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Ângela da Ponte holds a PhD by the University of Birmingham (UK) and now lives in Porto (Portugal), where she develops the activities of composition and teaching assistance at the Superior School of Performing Arts (ESMAE, Porto) and teacher at the Conservatory of Music in Vila Real. In 2011, Ângela da Ponte composed works for the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Remix Ensemble Casa da Música and Nuno Simões (winner of the Young Musicians Prize 2010 – Percussion) as a result of being the Young Composer in Residence 2011 at Casa da Música (Porto). Further in March 2014, she collaborated with the Orchestre National d’Île de France and Choeur Régional Vittoria d’Île de France, with a commission from ONDIF to write an orchestral accompaniment of Schubert’s work a cappella Psaume 92 D953. In March 2015 she was invited by the same orchestra to be a jury member on the composition competition Île de créations. Her music has been regularly performed in Portugal, as well internationally where she had the opportunity to diffuse her electroacoustic works with BEAST (Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre) at the Ikon Gallery, CBSO and Elgar Concert Hall (Birmingham, UK). Hence, in Mexico (Festival Visiones Sonoras 2016), Poland (Audiokineza), Colombia (BLAST), Spain and recently in the U.S.A with the Oregon Symphony. In August of 2017, Ângela received a Honorable Mention for the piece Cão (Dog) for children choir and based on the poem of Alexandre O’Neill, at the 1st edition of the National Coral Composition Competition Manuel Emílio Porto. EXTERNAL LINKS Ângela da Ponte |
| Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
| Torneando | 2011 | Antena 2/ RTP (Prémio Jovens Músicos) | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://www.rtp.pt/antena2 | ||
| State of(f) Emergencies | 2019 | Casa da Música | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | https://www.casadamusica.com | |
| Kras en Momentum | 2011 | Casa da Musica | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com/ | |
| La Fontaine Rouge | 2011 | Casa da Música | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com/ | |
| La Mer Soulevée | 2011 | Casa da Música | URL | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | http://www.casadamusica.com/ | |
| Despique | 2011 | Casa da Música | Câmara Municipal do Porto | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | www.casadamusica.com | |
| Cabeça no Ar | 2018 | Coro Lira | URL | Porto | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/corolira/ | |
| aLínea | 2018 | International Percussion Competition – Gondomar 2018 | URL | Gondomar | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/Concurso-Internacional-de-Percussão-Gondomar-2018-855129401315282/ | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | 2013 | L’Orchestre national d’Île-de-France | URL | Alfortville | France | Notes | http://www.orchestre-ile.com | For ONDIF's 40th birthday |
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| EKIS IV | 2012 | Nuno Aroso | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://www.nunoaroso.com/ | ||
| Esboço #2 | 2016 | Prémio Jovens Músicos | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://www.rtp.pt/antena2/premio-jovens-musicos/programas-concurso/pjm-2016-30-edicao_3268 | ||
| Mechanical Flames | 2012 | Sérgio Carolino for the TUBAX ensemble | Notes | |||||
| Katharsis | 2017 | Síntese - Contemporary Music Group | URL | Guarda | Portugal | Notes | https://sintesegmc.com | |
| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | 2014 | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble | URL | Portugal | Notes | http://sondarte.com/Home.shtml | ||
| Ensaios Sobre Cantos IV | 2019 | Tiago Manuel Soares (percussionist) | Notes | |||||
| Protesting | 2012 | XL DUO | Portugal | Notes | Commissioned by Sérgio Carolino for the XL DUO | |||
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| Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
| 1st Manuel Emílio Porto National Competition of Choral Composition | Honourable Mention | 2017 | Lajes do Pico Municipality | Lajes do Pico | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
| Untitled #1 | Premiere | 2019/Nov/12 | Coraxe | Santiago Church | Padrón | Spain | Vertixe Sonora [performers at this concert] Clara Saleiro · flute Kathryn Schulmeister · double bass Ángel Faraldo · electronics |
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| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | Performance | 2019/Oct/16 | Diz-Concerto | Centro Cultural de Cascais | Cascais | Portugal | Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble Pedro Neves · musical direction Miguel Azguime · narrator Sílvia Cancela · flute Nuno Pinto · clarinet José Pereria · violino Luís André Ferreira · cello Elsa Silva · piano Paula Azguime · sonic diffusion Perseu Mandillo · computer assistant Miso Studio · electronics |
