(b. 1968, Coimbra).

Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere; he is also active as a writer.

Mr. Azevedo studied composition with Fernando Lopes-Graça at the Academia de Amadores de Música in Lisbon from 1975–87. He then studied composition with Constança Capdeville at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa from 1987–90 and completed his doctoral studies in composition there with Christopher Bochmann in 2003.

Among his honours are the Prémio Joly Braga Santos (three times; category of chamber music and category of orchestral music, 1991; category of chamber music, 1994), First Prize in the competition of Juventude Musical Portuguesa (1992), the United Nations Prize (1994), the Prémio Fernando Lopes-Graça from the city of Tomar (twice, 1997–98), and Second Prize in the competition Schiedmayer in Stuttgart (1998). In addition, his music has represented Portugal three times at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1992, 1999–2000) and has been performed in Bulgaria, Canada, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the UK.

As a writer, he has contributed articles to numerous publications in Portugal and abroad, including the ISCM New Music Magazine and The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He has written the books A Invenção dos Sons (1999, Caminho) and Manuscrito encontrado atrás de um Piano (2002). He also regularly writes programme notes for CDs, festivals and institutions.

He is also active in other positions. He collaborated with RDP in Lisbon from 1993–99 and has again collaborated there since 2002. He has been a member of the Centro de Estudos Sociais e de Estética Musical (CESEM) since 1998 and of the Conselho das Artes do CNC since 2000. He founded the musical society SCORE in 2001, whose objective is to promote new music from Portugal throughout Europe.

He taught as a professor at the Academia de Música Luísa Todi, the Academia de Amadores de Música and the Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, all from 1987–95, and served as vice-president of the Academia de Amadores de Música in 1994–95 and from 1998–2000. He has taught as a professor at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa since 1993.

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL:

Coral I, 1991

Monodrama, basset horn, small orchestra (25 clarinets), 1995

Concertino, clarinet, string orchestra, 1996

Concertino, piano, string orchestra, 1996

Tranquilo, 1997

Sinfonietta, string orchestra, 1997

Three English Country Tunes, string orchestra, 1997

Keep Going I, 1998

Festa, 1998

Concerto grosso No. 1, string orchestra, 1998

Down by the Cliff on the Seashore, 1998

Atlas' Journey, small orchestra (15 players), 1998

Suite, string orchestra, 1999

5 Melodias populares, string orchestra, 1999

Suite Simples, string orchestra, 1999

Simple Airs and Simple Jigs, string orchestra, 1999

Keep Going II, 2000

The Leaves be Greene: Simple Variations on a Ground of William Byrd, viola, string orchestra, 2000

Wanderweg, string orchestra, 2000

Let's String Again, string orchestra, 2000

Concerto, 2 pianos, orchestra, 2001

Concertino, piano, small orchestra (14 players), 2001

Concerto for a Holly-Wood Instrument, marimba, string orchestra, 2001

Concerto No. 1, trumpet, string orchestra, 2001

Concerto, harpsichord, string orchestra, 2001

Overture from 'Love's Labour's Lost', 2002

Variações sobre um Tema de Paganini, 2002

Mexican Dance, violin, orchestra, 2002

Eine Mozart-Sinfonie, 2002

Pequena Suite, recorder, string orchestra, 2002

A Christmas Carol: The Friendly Beasts, string orchestra, 2002

Concerto grosso No. 2, string orchestra, 2002

Suite Concertante, recorder/flute, string orchestra, 2003

Chôrinho, string orchestra, 2003

Concerto, 4 violins, string orchestra, 2003

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Sonatina, violin, piano, 1988

Passacaglia sobre um Tema de Paul Hindemith, violin, piano, 1988

Monumentum pro Góra Kalwaria, 4 clarinets, 1992

Trans, 4 clarinets, 1994

Des cristaux et de la lumière..., flute, 1994

Clerckenwell's Brass Overture, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, percussion, 1994

Officium Defunctorum, string quartet, 1994

Sonatina, flute, piano, 1995

Sonatina, oboe, piano, 1995

Sonatina, clarinet, piano, 1995

Sonatina, bassoon, piano, 1995

Sonatina, recorder, piano, 1995

Sonatina, cello, piano, 1995

Trio, flute, oboe, bassoon, 1995

Quarteto, flute, oboe, bassoon, piano, 1995

Quinteto de Clarinete, clarinet, string quartet, 1996

Lauf/Ablauf, clarinet, 1996

Suite, 3 flutes, 1996

Sonatina, flute, piano, 1996

Seguidilla, flute, guitar, 1996

7 Lembranças para Lopes-Graça, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1997

Coda, English horn, viola, double bass, piano, 1997

Ricordo, viola, double bass, piano/celesta, 1997

3 Mecanismos, French horn, piano, 1998

Nocturnal, marimba, 1998

Coro, clarinet, piano, crotales, 1998

Aspetto, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1998

Another Purcell Realisation: A Birthday Card for Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1998

Suite de Danças, 3 clarinets, 1998

Serenata, flute, oboe, bassoon, 1998

Jacques sa Sonate, dite La Tourterelle, 2 recorders, harpsichord, 1998

Fermo, harp, 1999

Agio, clarinet, 1999

Flair, recorder/flute, 1999

Chiapoaxaca, marimba, 1999

7 Bagatelas, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 1999

Pastoral, 2 oboes, English horn, 1999

Concertino, harpsichord, 5 players, 1999

Sonatina de Estio, recorder, violin, viola, cello, harpsichord, 1999

Ardentia, celesta, 1999 (also version for piano)

