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Ricardo Ribeiro was born in 1971 in Aveiro. He had his music education (saxophone and voice) at the Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory in the same city. In 1996 he obtained the Composition Degree in Composition at the Lisbon Superior School of Music where he was student of António Pinho Vargas and Christopher Bochmann. In 1998 he concluded the postgraduate studies in Composition (Corsi Internazionali Biennali de Alto Perfezionamento) with Franco Donatoni in Italy.
Between 1998 and 2002 Ricardo Ribeiro lived in Paris where, under the direction of Emmanuel Nunes, he continued his work in composition and research. Since then, and after having studied with Franco Donatoni and Tristan Murail, Emmanuel became a determining influence in his creative path as composer. In parallel to the already referred education, he also attended different courses and composition seminars directed by composers such as Magnus Lindberg, Philippe Manoury, Jonathan Harvey, Salvatore Sciarrino and Brian Ferneyhough, among others.
In 2003 at the University of Nice Sofia Antipolis he received the Master’s Degree in Esthétique et Pratique des Arts, under the direction of Antione Bonnet and with the thesis Invention et développement mélodique dans l’oeuvre Einspielung I (1979) d’Emmanuel Nunes. Presently at the Rennes 2 University he is preparing with the same tutor his Doctoral thesis under the subject, Dimensions complémentaires constitutives du temps. In order to follow his academic path the composer received various scholarships, that is at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (from 1997 to 2001) and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (from 2002 to 2006).
Ricardo Ribeiro’s works have been presented around the world, having been commissioned by different European institutions in France, Italy, Denmark and Portugal, among others.
During seven years, between 2002 and 2009, Ricardo Ribeiro practically stopped composing, in order to find new ways of writing and approaching music. This also led him to the decision to withdraw many works from his catalogue. This period was a time of transition from the complexity and density towards simplicity and space, which nowadays define his music, in accordance with the motto: “to express the maximum with the minimum”. From the works composed before 2002, following the composer’s decision, many were withdrawn from the catalogue even though they had their public performances.
Nowadays in composition Ricardo Ribeiro uses spectral techniques, giving a lot of attention to the search of new qualities in music. He uses elements such as repetitions and “articulation of the material”, in this sense becoming close to composers such as Beat Furer or Pierluigi Billone. In this new phase one should emphasize various chamber music pieces and for solo instruments with or without electronics, that is, Intensités for clarinet and live electronics, written still in 2001, revised in 2006 and rehabilitated in 2009, recorded by Nuno Pinto on the Miso Records CD, Portuguese Music for Clarinet and Electronics; Ostinati (2010) for cello and live electronics, recorded by Filipe Quaresma on the CD, Portuguese Music for Solo Cello; In Nuce (2011) for saxophone and live electronics; In Limine (2011) for five instruments and live electronics as well as Asper (2016) for five instruments, both works commissioned by the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble.
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Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
Composition pour Orchestre de Chambre nº2 | 2002 | Aarhus Festuge / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (co-funding) | Notes | |||||
Recit II | 2021 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://artenotempo.pt | |
Canora belicosa – parte I | 2020 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://artenotempo.pt | |
Chalybis Geometriae | 2020 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | http://www.artenotempo.pt/ | |
Epitaph | 2018 | Arte no Tempo | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://artenotempo.pt | |
Kreise | 2020 | Belém Arts Centre | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.ccb.pt/Default/pt/Inicio | |
Antinomias | 2020 | Commission by the Aveiro Municipality, proposed by the Arte no Tempo | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | |||
