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Fátima Fonte studied composition at the ESMAE (Porto) and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. She was also in India studying Hindustani Music with singer Aparna Gurav with a scholarship from the Oriente Foundation. Some of her pieces were played at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (United Kingdom), Gaudeaumus Music Week (the Netherlands), Atlante Sonoro Festival (Rome), and numerous Portuguese concert halls and theatres. In 2017-18 she was a Young Associated Composer at the São Carlos National Theatre in Lisbon; in 2019 the Gulbenkian Orchestra performed her piece Breve Desassossego. She's currently starting a doctorate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London). EXTERNAL LINKS Fátima Fonte's Official Website Last update: February 7th, 2020
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Last update: February 7th, 2020
| Title of work | Date | Commissioning body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column 0 | Invisible Column |
| Aurora | 2024 | Encontros Sonoros Atlânticos | URL | Portugal | Notes | https://franciscodelacerda.com/Encontros-Sonoros-Atlanticos-24 | ||
| coração acordeão | 2019 | Miso Music Portugal | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.misomusic.com | |
| Arabesco | 2007 | RTP – Antena 2 · Young Musician's Award | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.rtp.pt/antena2/premio-jovens-musicos | |
| Descalça | Sond'Ar-te Eletric Ensemble | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://www.sondarte.com | ||
| The Sleep Collector | 2022 | United Instruments of Lucilin | URL | Luxembourg | Notes | https://www.lucilin.lu | ||
| Era uma vez eu-alface | 2017 | Victor Córdon Studios/São Carlos National Theatre | URL | Lisbon | Portugal | Notes | https://tnsc.pt | |
| Title of work | Name of Award | Prize | Date | Awarding body | URL | Town | Country | Notes | Invisible Column | Invisible Column 2 |
| Branca estais colorada | Fernando Lopes-Graça International Composition Award | Honourable Mention | 2013 | Cascais Municipality and Portuguese Music Museum | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| A Civilização | 2nd International Composition Competition of Pávao de Varzim | 1st Award | 2007 | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Notes | ||||
| Work | Type | Date | Organization/Event | Local | Town | Country | Performer(s) | Notes | Invisible Column |
| Campanário | 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 (carillons) | Notes | |
| Aurora | Premiere | 2024/Sep/20 | Monte Brasil | Angra do Heroísmo | Portugal | Maat Saxophone Quartet Daniel Ferreira (soprano saxophone), Catarina Gomes (alto saxophone), Pedro Silva (tenor saxophone) e Mafalda Oliveira (baritone saxophone) |
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| Descalça | Premiere | 2023/May/05 | Música Viva Festival | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Sond'Ar-te Electric Ensemble · Camila Mandillo (soprano), Sílvia Cancela (flute), João Casimiro Almeida (piano) and Jorge Alves (viola) | Notes | |
| The Sleep Collector | Premiere | 2022/Sep/17 | 33,7 – A Two-Day Festival of New Music by Lucilin | Kulturfabrik | Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg | Païvi Kauffmann (flute), Guy Frisch (percussion), Ingrid Schoenlaub (violoncello) | Notes | |
| O concílio celeste | Premiere | 2021/Sep/18 | FIO – Festival Informal de Ópera | Museu Nogueira da Silva | Braga | Portugal | Jan Wierzba (music direction) | Notes | |
| coração acordeão | Premiere | 2019/Oct/22 | Antena 2 Recital | O'culto da Ajuda | Lisbon | Portugal | Duo Tágide Inês Simões · soprano; Daniel Godinho · piano |
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| Breve Desassossego | Premiere | 2019/Jul/13 | Composing for Voices [enoa Workshop] · Final Concert | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | Lisbon | Portugal | Gulbenkian Orchestra Pedro Neves · conductor Lara Martins · soprano Tiago Matos · baritone |
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| A Querela dos Grilos | Performance | 2019 | Auditório Vita | Braga | Portugal | Ana Santos · soprano; João Barros · baritone; Ana Freijo · piano; Ana Oliveira · cello; Frederic Cardoso · clarinet Tiago Schwäbl · libreto |
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| Sul | Performance | 2019 | São Carlos National Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Mark Simpson · musical direction |
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| Era uma vez eu-alface | Performance | 2019/Feb/16 | São Carlos National Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Mário João Alves · narration Diogo Costa · musical direction Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Story de Tiago Schwäbl |
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| Era uma vez eu-alface | Premiere | 2018/Feb/15 | Three Stories for Children | São Carlos National Theatre | Lisbon | Portugal | Mário João Alves . narrator José Eduardo Gomes . musical direction Portuguese Symphony Orchestra Joana Carneiro . chief conductor Story by Tiago Schwäbl |
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| ECO | Premiere | 2017 | São Paio Park | Vila Nova de Gaia | Portugal | Ana Isabel Oliveira · cello Sílvia Cancela · flute Angélica Salvi · harp Henrique Apolinário · violin |