Inprint, clarinet, 2000

Sonata, viola, 2000

Chipping Norton, 8 November 1950: A Birthday Card for Christopher Bochmann, flute, clarinet, French horn, trombone, 2000

Preludio a una siesta, marimba, 2000

3 Peças, violin, piano, 2000

Sonata, guitar, 2001

Sequenza prima, piano, string quartet, 2001

Sequenza ultima, oboe, 10 players, 2001

Croatian Strings, 3 guitars, 2001

Metamorfoses sobre la 'Fantasia X' de Mudarra, harp, ensemble (2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos), 2001

Quarteto de cordas No. 1, 'dos meus velhos cadernos', string quartet, 2001

Petit choral à la mémoire d'Igor Stravinsky, guitar, 2001

Melodias e Danças, violin, piano, 2002

Twelve Sequences around the Clock, oboe, string quartet, 2002

Divertimento Concertante, 3 trumpets, 2002

Three American Portraits, clarinet obbligato, ensemble (flute, harp, violin, viola, cello), 2002

Sonatina giocosa, trumpet, harpsichord, 2002

Arianne dans son Labyrinthe, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, piano, 2002

Quinteto, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, double bass, 2003

Quarteto com Piano, violin, viola, cello, piano, 2004

CHORAL:

Ave Maria (2 settings), mixed chorus, 1993

3 Cantos de Natividade, children's chorus, 1995

5 Canções regionais portuguesas (1a série), mixed chorus, 1996

5 Cantigas de Bichos (1a série), children's chorus, piano, 1996

O Magnum Mysterium, mixed chorus, 1997

Virgem da Lapa, male chorus, 1997

3 Cantos sacros portugueses, mixed chorus, 1997

Cantigas de Bichos (2a série), children's chorus, piano, 1997

5 Canções regionais portuguesas (2a série), mixed chorus, 1998

O Magnum Mysterium, female chorus, 1999

5 Canções das Ilhas dos Açores, mixed chorus, 1999

Rocking, female chorus, 1999

5 Cantigas de Bichos (3o série), children's chorus, piano, 1999

5 Cantigas de Bichos (4o série), children's chorus, piano, 1999

Pequeno Madrigal Amatório, 3 female voices, 2000

Ave Maria, 3 female voices, 2001

Três Natais, mixed chorus, piano, organ ad libitum, 2002 (also version for mixed chorus, organ ad libitum, string orchestra, 2002)

Quatro Melodias de Coimbra, voice, mixed chorus, trumpet, Portuguese guitar, orchestra, 2003

Cantata Nativitas, children's chorus, orchestra, 2003

VOCAL:

3 Canções americanas, voice, piano, 1990

3 Canções espanholas, voice, piano, 1992

Início, soprano, 2 clarinets, 1997

Nursery Rhymes, voice, French horn ad libitum, piano, 1998

PIANO:

Morning Landscapes, amplified piano, 1989

Sonata, 2 pianos/piano 4 hands, 1996

Concertino, 2 pianos, 1996

Aus der..., 1998

9 Peças rústicas–16 Sonatinas picolas–24 Invenções–Suite a Seixas–Suite Plateresca–6 Cânones miniaturas–10 Peças fáceis–Caleidoscópio–8 Invenções–6 Peças infantis–O livro dos pequenos pianistas–Bicharada–Ludus–19 Pequenas peças–3 Paródias–4 Retratos–2 Pequenos prelúdios–8 Peças para os Cinco Dedos–Pequena Suite–Miscelânea–20 Mazurkas–As 4 Estações–O livro da Luisinha–12 Valsas pitorescas–10 Peças polifónicas–Passeios pelo mundo–Caderno de Apontamentos para as Crianças–10 Danças antigas–Pianistas de Palmo e Meio, 1986–99

Suite Veraneja–Cubana–8 Peças, piano 4 hands, 1986–99

Ardentia, 1999 (version of work for celesta)

Ragtime, 1999

3 Bagatelas: Homenagem a György Ligeti, 2000

Style Variations on 'Sellinger's Round', 2000

Les horloges du diable, 2000

Jelly-Jam, 2001

ORGAN:

Prelúdio e Passacaglia, 1999

HARPSICHORD:

Recitativo arioso–Chaconne cymbalistica, 2000

Pop-Music, 2000

CARILLON:

In festo – Turris campanarum, 2001

ARRANGEMENTS:

Fuga 4 from Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080 (Johann Sebastian Bach), orchestra, 1997

A Fancy and Hornpipe (Henry Purcell), flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2000

Doctor Bull's My Selfe (John Bull), 2 recorders, harpsichord, 2000

Fantasia – A Espanhola (Octávio Sérgio Azevedo), Portuguese guitar, orchestra, 2004

DISCOGRAPHY

5 Cantigas de Bichos (1a série). Paula Coimbra/Pequenos Cantores da Academia de Amadores de Música (Academia de Amadores de Música: AAM 1, 1996)

Ricordo. Opus Ensemble (PortugalSom/Strauss: SP 4350, 2001)

Atlas' Journey. (Amberola: AMBC 7141)

Ragtime. (Afrontamento [book with CD])