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| Cão | Premiere | 2019/Sep/29 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Casa da Música Children Choir Raquel Couto · musical direction Gonçalo Vasquez · piano |
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| State of(f) Emergencies | Premiere | 2019/Sep/17 | Música no Feminino | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Casa da Música Sian Edwards · musical direction |
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| Música para um ateliê | Premiere | 2019/Jun/30 | MPMP – Proximidades (Proximities) | Ateliê de Amadeo | Atelier de Amadeo - Manhufe - Amarante | Portugal | Júlio Guerreiro · guitar | Notes | |
| Sem pedras não há arco | Premiere | 2019/Apr/27 | Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora das Neves | Relva, Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Sinfonietta of Ponta Delgada Amâncio Cabral · conductor |
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| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | Performance | 2019/Mar/28 | Diz-Concerto | Teatro da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble Petter Sundkvist · direcção musical Miguel Azguime · narrator Sílvia Cancela · flute Nuno Pinto · clarinet Vítor Vieira · violin Filipe Quaresma · cello Elsa Silva · piano Paula Azguime · sonic diffusion Perseu Mandillo · computer assistant Miso Studio · electronics |
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| Macrophylla V | Premiere | 2019/Mar/17 | Reencontros de Música Contemporânea 2019 | Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro | Portugal | NMpNM – New Music for New Musicians students at academies and conservatoires of Portugal Dinis Sousa · musical direction |
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| Macrophylla IV | Premiere | 2019/Mar/15 | Contemporary Music Reencounters 2019 | Teatro Averiense | Aveiro | Portugal | NMpNM – New Music for New Musicians students at Portuguese music academies and conservatoires |
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| aLínea | Premiere | 2019/Feb/07 | Nocturnal Music #2 | Teatro Helena Sá e Costa | Porto | Portugal | João Pedro Lourenço · marimba | Notes | |
| Katharsis | Performance | 2018/Feb/03 | 12th Síntese - Contemporary Music Cycle | Contemporary Culture Centre of Castelo Branco | Castelo Branco | Portugal | Síntese - Grupo de Música Contemporânea Jan Wierzba . musical direction |
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| Katharsis | Premiere | 2018/Feb/02 | 12th Síntese - Contemporary Music Cycle | Municipal Theatre of Guarda | Guarda | Portugal | Síntese - Contemporary Music Group Jan Wierzba . musical direction |
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| Macrophylla III | Premiere | 2017/May/07 | Reencontros de Música Contemporânea: Figurações sobrepostas + Peças para os RMC | Salão Nobre do Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro | Portugal | Margarida Alves and Margarida Oliveira, piano | Notes | |
| Lá No Água Grande | Premiere | 2017/Apr/26 | ENTREculturalidades / INTERtextualidades | Auditório do DeCA, Universidade Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Performa Ensemble | Notes | |
| La Mer Soulevée | Premiere | 2016/Oct/15 | Ciclos Musicales de la Comunidad de Madrid. ORCAM | Sala Sinfónica, Auditório Nacional de Madrid | Madrid | Spain | Orquesta Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música Coro de la JORCAM Coro de la ORCAM Baldur Brönimann, director | Notes | |
| Homenagem Subconsciente | Premiere | 2016/Oct/08 | Festival Visiones Sonoras 2016 | Aula Magna, edit. A, CIME, Morelia | Michoacán | Mexico | Notes | ||
| Esboço #2 | Premiere | 2016/Sep/25 | Prémio Jovens Músicos - Festival Jovens Músicos 2016 | Grande Auditório, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian | Lisbon | Portugal | Orquestra Jovens Músicos Cesário Costa, conductor Lourenço Sampaio, viola | Notes | |
| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | Performance | 2015/Dec/17 | Diz-Concerto | Teatro da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | Miguel Azguime, narrator Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Pedro Neves, musical direction |
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| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | Performance | 2015/Dec/16 | Diz-Concerto | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Miguel Azguime, narrator Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Pedro Neves, musical direction |
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| Ao Desconcerto do Mundo | Premiere | 2015/Dec/15 | Diz-Concerto | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Miguel Azguime, narrator Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Pedro Neves, musical direction |
