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Azevedo, Sérgio (b. 1968, Coimbra). Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout 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 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. He has also attended courses with Gilbert Amy, Louis Andriessen, Mary Finsterer, Luca Francesconi, Philippe Manoury, Tristan Murail, Emmanuel Nunes, Jorge Peixinho, and Robert Sherlaw Johnson.

His honors include three Joly Braga-Santos prizes (chamber and orchestral categories, 1991; chamber, 1994), First Prize at the Juventude Musical Portuguesa (1992), the United Nations Prize (1994), two Fernando Lopes-Graça prizes (1997-98), and Second Prize in the Schiedmayer competition 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 and has written the books A Invenção dos Sons (1999, Caminho) and Manuscrito encontrado atrás de um Piano (2002). He also regularly writes notes for CDs, festivals and musical institutes.

Mr. Azevedo is also active in other positions. He collaborated with RDP in Lisbon from 1993-99 and has again 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 Portuguese music in 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 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.

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail address: sergio.aze@sapo.pt

Street address: Mr. Sérgio Azevedo, R. João de Barros, lote 21, 1^o Esq. Alapraia – São João do Estoril, 2765 Estoril, Portugal

Fax: + 3512 1466 5042

Cellular phone: + 3519 6339 7727

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

ORCHESTRAL: Coral I, 1991; Monodrama, basset horn, clarinet orchestra (25 players), 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

CHAMBER MUSIC: 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 celli), 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, flute, clarinet obbligato, 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 (1^a série), mixed chorus, 1996; 5 Cantigas de Bichos (1^a 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 (2^a série), children's chorus, piano, 1997; 5 Canções regionais portuguesas (2^a 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 (3^o série), children's chorus, piano, 1999; 5 Cantigas de Bichos (4^o 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 with string orchestra instead of piano, 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 celesta work); 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 and Chaconne cymbalistica, 2000; Pop-Music, 2000

CARILLON: In festo – Turris campanarum, 2001

ARRANGEMENTS: Fuga 4 from Die Kunst der Fuge (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 (1^a 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])

(Last updated on January 4, 2005)