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| A Querela dos Grilos | Performance | 2015 | Portugal | Contratempus Quartet com Job Tomé (baritone) Tiago Schwäbl · libretto |
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| A Querela dos Grilos | Premiere | 2014 | Esposende Municipal Auditorium | Esposende | Portugal | Contratempus Quartet with Job Tomé (baritone) Tiago Schwäbl · libretto |
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| A Bird in the Garden | Performance | 2013/Sep/03 | Gaudeamus Music Week | Zijdebalen Theater | Utrecht | Netherlands | orkest de ereprijs Gosia Stencel e Ginette Puylaert · sopranos Rob Vermeulen · musical direction |
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| Speechless | Premiere | 2013/Apr | Ostadetheater | Amsterdam | Portugal | Colectivo Spindlevine Sam Morris, Marin Millenaar and Simon Hodges · storytellers Fátima Fonte · instruments |
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| A Bird in the Garden | Premiere | 2013/Feb/22 | Theaterzaal Gigant | Apeldoorn | Netherlands | orkest de ereprijs Gosia Stencel and Ginette · Puylaert · sopranos Rob Vermeulen · musical direction |
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| Uma Aventura no Espaço | Premiere | 2013 | Campo Alegre Theatre | Porto | Portugal | Fátima Fonte with the Teatro de Ferro. | Notes | ||
| The Bird | Premiere | 2012/Jun/07 | Composers’ Festival | Conservatorium van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Laura Polence · voice Kasper Tarenskeen · actor Jan Hulst · direction |
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| The Fountain | Premiere | 2012/Jun/07 | Composers' Festival | Conservatorium van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Fátima Fonte, Laura Polence, Magdalena Golebiowska · voices Tiago Rosado · video |
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| Floating | Performance | 2012 | Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival | Huddersfield | United Kingdom | Icarus Ensemble | Notes | ||
| Floating | Premiere | 2012 | Reggio Emilia | Italy | Icarus Ensemble | Notes | |||
| Sul | Premiere | 2011/Jun/10 | Haitinkzaal · Conservatorium van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Nieuw Ensemble | Notes | ||
| Claro-Escuro | Premiere | 2011/Apr/16 | Atlante sonoro XXI | Ex-Mattatoio Piazza Giustiniani | Roma | Italy | Notes | ||
| Lavava y suspirava | Premiere | 2011 | Concertgebouw | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Nieuw Ensemble | Notes | ||
| In the Middle | Premiere | 2011 | Workshop · Atlas Academy 2011 | Conservatorium van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Elshan Mansurov (Azerbaijan, kamāncha), Gevorg Dabaghian (Armenia, duduk), Elchin Nagijev (Azerbaijan, tar), Bassem Alkhouri (Syria, qanun) and Ernestine Stoop (Holand, harp) | Notes | |
| Andaluz | Premiere | 2008/Jun | Open Rehearsal | Casa da Música | Porto | Portugal | Remix Ensemble Casa da Música | Notes | |
| Verão | Premiere | 2008/Mar | Alcoutim | Portugal | Algarve Orchestra | Notes | |||
| A Civilização | Premiere | 2007/Jul/21 | International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim | Municipal Auditorium | Póvoa de Varzim | Portugal | Camerata Senza Misura Raquel Camarinha · soprano |
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| Adormecer | Premiere | 2007/Feb | Helena Sá e Costa Theatre | Porto | Portugal | ESMAE Sinfonietta | Notes | ||
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Cover/edition title Document title |
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| Audio Music |
Fantasia | Tiago Matias Fátima Fonte · Prelúdio |
preludio
Fátima Fonte |
Arte das Musas |
2024 2024 |
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| Audio Music |
NMS Presents: Lockdown Listening Fátima Fonte · Floating (excerpt) |
floating
Fátima Fonte |
One Glass Eye Records/ Guildhall New Music Society |
2020 2020 |
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| Audio Music |
Zeta Potential Fátima Fonte · Floating (2012) |
floating
Fátima Fonte |
Huddersfield Contemporary Records |
2016 2016 |
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Photos / Images Drawing |
Fátima Fonte 2 |
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Photos / Images Photograph |
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Photos / Images Photograph |
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Scores |
Fátima Fonte · coração acordeão coração acordeão |
coracao acordeao
Fátima Fonte |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2023 2023 |
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Scores |
Fátima Fonte · The Sleep Collector The Sleep Collector |
the sleep collector
Fátima Fonte |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2023 2023 |
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Scores |
Fátima Fonte · Bagatelas Bagatelas |
bagatelas
Fátima Fonte |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2023 2021 |
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Scores |
Fátima Fonte · Cartas Portuguesas Cartas Portuguesas |
cartas portuguesas
Fátima Fonte |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2023 2020 |
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Scores |
Fátima Fonte · Branca estais colorada Branca estais colorada |
branca estais colorada
Fátima Fonte |
Centro de Investigação e Informação da Música Portuguesa |
2024 2013 |
