion) | Notes | ||
Description of Activity | Designation | Period | Organization | URL | Venue | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | |
Lectures | Rock in Portugal | - 1990 | Coimbra | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Lectures | Perestrock | - 1987 | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Media | Author of the program "Cantão do Rock" | 1989 - 1990 | China | Notes | ||||||
Performing | Musician and Founder member | 1993 | Os Ressoadores | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Performing | Musician and Founder member | 1987 | PSP - Projecto Som Pop | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Performing | Musician and Founder member | 1982 | Telectu | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Performing | Musician and Founder member | 1995 | Vidya Ensemble | Portugal | Notes | |||||
Performing | Musician and Founder member | 1979 - 1983 | GNR - Grupo Novo Rock | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.gnr-gruponovorock.com/ | ||
Performing | Musician | 1976 - 1977 | King Fisher's Band | Portugal | Notes | He sang and played keyboards, mandolin and percussion | ||||
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Production | Musical Producer | 1982 | Portugal | Notes | Producer of the following records: - Álibi, by Manuela Moura Guedes (1982) - Anjo da Guarda, de António Variações (1983) - Pressões Digitais, de Rui Azul (1994) - Repórter Estrábico, dos Repórter Estrábico (1994) - Segmentos, dos Perve (1995) - Música Comercial, dos Coty Cream (1996) | |||||
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