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João Quinteiro is a Portuguese Composer and an Integrated Researcher at the CESEM (FCSH–UNL) where, in collaboration with the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz and the Luigi Nono Archive Foundation in Venice, he is undertaking his PhD in Artistic Studies – Art and Mediation, with the project Nono, Lachenmann, Mark Andre, the Performance of the Body as an Archetype Mechanism of Insurrection: a Genealogy of Opera after Darmstadt. It's integrated in the creation of the opera Regresso, under the orientation of Paula Ribeiro, Paulo Assis and Beat Furrer. In 2013 he concluded a Master's Degree in Composition at the University of Aveiro and a Master's Degree in Philosophy at the Nova University of Lisbon – FCSH. He studied composition with João Pedro Oliveira, Isabel Soveral, Emmanuel Nunes and Beat Furrer, having also contacted and worked in courses and seminars with composers, such as Brian Ferneyhough, Flô Menezes and Helmut Lachenmann. For the past five years João Quinteiro has taught Composition Analysis & Techniques and Acoustics at the Ourearte – Art and Music School of Ourem. He's member of the Directors' Board of the APC – Portuguese Association of Composers. João Quinteiro's music has been performed, commissioned and awarded by groups and performers, such as the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Lisbon Ensemble 20/21, the GMCL – Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, the OpuSpiritum Ensemble and the MISE-EN Ensemble. EXTERNAL LINKS APC – Portuguese Association of Composers |
Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
Penélope, meio-dia | 2023 | DME Project | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.projecto-dme.org | |
Dynamis | 2024 | GMCL / DGArtes | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.gmcl.pt/ | |
dois rios | 2018 | International Spring Music Festival of Viseu | URL | Viseu | Portugal | Notes | https://musicadaprimavera.pt | |
Yule | 2018 | OpuSpiritum Ensemble | URL | Portugal | Notes | https://www.opuspiritumensemble.com | ||
Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
Thánatos | 1st Prize (A Category) | 2nd GMCL / Jorge Peixinho International Composition Competition | 2015 | GMCL – Lisbon Contemporary Music Group | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | http://www.gmcl.pt/concurso-de-composicaocomposition-competition/ | |
Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Dynamis | Premiere | 2024/Oct/04 | GMCL · Filipe Pires 90 anos | Casa de Música Jorge Peixinho | Montijo | Portugal | GMCL – Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa Rui Pinheiro (conductor) | Notes | |
Regresso | Pre-premiere | 2024/Jun/02 | O’culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Laura Pimenta (Eurydice) Camila Mandillo (Penelope) Marco Ferreira (Hermes) Diogo Oliveira (Sisyphus) João Emanuel Silva (Prometheus) Miguel Azguime (Homero) Marco Fernandes (Percussion) Salomé Pais Matos (Harp) Henrique Portovedo (Saxophone) Francisco Martins (Accordion) Miguel Amaral (Portuguese Guitar) Clara Saleiro (Flute and Actress-Ariadne) Miguel Dias (Oboe/Double Acoustic) Tiago Mourato (Clarinet and Actor - Ícaro) Nuno Caetano (Horn) Tiago Pinheiro (Horn) Pedro Rolo (Trombone) Miguel Alves (Tuba) Nuno Pinto (Electric guitar and actor - Orfeu) Beatriz Costa (Violin) Ana Campos (Viola) Pedro do Carmo (Cello) Raquel Leite (Double bass) |
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Regresso | Performance | 2024/Jun/01 | O’culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Laura Pimenta (Eurydice) Camila Mandillo (Penelope) Marco Ferreira (Hermes) Diogo Oliveira (Sisyphus) João Emanuel Silva (Prometheus) Miguel Azguime (Homero) Marco Fernandes (Percussion) Salomé Pais Matos (Harp) Henrique Portovedo (Saxophone) Francisco Martins (Accordion) Miguel Amaral (Portuguese Guitar) Clara Saleiro (Flute and Actress-Ariadne) Miguel Dias (Oboe/Double Acoustic) Tiago Mourato (Clarinet and Actor - Ícaro) Nuno Caetano (Horn) Tiago Pinheiro (Horn) Pedro Rolo (Trombone) Miguel Alves (Tuba) Nuno Pinto (Electric guitar and actor - Orfeu) Beatriz Costa (Violin) Ana Campos (Viola) Pedro do Carmo (Cello) Raquel Leite (Double bass) |
