Event Detail

Henrique Portovedo performs Music for Alto Saxophone and Computer

Apneia, Dimitris Andrikopoulos 
Hotpo, Michael Edwards
emission_mayhem, Gustavo Gonçalves
Collapsed, Pierre Jodlowsky 

ElectroSax is a project presented by Henrique Portovedo for the international promotion of contemporary composers who have developed electroacoustic sonorities with the Saxophone as the solo instrument. The works explore the relationship between the sonorities of mechanical and electronic sources, and this project is supported by DGartes - Ministry of Culture of the Government of Portugal. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Henrique Portovedo was awarded with a Summa Cum Lauda PhD in the field of Science and Technology of the Arts (Performance and Computer Music) at the Portuguese Catholic University funded by FCT. Portovedo was Fulbright Researcher at the University of Santa Barbara Califonia, Erasmus Researcher at the University of Edinburgh, visiting researcher at the ZKM Karlsruhe and visiting researcher at McGill University Montreal. Master in Music Performance with Distinction by Trinity Laban London and Master in Music Pedagogy by the University of Aveiro, he was awarded with several prizes including by the Portuguese National Centre of Culture and the British Society for Education Music and Psychology. As performer and intermedia artist has presented multidisciplinary creations in festivals worldwide, while being soloist with some of the most relevant contemporary ensembles in Europe. Currently Portovedo is professor at University of Aveiro and Guest Professor at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Musica de Madrid.