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| Homenagem Subconsciente | Premiere | 2015/Mar/28 | Electronic Geographies | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Miso Music Portugal's Loudspeaker Orchestra Miguel Azguime, sound projection |
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| Ad eternum | Premiere | 2015/Jan/24 | BEASTdome: Pantry Sessions | University of Birmingham | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Notes | ||
| Macrophylla | Premiere | 2014/Nov/22 | Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Regional Conservatoire in Ponta Delgada | Teatro Micaelense | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Pupils and professors of the Regional Conservatoire in Ponta Delgada | Notes | |
| Reflex II | Performance | 2014/Jul/02 | Festival SET | inSOLito - Clarinet & Electronics Project | Superior School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE) | Porto | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (Bass Clarinet), Igor C. Silva (Electronics) | Notes | |
| Diáspora | Performance | 2014/May/03 | BEASTiary | Bramall Music Building - University of Birmingham | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Ângela da Ponte | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/23 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Salle Pleyel | Paris | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/22 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Opéra de Massy | Massy | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/21 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Salle Rustic | Montereau-Fault-Yonne | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/20 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | L'Atrium | Chaville | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/18 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Théâtre Alexandre Dumas | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/16 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Centre Culturel Jacques Prévert | Villeparisis | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/15 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Pôle culturel | Alforteville | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Psaume 92 D953 | Performance | 2014/Mar/14 | Chants du Destin/ 40th anniversary of the Orquestre National d'Ile de France | Théâtre Jean Vilar | Suresnes | France | L'Orchestre national d'Île-de-France | Enrique Mazzola (conductor) | Notes | |
| Ensaios Sobre Cantos III – (des)Integrasons | Premiere | 2014/Feb/24 | University of Birmingham | Birmingham | United Kingdom | EXAUDI ensemble | Notes | ||
| Diáspora | Premiere | 2014/Feb/14 | BEAST at the Ikon Gallery | Ikon Gallery | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Ângela da Ponte | Notes | |
| Retratos da Crise | Performance | 2014/Jan/04 | Teatro Micaelense | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte and Dimitris Andrikopoulos | Notes | ||
| Eurídice Após Orfeu | Premiere | 2013/Nov/30 | Centro Cultural de Congressos das Caldas da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte and Dimitris Andrikopoulos (music), Carlos da Silva (dance) | Notes | ||
| Reflex II | Performance | 2013/Nov/29 | Frederic Cardoso -Clarinet & Electronics Project- | Auditório do Conservatório de Música de Paredes | Paredes | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (bass clarinet) and Igor Silva (live electronics) | Notes | |
| Reflex I | Performance | 2013/Aug/16 | Festival Babel | Auditório Tasso Corrêa | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Grupo Derivasons | Notes | |
| Reflex I | Performance | 2013/Aug/08 | Teatro Júlio Mackenzie - Sesc Palladium | Belo Orizonte | Brazil | Grupo Derivasons | Notes | ||
| Reflex II | Performance | 2013/Aug/01 | Festival Moita Mostra | Moledo, Castro D'Aire | Viseu | Portugal | Frederic Cardoso (bass clarinet) and Igor Silva (live electronics) | Notes | |
| Retratos da Crise | Performance | 2013/Jun/29 | Centro Cultural de Congressos das Caldas da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte and Dimitris Andrikopoulos | Notes | ||
| EKIS IV | Performance | 2013/May/30 | Festival MusicAlvão | Conservatório Regional de Música de Vila Real | Vila Real | Portugal | Nuno Aroso (marimba) | Notes | |
| EKIS IV | Performance | 2013/May/25 | Vanishing Point - BEAST concert | CBSO | Birmingham | United Kingdom | Nuno Aroso (marimba) | Notes | |
| EKIS IV | Performance | 2013/May/19 | Marimba Festival Filadelfia | Italy | Nuno Aroso (marimba) | Notes | |||
| Retratos da Crise | Performance | 2013/May/04 | Festival MusicAlvão | Conservatório Regional de Música de Vila Real | Vila Real | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte and Dimitris Andrikopoulos | Notes | |
