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Simão Costa (n.1979 Lisboa), pianist and composer, intermedia artist. SOUND is the main object of his art making, being based on research of possibilities and dimensions of sound as a phenomenon. Simão Costa deals with its musical, phenomenological, perceptive, visual and cultural aspects, exploring the kinetic, mechanical and robotic potential by looking at sound as a plastic, tangible and physical material. Since 2004, he has been developing his authorial career (composition, improvisation, code, exhibitions / installations, circuit bending, data sonorisation) as solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians, visual artists, performers, actors, directors, dancers and choreographers. As a pianist, he has toured national and international stages, nevertheless Simão Costa is a multifaceted artist by definition. On the one hand he works on solo projects [π_ano PRE CAU TION PER CU SSION ON SHORT CIRCUIT, by SHHpuma records], exhibitions/ installations [Mute Galery in 2015 Silence and Synesthesia and 2018 Null Allele and Frequency], on the other he cultivates strong artistic partnerships in collectives like SAS Orkestra de Radios with Sónia Moreira and Ana Trincão, stage creations with the choreographer Yola Pinto, collections of installations and dance shows Dance of Inert Materials with Marta Cerqueira, or in various partnerships with the multidisciplinary artist João Calixto. He is a founding member and artistic director of the MãoSimMão - cultural association where he directs and produces some of his projects. We can find his work on stage, album / record, in code, galleries, museums, street, books, dealing with various expressions of contemporary music and visual arts. Simão Costa performs and creates individually and collectively since 2007. His work has been presented in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Estonia, Romania, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. He lives and works in Lisbon. EXTERNAL LINKS Simão Costa Updated on October 15th, 2019 |
Updated on October 15th, 2019
Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
DeCerto SerraMu | De Monfort University | URL | Leicester | United Kingdom | Notes | http://www.dmu.ac.uk/home.aspx | ||
Quando Eu Nasci | 2009 | Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal | URL | Seixal | Portugal | Notes | http://www2.cm-seixal.pt/pls/decomuseu/ecom_hpage | |
π_ano (4x) | 2008 | Miso Music Portugal | URL | Parede | Portugal | Notes | http://www.misomusic.com/ | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | 2006 | Miso Music Portugal | URL | Parede | Portugal | Notes | http://www.misomusic.com/ | |
Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | 1st prize | 34º International Competition of Electroacustic Music and Sound Art from Bourges | 2007 | Electroacoustic Music Internation Institut from Bourges | URL | Bourges | France | Notes | http://www.imeb.net | |
Oamis Tel | International Composition Competition | 3rd Prize | 2005 | Children's Art Centre | Poznan | Poland | Notes | |||
Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
Beat With Out Byte – (un)learning Machine | Premiere | 2021/May/22 | Convento dos Capuchos | Caparica – Almada | Portugal | Simão Costa (prepared piano) | Notes | ||
Beat With Out Byte – (un)learning Machine | Premiere | 2021/May/21 | Salão Brazil | Coimbra | Portugal | Simão Costa (prepared piano) | Notes | ||
DeCerto SerraMu | Premiere | 2013/Apr/14 | Ionian University | Corfu | Greece | Notes | |||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2011/May/19 | Electroacoustic Theatre - Sound Told Fairy Tales | Goethe-Institut | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Miso Studio (sound diffusion) | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2011/May/18 | Electroacoustic Theatre - Sound Told Fairy Tales | Goethe-Institut | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Miso Studio (sound diffusion) | Notes | |
π_ano (4x) | Performance | 2010/May/29 | Imaginarius - Street Theatre International Festival | Municipality Library | Santa Maria da Feira | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Nov/18 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | InstitutoFranco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Nov/14 | Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Nov/13 | Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Nov/12 | Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco Português - Phillippe Friedman | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Nov/11 | Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Nov/10 | Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Performance | 2009/Oct/17 | Contos Contados com Som | Cinema-Teatro Joaquim d'Almeida - Foyer 1 | Montijo | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Sep/13 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2009 Festival | EMS - Moinho de Maré de Corroios | Corroios | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Quando Eu Nasci | Premiere | 2009/Sep/12 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2009 Festival | EMS - Moinho de Maré de Corroios | Corroios | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Jun/19 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Jun/18 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Jun/17 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Jun/16 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
π_ano (4x) | Performance | 2009/Jun/02 | Artistic Residency / Opening Concert | Fábrica da Pólvora CPAI Artistic Experimental Centre | Oeiras | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2009/May/14 | Musica Electronica Nova Festival | Impart / Teatalna Room | Warsaw | Poland | Notes | ||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/May/08 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/May/07 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/May/06 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/May/05 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contados com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Apr/26 | Teatro Electroacústico - Contos Contadoos com Som | Instituto Franco-Português - Phillippe Friedman Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Apr/25 | Contos Contados com Som | Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações - Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2009/Apr/23 | Contos Contados com Som | Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações - Auditorium | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (narrator), Simão Costa (electronics), Miso Studio | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2009/Apr/15 | Rencontres //02 | Thêâtre des Bernardines | Marseille | France | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2009/Mar/07 | Miso Music Portugal / Miso Music Portugal Season 2009 | French-Portuguese Institut | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