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Regresso | Premiere | 2024/May/31 | O’culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Laura Pimenta (Eurydice) Camila Mandillo (Penelope) Marco Ferreira (Hermes) Diogo Oliveira (Sisyphus) João Emanuel Silva (Prometheus) Miguel Azguime (Homero) Marco Fernandes (Percussion) Salomé Pais Matos (Harp) Henrique Portovedo (Saxophone) Francisco Martins (Accordion) Miguel Amaral (Portuguese Guitar) Clara Saleiro (Flute and Actress-Ariadne) Miguel Dias (Oboe/Double Acoustic) Tiago Mourato (Clarinet and Actor - Ícaro) Nuno Caetano (Horn) Tiago Pinheiro (Horn) Pedro Rolo (Trombone) Miguel Alves (Tuba) Nuno Pinto (Electric guitar and actor - Orfeu) Beatriz Costa (Violin) Ana Campos (Viola) Pedro do Carmo (Cello) Raquel Leite (Double bass) |
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Pairs: à propos de l’interiorité | Premiere | 2024/Feb/29 | Nada Contra · Duo Francisco Cipriano – Mrika Sefa | O’culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Francisco Cipriano (percussion) Mrika Sefa (piano) |
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Penélope, meio-dia | Premiere | 2023/Nov/12 | Final presentation of the artistic residency by João Quinteiro and Salomé Pais Matos at Lisboa Incomum (DME Project) | Lisboa Incomum | Lisbon | Portugal | Salomé Pais Matos (harp) | Notes | Recording |
Imbolc | Partial premiere | 2023/Feb/11 | Theaterhaus Schille | Leipzig | Germany | Rui C. Antunes (violin), Jordi Albelda (cello), Nuno Pinto (electric guitar) | Notes | ||
Canção IV – “Echo, Wiederholung und Metamorphose” | Premiere | 2022/Nov/24 | Música Viva 2022 Festival · Antena 2 Recital | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Ipsis Duo: Clara Saleiro and Marina Camponês (flutes) | Notes | |
Oidhche Shamhna | Premiere | 2022/Feb/20 | Fábrica da Criatividade | Castelo Branco | Portugal | Kodu Percussion Group | Notes | ||
Sísifo, cinco da tarde | Performance | 2022/Jan/30 | Depurações para um Regresso | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Fernando Brites (accordion), Júlio Mesquita (speaker) | Notes | |
Sísifo, cinco da tarde | Premiere | 2022/Jan/29 | Depurações para um Regresso | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Fernando Brites (accordion), Júlio Mesquita (speaker) | Notes | |
Kein Pfad mehr | Premiere | 2021/Oct/08 | Croma · Ciclo de Música Contemporânea de Oeiras | Auditório Municipal Ruy de Carvalho | Carnaxide | Portugal | Students of the Ourearte – Arts and Music School of Ourém, Arts Academy of Chaves | Notes | |
Canção I – I Ascolta | Premiere | 2020/Dec/19 | VIII Festival Vertixe Sonora 2020 | EN RUTA 2020 | Centro Recreativo e Cultural de Torroso en Mos | Xarandela | Spain | VERTIXE SONORA Pablo Coello (saxophone) · Diego Ventoso (percussion) · Mateo Barcia (sonic diffusion) |
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Eurídice, sete da manhã | Premiere | 2020/Dec/09 | Música Viva 2020 – Emergency Extension | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Marco Fernandes (percussion); Teresa Doblinger (dance) | Notes | |
Energeia | Premiere | 2019/Jun/29 | New Music Marathon 2019 | ASF + Scandinavia House | New York | United States of America | ensemble mise-en | Notes | |
dois rios | Premiere | 2019/Apr/24 | International Spring Music Festival of Viseu | Teatro Viriato | Viseu | Portugal | >Duo Sigma Ana Cláudia Assis · piano; Miguel Rocha · cello |
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reflexos sobre a pele | Premiere | 2019/Feb/02 | Auditorium 2 – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Lisbon | Portugal | Lisbon Ensemble 20/21 Pedro Pinto Figueiredo · conductor |
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Yule | Premiere | 2018/Mar/19 | ESML – Music College of Lisbon | Lisbon | Portugal | OpuSpiritum Ensemble | Notes | ||