| Mechanical Flames | Premiere | 2012/Dec/22 | CCC Caldas da Rainha / the composer in collaboration within the residency of Sérgio Carolino | Centro Cultural de Congressos das Caldas da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | TUBAX ensemble: Sérgio Carolino, Mário Marques, Daniel Bernardes, Telmo Marques | Notes | |
| Espremendo a Laranja | Premiere | 2012/Dec/14 | Small Auditorium, Belem Arts Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Rita Redshoes, voice Nuno Aroso, percussãion | Notes | ||
| Retratos da Crise | Premiere | 2012/Nov/09 | IRI | Auditório Almeida Garret | Porto | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte and Dimitris Andrikopoulos | Notes | |
| EKIS IV | Premiere | 2012/Sep/09 | VII Curso Internacional de Percussão - Merzapercussion | Agolada | Galiza | Spain | Nuno Aroso (marimba) | Notes | |
| Protesting | Performance | 2012/May/15 | XL DUO Japan Tour | Osaka | Portugal | XL DUO (Sérgio Carolino - tuba; and Telmo Marques - piano) | Notes | ||
| Protesting | Performance | 2012/May/14 | XL DUO Japan Tour | Yamaha Hall | Tokyo | Japan | XL DUO (Sérgio Carolino - tuba; and Telmo Marques - piano) | Notes | |
| Protesting | Premiere | 2012/May/12 | XL DUO Japan Tour | Hamamatsu | Japan | XL DUO (Sérgio Carolino - tuba; and Telmo Marques - piano) | Notes | ||
| Reflex II | Performance | 2012/Feb/07 | Contemporary Music Recital | Pequeno Auditório/ ESML | Lisbon | Portugal | Roberto Erculiani (bassoon), Ângela da Ponte (live electronics) | Notes | |
| Kras en Momentum | Premiere | 2011/Oct/25 | Casa da Musica | Oporto | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Emilio Pomàrico (conductor) | Notes | ||
| La Fontaine Rouge | Premiere | 2011/Oct/18 | Prémio Jovens Músicos / Antena 2 | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Nuno Simões (percussion) | Notes | |
| Despique | Premiere | 2011/Oct/02 | Câmara Municipal do Porto/ Serviço Educativo da Casa da Música | Palácio de Cristal | Porto | Portugal | Banda Militar, Banda Marcial GNR, Banda PSP and Banda do Conservatório do Porto, Paulo Martins (conductor) | Notes | |
| La Mer Soulevée | Premiere | 2011/Jul/08 | Suggia International Award | Festival Suggia | Casa da Música | Oporto | Portugal | Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Michael Sanderling (conductor) | Notes | |
| Reflex II | Performance | 2011/May/15 | Temporada de Música Açores 2011 | Audtitório Luís de Camões | São Miguel (Azores) | Portugal | Ensemble 20/21, Pedro Figueiredo (conductor) | Filipe Dias (bass clarinet), Ângela da Ponte (live electronics) | Notes | |
| Reflex II | Premiere | 2011/May/14 | Temporada de Música Açores 2011 | Teatro Faialense | Faial (Azores) | Portugal | Ensemble 20/21, Pedro Figueiredo (conductor) | Filipe Dias (bass clarinet), Ângela da Ponte (live electronics) | Notes | |
| The Birth of Aphrodite | Performance | 2010/Sep/20 | Auditório do Conservatório do Porto | Porto | Portugal | Ensemble Contemporâneo do Porto, Jan Wierzba (conductor) | Notes | ||
| Circus | Performance | 2010/Sep/04 | Concurso Labjovem | Arco8 | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | Ismael Silva (percussion) | Notes | |
| EKIS III | Performance | 2010/Mar/26 | Teatro Micaelense | Ponta Delgada | Portugal | OJ.COM, Jacomo Bairos (conductor) | Notes | ||
| EKIS III | Premiere | 2010/Feb/20 | 8th Gulbenkian Orchestra Workshop for Young Composers | Culturgest | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra, Joana Carneiro (conductor) | Notes | |
| Era uma vez muitos… e mais um! | Premiere | 2009/May/30 | Children's Day | IPO, Hospital de S. João | Porto | Portugal | Ângela da Ponte, Carla Oliveira, Tiago Schwäbl, Marta Eufrázio, Renato Diz, Claudia Rodet, Duarte Silva, Miguel Carneiro, Dimitris Andrikopoulos (conductor) | Notes | |
| Circus | Premiere | 2008 | Licentiate Recital | ESMAE | Porto | Portugal | Rui Silva (percussion) | Notes | |
| The Birth of Aphrodite | Performance | 2007/Mar | Auditório de Lousada | Lousada | Portugal | ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ângela da Ponte (conductor) | Notes | ||
| Tímbla | Performance | 2007 | Peças Frescas Festival | Teatro Municipal São Luiz | Lisbon | Portugal | Rui Silva (timpani) | Notes | |
| The Birth of Aphrodite | Premiere | 2006/May | Teatro Helena Sá e Costa | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Contemporary Music Ensemble, Hugues Kesteman (conductor) | Notes | ||
| Tímbla | Premiere | 2006/May | Teatro Helena Sá e Costa | Porto | Portugal | Rui Silva (timpani) | Notes | ||
| Seis Aparições de Lenine sobre um Piano | Premiere | 2006/Feb | Teatro Helena Sá e Costa | Porto | Portugal | Luis Duarte (piano) | Notes | ||
| Silence | Premiere | 2005 | Festival de Curtas Metragens no Porto | Auditório Palácio de Cristal | Porto | Portugal | Notes | ||