Silence des Couleurs | Filipe Lima | Notes | ||||||
Quase Ostinato [2010] | Filipe Quaresma/Quinta das Bageiras | Notes | ||||||
In Nuce [2011] | Gilberto Bernardes | Notes | ||||||
In Limine | 2011 | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble | URL | Parede | Portugal | Notes | http://www.sondarte.com/ | |
Asper | 2016 | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.sondarte.com | Commission: Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble · Direcção-Geral das Artes |
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Soixante et une secondes oranges | Yves De Vresse | Notes | ||||||
Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
Composizione per Orchestra da Camera nº1 [1997] | New Music Competition | 1st Prize | 2001 | New Music journeys / Joao Jacinto Magalhaes Fundation | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | http://event.ua.pt/novamusica/workshop01.html | Jury president: Beat FURRER |
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Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Quadro III [1996] | Premiere | 4th ELIA Conference | Sao Luiz Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
Recit II | Premiere | 2023/Jun/16 | Lisboa Incomum | Lisbon | Portugal | João Dias (percussion) | Notes | ||
Antinomias | Premiere | 2021/May/30 | Contemporary Music Reencounters 2021 | Igreja de Jesus | Museu de Aveiro / Santa Joana | Aveiro | Portugal | Henrique Portovedo (direction), ad hoc vocal group (Carla Costeira, João Mendes, José Pedro Bola, Sofia Borras, Maria João Balseiro, Matilde Andrade, Ricardo Mendes, Tiago Matos) | Notes | |
Recit II | Partial premiere | 2021/May/30 | Contemporary Music Reecnounters 2021 | Igreja de Jesus | Museu de Aveiro / Santa Joana | Aveiro | Portugal | Mário Teixeira (percussion) | Notes | |
Canora belicosa – parte I | Premiere | 2021/May/23 | Contemporary Music Reencounters 2021 | Igreja de Jesus | Museu de Aveiro/ Santa Joana | Aveiro | Portugal | Ricardo Gaspar (viola), Henrique Costa (tuba) | Notes | |
Chalybis Geometriae | Premiere | 2020/Nov/12 | Autumn Festivals | University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Magnet Duo · Mário Teixeira and Nuno Aroso (percussion) | Notes | |
Kreise | Premiere | 2020/Aug/30 | Averio_Síntese 2020 | Igreja da Misericórdia | Aveiro | Portugal | ars ad hoc · string quartet Álvaro Pereira and Diogo Coelho · violin Ricardo Gaspar · viola Pedro Vaz · cello |
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Epitaph | Premiere | 2019/Mar/17 | Contemporary Music Reencounters | Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro | Portugal | Dinis Sousa, direction; music students from around Portugal | Notes | |
Recit I | Premiere | 2019/Feb/22 | ON – Neue Musik Köln | Cologne | Germany | Nuno Aroso · percussion | Notes | ||
Asper | Performance | 2019/Jan/17 | Art's Birthday 2019 | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble Pedro Carneiro · musical direction Sílvia Cancela · flute Nuno Pinto · clarinet Vítor Vieira · violin Luís André Ferreira · cello Elsa Silva · piano Ricardo Ribeiro · electronics |
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Prima Materia | Premiere | 2018/Dec/30 | 1st Itinerant Percussion Festival | Centro Cultural e de Congressos | Aveiro | Portugal | Joaquim Osório, Francisco Vieira, Francisco Cipriano, Beatriz Sousa, Henrique Ramos (Riques Ramos), Bruno Domingos, Alexandre Silva · percussion Mário Teixeira · musical direction |
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Asper | Premiere | 2017/May/20 | Festival Música Viva 2017: Encontro I - Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisboa | Portugal | Pedro Neves, conductor Sílvia Cancela, flute Nuno Pinto, clarinet Elsa Silva, piano Suzanna Lidegran, violin Luís André Ferreira, cello |
Notes | (complete version premiere) |
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Zillij | Premiere | 2017/Apr/26 | ENTREculturalidades / INTERtextualidades | Auditório do DeCA, Universidade Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Performa Ensemble: David Lloyd, violin and viola de arco Helena Marinho, piano Jaroslav Mikus, cello Jorge Salgado Correia, flutes |
