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Tereza's Dreams for 8 players will be premièred by members of the London Chamber Orchestra conducted by Fergus Macleod on 17th May 2013 at the Cadogan Hall in London |
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A live recording of the orchestral work Contraluz was broadcast on 2nd April on London radio art station Resonance FM, in a programme dedicated to the music of composers in the London Symphony Orchestra Soundhub scheme |
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Contraluz was performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maxime Tortelier at the South West Composers Day on 2nd March 2013. This whole-day event took place at the Lighthouse in Poole and was led by composer and conductor James MacMillan |
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Pedro Faria Gomes is an Associate Composer of the London Symphony Orchestra Soundhub since September 2012 |
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Contraluz for symphony orchestra was premièred by the Fundação Orquestra Estúdio conducted by Miguel Graça Moura on 14th September. This new work has been commissioned by Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture |
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A live recording of Nachtmusik performed by Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) and Mary Wu (piano) in May 2011 in Hong Kong is now available on Naxos Music Library and Naxos Video Library, and for download on ClassicsOnline |
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Elegia for solo cello was released on CD in September by Fundação GDA, performed by Gonçalo Guedes Silva. Elegia was commissioned in 2007 by the Rádio e Televisão de Portugal / Antena 2 as a compulsory piece for the Prémio Jovens Músicos, which celebrated in 2012 its 25th anniversary |
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Memória for clarinet and piano has been commissioned by clarinettist Wesley Ferreira for a CD project to be recorded in November 2012 |
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The music of Pedro Faria Gomes was featured on radio Antena 2's contemporary music programme Geografia dos Sons, on 3rd June 2012. Recordings of Espera, Returning and Elegia were broadcast, with an introduction by composer Luís Tinoco
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A new version of Dual was premièred by Sophie Stanley (viola), Raman Ramakrishnan (cello) and Ji Hye Jung (marimba) at the Hong Kong City Hall Theatre as part of The Intimacy of Creativity 2012, on 6th May 2012 |
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Contours for ensemble was premièred at the Philharmonia Orchestra's Bartók Festival, Infernal Dance, in London, 15th November 2011 |
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The Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa performed Thanatos at the Royal College of Music (London) on 11th November 2011 |
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Pianist and composer Ming-Hsiu Yen gave the asian première of Variações-Fantasia for solo piano at the Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall in Hong Kong on 20th October |
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Elegia for solo cello was performed on 7th October by Prémio Jovens Músicos prize-winner Gonçalo Guedes Silva, at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. The concert was broadcast live on Portuguese radio Antena 2 |
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In 2011-12 Pedro Faria Gomes was Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Composition and Music Theory at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
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In April and May, performances of Nachtmusik with Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) and Mary Wu (piano), as a guest composer at the Intimacy of Creativity Festival in Hong Kong |
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