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Composer, media artist, and performer of electroacoustic music, Rui Penha was born in Porto in 1981. He completed his PhD in Music (Composition) at the University of Aveiro. His music is regularly recorded and played in festivals and concert halls around Europe and North America, by musicians such as Arditti Quartet, Peter Evans, Remix Ensemble, or the Gulbenkian Orchestra. He was a founder and curator of Digitópia (Casa da Música, Porto) and has a deep interest on the relationship between music and its technology. His recent production includes interfaces for musical expression, sound spatialisation software, interactive installations, musical robots, autonomous improvisers, and educational software. More recently, Rui has focused his attention on the problems of defining and guiding artistic research. He taught at several Portuguese institutions, in both music, art and engineering faculties, and is currently an assistant professor at ESMAE – Superior School of Music and Performance Arts (Porto) and researcher at CESEM – Centre for Studies in Music Aesthetics and Sociology (Lisbon). EXTERNAL LINKS Rui Penha Last update: January 4th, 2021 |
Last update: January 4th, 2021
| Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
| Bachs Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit | 2021 | Interferência | URL | Braga | Portugal | Notes | https://interferencia.pt | |
| Anamnese | João Dias (with support from Criatório - Porto) | Porto | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| A Ilha | 2017 | Miso Music Portugal (Sound Told Fairy Tales) | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.misomusic.com/index.php?lang=pt | |
| Auditorium | Nuno Aroso | Portugal | Notes | |||||
| The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity: on a speech by James Baldwin | 2020 | Performa Ensemble | URL | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | https://www.facebook.com/PerformaEnsemble | |
| Pendulum | 2012 | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble and Goethe-Institut Lisbon | URL | Parede | Portugal | Notes | http://www.sondarte.com/ | |
| Uma peça apropriada | 2021 | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble | URL | São Domingos de Rana | Portugal | Notes | https://www.sondarte.com | |
| Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
| Efeito Dominó I | Honour Award | 2004 | Música Viva 2004 Festival | URL | Rebelva | Portugal | Notes | http://www.misomusic.com | ||
| dhamara agni | Jorge Peixinho's Composition Competition Award 2003 | 2003 | Portugal | Notes | ||||||
| Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
| pas de deux | Premiere | 2024/Sep/21 | Obras Portuenses da Década de 20 (Sonoscopia/ Cultura em Expansão) | Campo dos Mártires da Pátria | Porto | Portugal | Abel Chaves and Ana Elias | Notes | |
| Uma peça apropriada | Premiere | 2022/Jun/18 | Formações Extraordinárias · Festas Lisboa 2022 | O'cutlo da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne; Rui Penha (electronics) Sílvia Cancela (flute); Nuno Pinto (clarinet); Vítor Vieira (violin); Filipe Quaresma (violoncello); João Casimiro Almeida (piano) |
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| The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity: on a speech by James Baldwin | Performance | 2022/Mar/18 | (In)visible Cities | Municipal House of Culture | Seia | Portugal | Jorge Salgado Correia (flute), Luís Bittencourt (vibraphone), Helena Marinho (piano) | Notes | |
| The Artist’s Struggle for Integrity: on a speech by James Baldwin | Premiere | 2022/Mar/17 | (In)visible Cities | Átrio da Música Foundation | Viana do Castelo | Portugal | Jorge Salgado Correia (flute), Luís Bittencourt (vibraphone), Helena Marinho (piano) | Notes | |
| Bachs Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit | Premiere | 2021/Dec/18 | Sons de Bolso | Mosteiro de Tibães | Braga | Portugal | Andrea Conangla (voice), Tiago Baptista (clarinet), José Silva (percussion), Nuno Areia (piano), Teresa Silva (viola) and Luís Neto (recording and sound mixing) | Notes | |
| A Ilha | Premiere | 2017/Dec/05 | Performances . Sound Told Fairy Tales | Teatro da Rainha | Caldas da Rainha | Portugal | Paula Azguime . sound diffusion Miguel Azguime . IT assistance Ana Baptista e Francisco Sales . narrators Miso Studio . technology |
Notes | Performances in the framework of the Sound Told Fairy Tales project (Miso Music Portugal) . December 5-7, 2017 . Caldas da Rainha |
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| en•harmónico | Premiere | 2017/May/07 | Reencontros de Música Contemporânea: Figurações sobrepostas + Peças para os RMC | Salão Nobre do Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro | Portugal | Frederica Campos, harp | Notes | |