Hermes, nove da noite | Performance | 2017/Nov/16 | ENIM 2018 | Aveiro | Portugal | André Correia · saxophone | Notes | ||
Hermes, nove da noite | Performance | 2017/Nov/10 | ESMAE | Porto | Portugal | André Correia · saxophone | Notes | ||
Hermes, nove da noite | Premiere | 2017/Jul/15 | EurSax 2017 | Porto | Portugal | André Correia · saxophone | Notes | ||
Eros | Premiere | 2017/Mar/31 | Encontros Nova Música em Vila do Conde | Teatro Municipal de Vila do Conde | Vila do Conde | Portugal | Lisbon Ensemble XX/ XXI Pedro Pinto Figueiredo · conductor |
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Madrugada I | Partial premiere | 2016 | Cine-Teatro de Ourém | Ourém | Portugal | Orchestra of the 10th Ourearte Wind Orchestra Workshop Alberto Roque · conductor |
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Thánatos | Performance | 2015/Dec/04 | 2nd International GMCL/Jorge Peixinho Composition Competition | Cinema-Teatro Joaquim d'Almeida | Montijo | Portugal | GMCL – Lisbon Contemporary Music Group Vasco Azevedo · conductor |
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Thánatos | Premiere | 2015/Dec/03 | 2nd International GMCL/Jorge Peixinho Composition Competition | Electricity Museum | Lisbon | Portugal | GMCL – Lisbon Contemporary Music Group Vasco Azevedo · conductor |
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Energeia | Partial premiere | 2011/Jan/15 | Setúbal Municipality | Setúbal | Portugal | GMCL – Lisbon Contemporary Music Group Pedro Pinto Figueiredo · conductor |
Notes | Premiere of the first sketch | |
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Oidhche Shamhna | Partial premiere | 2009/Oct | DeCA – University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | University of Aveiro Percussion Quartet | Notes | Premiere of the first sketch | |
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Khatib’s Heart | Partial premiere | 2009/Jun | University of Aveiro | Aveiro | Portugal | Jorge Correia · saxophone Andrés Pérez e Leandro Teixeira · percussion |
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Peça com título gráfico III | Premiere | 2007/Jan/26 | 5th Gulbenkian Workshop for Young Portuguese Composers | Calouste Gulbenkian Fondation | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra Guillaume Bourgogne (conductor) | Notes | |
Type (+ sub-type) |
Cover/edition title Document title |
Authors | Referring to | Publisher | Date | |
Audio Music |
Ascolta I · Astrus Duo João Quinteiro · Canção I – I Ascolta |
cancao i - i ascolta
João Quinteiro |
MPMP Património Musical Vivo |
2022 2022 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Canção I – I Ascolta Canção I – I Ascolta, |
cancao i - i ascolta
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2022 2022 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · dois rios dois rios |
dois rios
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2022 2022 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Kein Pfad mehr Kein Pfad mehr |
kein pfad mehr
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2021 2021 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Thánatos Thánatos |
thanatos
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2020 2020 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Yule Yule |
yule
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2020 2020 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Eros Eros |
eros
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2019 2019 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Hermes, nove da noite Hermes, nove da noite, |
hermes, nove da noite
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa] |
2019 2019 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Madrugada I Madrugada I |
madrugada i
João Quinteiro |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2019 2019 |
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Scores |
João Quinteiro · Thánatos Thánatos |
thanatos
João Quinteiro |
AvA Musical Editions |
2015 2015 |