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Title: Themes For The Pavilion Of The Future

Artist: João Pedro Oliveira

Composer: João Pedro Oliveira

João Pedro Oliveira is one of the most prominent Portuguese composers of his generation. He began his music studies at the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon where he studied organ performance. From 1985 to 1990 he moved to the US as a Fulbright student, with a fellowship from Gulbenkian Foundations, where he completed a PhD and two MA’s in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook.

The main prizes awarded to him so far include:

Magisterium Prize in Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition (France) – 2008

Giga Hertz Award. 2008.

1st Prize in Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition (France) – 2007

1st Prize in Roma Soundtrack Competition (Italy) – 2007

1st Prize in Yamaha-Visiones Sonoras Competition (Mexico) – 2007

1st Prize in Musica Nova competition (Czech Republic) – 2007

1st Prize in Metamorphoses competition (Belgium) – 2006

Honorable Mention in Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition (France) – 2005

Selected work in Tribune Internacionale de Musique Electroacoustique (Italy) – 2005

1st Prize in Musica Nova competition (Czech Republic)- 2005

2nd Prize in S. Paulo Electroacoustic Music Competition (Brasil) – 2005

1st Prize in Earplay competition (USA) – 2003

1st Prize in Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition (France) – 2002

1st Prize in Alea III Competition (USA) – 1996

Oliveira is Senior Professor at Aveiro University (Portugal), teaching composition, electroacoustic music and analysis. He has published several articles in journals, and has written a book about analysis and 20th century music theory. Through this work he has contributed to the development of a new generation of Portuguese composers, and many of his students have also received national and international awards.

Recently he has been exploring the possibilities of interaction between instrumental and electroacoustic sounds, and most of his recent works use both media

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