Biography

Luis Tinoco (b. 1969, Lisbon) made his First Degree in composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He was then awarded with scholarships by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Centro Nacional de Cultura to complete a Masters degree in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, in London. Recently, he completed his PhD Music research at the University of York.

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Música

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Round Time
Orquestra Nacional do Porto, dir. Cesário Costa

Antipode
Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, dir.: Lorraine Vaillancourt

Next Train Approaching
(2º and. de "Mind the Gap"): Pedro Carneiro

Short Cuts (C), excerpt
Chicago Symphony soloists, cond. by. Cliff Colnot - (live performance)

Diptych - for piano and orchestra
António Rosado (pno.), Orquestra Nacional do Porto, dir.: Martin André

"Dr. Maxman" - 5th movement from "Spam!", for baritone and 16 musicians.
Mário Redondo (voz / voice); OrchestrUtopica, dir. René Bosc (gravação ao vivo / live performance recording)

"Forgotten Places" - 3rd mov.
Lontano Ensemble

"Trois Poèmes de l'Orient" - 3rd mov., excerpt
Eileen Hulse (sopr.), Lontano Ensemble, dir. Odaline de La Martinez

"Invention on Landscape", excerpt
Lontano Ensemble, dir. Odaline de La Martinez

Ends Meet - 4th movement
Pedro Carneiro (mar.) e Quarteto Arditti

Search Songs - 3rd movement
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Piia Komsi (sop.), dir. Martin André

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Feb 04 2012
ASQ celebrate their 25th anniversary with "Short Cuts"
Saturday, 04 February 2012
Established at the Royal Northern College of Music in 1985, the Apollo Saxophone Quartet set out to develop an original repertoire, drawing upon influences from a wide variety of cultures and disciplines, combining contemporary classical, jazz, folk and world music.
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They celebrate 25 years of being together by creating a program with their favourite music, including Short Cuts, commissioned by the group to Luís Tinoco with funds made available by the Arts Council of England North West, and first performed at the Union Chapel, 1st December 2004 / Atlantic Waves Festival, in London.

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Short Cuts is published by the University of York Music Press and will be performed at the Great Hall of LICA - Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, on the 2nd of Feb.; and at the Axis Arts Centre, in Manchester, on the 1st of March.
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Jan 01 2012
Tinoco on Youtube
Sunday, 01 January 2012
Click on the following links to watch and hear some fragments of chamber, stage and orchestral music:
 
Search Songs - orchestral songs
Round Time (fragment 1) - symphony orchestra
Round Time (fragment 2) - symphony orchestra
Diptych - for piano and orchestra
The Fast Road - speaker and orchestra
Three Raindrops - speaker and orchestra
Antípoda - chamber orchestra
Invention on Landscape - chamber orchestra
Before Spring - chamber orchestra
  Paint Me (1) - opera
Paint Me (2) - opera
Evil Machines - music theatre
Dr. MaxMan (5th mov. from "Spam!") - voice & ensemble
Trois Poèmes de L'Orient - soprano & chamber ensemble
O Curso das Águas - chamber
Ends Meet - chamber
Lugares Esquecidos - chamber
Short Cuts - chamber
Mind the Gap - marimba solo
 
Dec 17 2011
"Journeys of a Lonely Dreamer" book released
Saturday, 17 December 2011
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Marking the World première of the Journeys of a Lonely Dreamer at the Casa da Música, the Imprensa Nacional da Casa da Moeda releases the book with the novel written by Almeida Faria (first published in 1982 by the Contexto Editora). This reedition also includes the new version of the text that Almeida Faria created for the score composed by Luís Tinoco.  
 
Dec 16 2011
"Journeys of a Lonely Dreamer" - World première
Friday, 16 December 2011
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With music composed by Luís Tinoco setting a text by Almeida Faria, the Casa da Música / Educational Department will give the World première of "Os Passeios do Sonhador Solitário" (Journeys of a Lonely Dreamer).
This work, commissioned by the Casa da Música Foundation will be performed by Ana Quintans (soprano), João Pedro Vaz (narrator), S. Tomé Choir and the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, conducted by Pedro Neves.

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Performances on the 16th (9 p.m.) and the 17th (6 p.m.) at the Sala Suggia - Casa da Música

Sound projection and electronics: Filipe Lopes
Video: Jérôme Bosc
 
Nov 19 2011
Vintage and Carneiro will perform "Short Cuts D"
Saturday, 19 November 2011
On the 19th November - 9 p.m., at the FEUP auditorium in Porto, the Vintage Quartet will mark their 10th anniversary with a recital that includes "Short Cuts D" for clarinet quartet and marimba.
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In this recital, the Vintage musicians (in the photo, from left to right) José Eduardo Gomes, João Moreira, Iva Barbosa e Ricardo Alves will be joined by the percussionist Pedro Carneiro.
   
 
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