| cellular | Premiere | 2015/Oct/26 | A.BEL New Interactive Music . Celebrations of INESC TEC 30 Years | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | André Dias (percussion), Gilberto Bernardes (saxophone) and Digitópia Collective . perfromance Digitópia Collective . Tiago Ângelo, Óscar Rodrigues, Nuno Hespanhol e Filipe Lopes (special guest) | Notes | |
| no man is an island | Performance | 2014/Dec/04 | CARA ANO ZERO | Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery - Teatro Municipal de Matosinhos | Matosinhos | Portugal | Gilberto Bernardes, saxophone | Rui Penha, electronics | Notes | |
| no man is an island | Premiere | 2014/Dec/03 | CARA ANO ZERO | Cine-Teatro Constantino Nery - Teatro Municipal de Matosinhos | Matosinhos | Portugal | Peter Evans, trumpet | Rui Penha, electronics | Notes | |
| Três Quadros | Performance | 2013/Nov/14 | Momentum 2013 Concert Cycle| FADO(s) | Dublin Institute of Technology | Conservatory of Music and Drama | Dublin | Ireland | Performa Ensemble | Jorge Salgado Correia (flute), Helena Marinho (piano) | Notes | |
| Três Quadros | Premiere | 2013/Nov/12 | Momentum 2013 Concert Cycle| FADO(s) | Rymer Auditorium | York | United Kingdom | Performa Ensemble | Jorge Salgado Correia (flute), Helena Marinho (piano) | Notes | |
| Pendulum | Premiere | 2012/Oct/10 | Musica Viva Festival 2012 / 2 International Forum for Young Composers | Goethe-Institut | Lisbon | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble Guillaume Bourgogne, conductor | Notes | |
| Peripatoi | Premiere | 2011/Dec/13 | Casa da Musica | Oporto | Portugal | Victor Pereira, Mário Teixeira, Jonathan Ayerst and António Augusto Aguiar | Notes | ||
| in many, many ears | Premiere | 2011/Jun/04 | Teatro da Vilarinha | Oporto | Portugal | António Carrilho | Notes | ||
| ex nihilo | Performance | 2011/Apr/10 | International Society for Contemporary Music - World New Music Days 2010 - Opening Concert | Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall | Zagreb | Croatia | biNg bang | Notes | |
| Efeito Dominó I | Performance | 2008/Nov/07 | Aveirense Theatre | Aveirense Theatre | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | ||
| Efeito Dominó I | Performance | 2008/Aug/26 | ICMC 2008 | Harty Room | Belfast | United Kingdom | Notes | ||
| Efeito Dominó I | Performance | 2008/Jul/12 | Belém Art Centre / Música Portuguesa Hoje | Belém Art Centre - Luís de Freitas Branco Room | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
| Perspective | Performance | 2007/Oct/27 | Belém Art Centre | Belém Art Centre - Small concert hall | Lisbon | Portugal | Pedro Carneiro (marimba) Arditti Quartet | Notes | |
| Perspective | Premiere | 2007/Oct/26 | Aveiro International Festival | Aveiro University Concert Hall | Aveiro | Portugal | Pedro Carneiro (marimba) Arditti Quartet | Notes | |
| Portrait | Premiere | 2007/Sep/22 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2007 Festival | Casa da Música - Rehearsal Room 2 | Porto | Portugal | Performa Ensemble | Notes | |
| Improvisação para 2 Músicos e "n" Computadores | Premiere | 2006/May | University of Aveiro - Communication and Arts Department - Hall | Aveiro | Portugal | Sérgio Calisto (cello, bouzouki), Rui Penha (electronics) | Notes | ||
| Coagulatio | Premiere | 2006/Apr | University of Aveiro - Communication and Arts Department - Hall | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | |||
| Calcinatio | Performance | 2005/Oct | Autumn Festivals | Aveiro | Portugal | Notes | |||
| Calcinatio | Premiere | 2005/Sep/20 | Música Viva 2005 Festival | Oeiras Centre for Social Support | Oeiras | Portugal | Momentum Ensemble: Joaquina Ly (soprano), Neuza Bettencourt (flute), Fernanda Amorim (oboe), César Cravo (clarinet), Pedro Fernandes (percussion), Helder Roque (percussion), Rute Simões (piano), Rodrigo Queirós (violin), Luísa Antunes (cello) Rui Penha (conductor) | Notes | |
| Efeito Dominó I | Performance | 2005/Mar | Archipel Festival | Genève | Switzerland | Notes | |||
| Sublimatio | Premiere | 2005/Jan/21 | Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers | Culturgest - Great Hall | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor) | Notes | |
| Efeito Dominó I | Premiere | 2004/Oct | 1st Cycle of Momentum Concerts | University of Aveiro - Department of Communication and Arts | Aveiro | Portugal | João Pedro Oliveira (sound projection) | Notes | |
| Vende-se | Premiere | 2004/Apr | International Music Festival of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Students from the Department of Communication and Arts of the University of Aveiro | Notes | ||
| Azimute | Premiere | 2004/Mar/19 | 2nd Young Composers Workshop | Culturgest - Great Hall | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor) | Notes | |
| dhamara agni | Premiere | 2003/Jul | "Celebrating Great Pianists" Festival | Adam Wodnicki (piano) | Notes | ||||