π_ano (4x) | Performance | 2009/Feb/14 | Passear Contigo / Inaugural Concert | Fábrica da Pólvora CPAI Artistic Experimental Centre | Oeiras | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
π_ano (4x) | Performance | 2008/Dec/12 | 10th Metting of the Portuguese Association of Aduio Engeneering, aPEA / ortuguese Section of Audio Engineering Society, AES | Lisbon Engineering Superior Institut | Lisbon | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2008/Oct/24 | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | |||
π_ano (4x) | Performance | 2008/Sep/27 | Miso Music Portugal / Música Viva Festival 2008 | Belém Cultural Centre - Conference Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
IAVI\METRO4#1 | Other | 2008/Sep/20 | Miso Music Portugal / Música Viva Festival 2008 | elém Cultural Centre - Conference Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
π_ano (4x) | Premiere | 2008/Sep/20 | Miso Music Portugal / Música Viva Festival 2008 | elém Cultural Centre - Conference Centre | Lisbon | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2008/Jul/03 | Formas - Performing Arts Fair 2008 | Corredoura Space | Tavira | Portugal | Notes | ||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2008/Mar/05 | Viriato Theatre | Viseu | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo: story selection and adaptation, interpretation Ana Mandillo: interpretation Rosinda Costa: interpretation Simão Costa: live-electronics and sound diffusion Miguel Azguime, Paula Azguime: direction Miso Studio: programming | Notes | ||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2008/Mar/04 | Viriato Theatre | Viseu | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo: story selection and adaptation, interpretation Ana Mandillo: interpretation Rosinda Costa: interpretation Simão Costa: live-electronics and sound diffusion Miguel Azguime, Paula Azguime: direction Miso Studio: programming | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2008/Mar/01 | Miguel Bombarda Simultaneous Inaugurations | Fernando Santos Gallery - Workshop | Oporto | Portugal | Notes | ||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2008/Feb/14 | French-Portuguese Institute | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo: story selection and adaptation, interpretation Ana Mandillo: interpretation Rosinda Costa: interpretation Simão Costa: live-electronics and sound diffusion | Notes | |
π_ano | Performance | 2007/Nov/25 | Festival Audio Art 2007 | Academy of Music | Cracow | Poland | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Nov/25 | Audio Art Festival | Krzysztofory Gallery | Cracow | Poland | Notes | ||
π_ano | Performance | 2007/Nov/16 | Miso Music Portugal | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2007/Nov/13 | Miso Music Portugal | French-Portuguese Institute | Lisbon | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (performer), Ana Mandillo (performer), Rosinda Costa (performer), Simão Costa (live-electronics and sound projection) | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Nov/07 | MayDay Festival | Antwerp | Belgium | Notes | |||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Nov/06 | Mayday Festival | Antwerp | Belgium | Notes | |||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Performance | 2007/Sep/19 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2007 Festival | Casa da Música - Concert Hall 2 | Porto | Portugal | Ágata Mandillo (story selection and adaptation, performance) Rosinda Costa (performance) Simão Costa (electronics) Miguel Azguime (conception) Paula Azguime (conception and stage direction) | Notes | |
π_ano | Performance | 2007/Sep/18 | Miso Music Portugal - Música Viva 2007 Festival | Casa da Música - Cybermusica | Porto | Portugal | Simão Costa (piano) | Notes | |
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Jul/01 | Barco Parado Não Faz Viagem Festival | Bomba Suicída Estudio | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Jun/30 | Barco Parado Não Faz Viagem Festival | Bomba Suicída Estudio | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Jun/23 | En Pé de Pedra Festival | Galán Theatre | Santiago de Compostela | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Jun/22 | En Pé de Pedra Festival | Galán Theatre | Santiago de Compostela | Spain | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/May/19 | 2007 Alcains Youth Festival | Casa do Povo de Alcains | Castelo Branco | Portugal | Notes | ||
π_ano Project | Performance | 2007/Apr/06 | Electroacoustic Music Days | Arts House | Seia | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Mar/24 | 4 Seasons Festival - Spring | Sintra Theatre House | Sintra | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2007/Mar/23 | 4 Seasons Festival - Spring | Sintra Theatre house | Sintra | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Performance | 2006/Oct/18 | 30' Five Dances | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Modern Arts Centre / Multifunctional Room | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
Música para "Subterrâneos do Corpo" | Premiere | 2006/Oct/17 | 30' Five Dances | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Modern Arts Centre / Multifunctional Room | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | ||
A Estrela-do-Mar Foi Viajar | Premiere | 2006/Sep/24 | Música Viva 2006 Festival | Belém Cultural Centre - Black Box | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | Simão Costa (sound projection) | |
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Description of Activity | Designation | Period | Organization | URL | Venue | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | |
Other | Alto & Falante | 2004 - 2008 | Portugal | Notes | ||||||