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Asper | Partial premiere | 2016/May/20 | Música Viva 2016 Festival | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Petter Sundkvist, musical direction Sílvia Cancela, flute Nuno Pinto, clarinet Elsa Silva, piano Suzanna Lidegran, violin Luís André Ferreira, cello |
Notes | premiere of Part 1 |
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In Limine | Premiere | 2011/Dec/02 | Centro Cultural de Cascais | Cascais | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble: Sílvia Cancela (flute), Nuno Pinto (clarinet), Suzanna Lidegran (violin), Nelson Ferreira (violoncello), Ana Telles (piano), Ricardo Bernardes (electronics), Franck Ollu (conductor) | Notes | ||
In Nuce [2011] | Premiere | 2011/Mar/31 | 6th Concert from Oficina Musical 2010/2011 | Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo do Porto | Porto | Portugal | Gilberto Bernardes (saxophone), Rui Dias (Electronics) | Notes | |
Birthday Fragment | Performance | 2010/Dec/04 | 150 Years Japan-Portugal / Republic Centenary | Cascais Cultural Centre | Cascais | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble, Pedro Neves (conductor) | Notes | |
Quase Ostinato [2010] | Premiere | 2010/Oct/09 | Suggia Festival | Oporto | Portugal | Filipe Quaresma (violoncello) | Notes | ||
Birthday Fragment | Premiere | 2010/Jun/12 | 2010 - Miso Music Portugal "25 years" - Cascais' Days | Cascais Cultural Centre | Cascais | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble, Pedro Neves (conductor) | Notes | |
Intensités [2001/09] | Performance | 2009/Sep/13 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva Festival 2009 | Centro Cultural de Belém - Small Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Nuno Pinto (clarinet) | Notes | |
Intensités [2001/09] | Premiere | 2009/Mar/06 | Miso Music Portugal Season in Residence at Instituto Franco-Português | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Nuno Pinto (clarinet), Miguel Azguime (electronics) | Notes | |
Intensités [2001] | Performance | 2008/Jul/10 | José Rodrigues Foundation | Porto | Portugal | Nuno Pinto (clarinet) | Notes | ||
Intensités [2001] | Performance | 2008/Jun/20 | Manuel Correia Botelho Foundation | Vila Real | Portugal | Nuno Pinto (clarinet) | Notes | ||
Intensités [2001] | Premiere | 2006/Oct/24 | Autumn Festivals '06 | Aveiro Museum | Aveiro | Portugal | Nuno Pinto (clarinet) | Notes | |
Composition pour Orchestre de Chambre nº2 | Performance | 2003/Mar/21 | 1st Gulbenkian Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers | Culturgest | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra, Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor) | Notes | |
Composition pour Orchestre de Chambre nº2 | Premiere | 2002/Sep/05 | Aarhus Festival | Denmark | Aarhus Sinfonietta | Notes | |||
Composizione per Orchestra da Camera nº1 [1997] | Premiere | 2001/Dec/19 | New Music Journeys / 5th Edition | Serralves Museum | Oporto | Portugal | Interpretation Stage Orchestra, Beat Furrer (conductor) | Notes | |
Silence des Couleurs II | Premiere | 2001/Aug/06 | Arhus Festuge 2001 | Denmark | Notes | ||||
Silence des Couleurs | Premiere | 2001/May/15 | Art Cité | Paris | France | Notes | |||
Gravura [1994] | Premiere | 1997/Jun | Lousada Cultural Centre | Lousada | Portugal | Vasco Rodrigues | Notes | ||
Ex Alto [1997] | Premiere | 1997/Jun | Lousada Cultural Centre | Lousada | Portugal | Vasco Rodrigues (percussion), Rosário Valido (percussion) | Notes | ||
Nénia para Quatro Cordas e um Sobrevivente [1995] | Premiere | 1996/Jan/10 | Lisbon Superior School of Music | Lisbon | Portugal | Basso Ensemble | Notes | ||
Coda [1995] | Premiere | 1996/Jan/10 | Lisbon Superior School of Music | Lisbon | Portugal | Basso Ensemble | Notes | ||
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Teaching | Teacher | 1996 - 1997 | Choral Phydellius Music School | Choral Phydellius Music School | Torres Novas | Portugal | Notes | He also had functions as a vocal trainer in the choir of this institution | ||
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Name of Grant/ Residency/Scholarship | Period | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | ||
Scholarship | 1996 - 1997 | Manuel de Falla Course | Granada | Spain | Notes | |||
Scholarship | 1996 - 1997 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.gulbenkian.pt/ | Scholarship given for the frequence of the European Course in Composition (Brescia, Italy) |
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