Composer, Performer and Instrument Builder born in 1998 (Braga, Portugal). Studied Piano and Composition at Braga

Gulbenkian Conservatory and did his bachelor in Composition at Lisbon Superior Music School.

Had masterclasses and workshops with: Ensemble Recherche, Tristan Murail, Thomas Adès, Alexander Schubert, John

Chowning, Rebecca Saunders, João Pedro Oliveira, Panayiotis Kokoras, Stefano Gervasoni, Stefan Prins, Carola

Bauckholt, Åke Parmerud.

His music as been played at: Arts Incubator (KOR), CEMI Circles (USA), Gaudeamus (NL), Matera Intermedia (IT),

Porgy & Bess (AUS), Festival Mixtur (ESP) and Casa da Música, Festival DME, Musica Viva Festival, São Carlos National

Theater, S. Luiz Theater, gnration (PT).

Has received commissions from: Gaudeamus, RTP / Antena 2, Arte no Tempo and Nome Próprio.

Appointed 2019 Young Associated Composer of Estúdios Victor Córdon (partnership with São Carlos National Theater

and National Ballet Company). Selected for IRCAM’s Festival ManiFeste 2019 where he got the chance to workshop

with: Kaija Saariaho, Thierry de Mey, and, work with Raphaël Cendo and Ensemble NIKEL on a sketch piece.

As a performer he plays, mostly, electronic instruments built by himself. Highlight for the projects CACO.MEAL (post-

human non-binary techno jazz) and DUO Almeida / Carlos Pinto (experimental electroacoustic).

He has scores edited by: MPMP, Scherzo Editions and Arte no Tempo. And CD’s edited by: MPMP / ESML. and Ablaze

Records.

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CURRICULUM

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S T U D I E S P R I Z E S

VI Composition Competition – Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa, 2018 2nd prize ex-aequo

Nano Músicos Electroacústicos - Festival DME, 2016 1st prize

Film Music Competition – Associazione Ravel, 2016 Best piece in the genre - War Movie

Bachelor in Composition Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa 2016-2019

Integrated Student Music, Composition Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga 2013-2016

Integrated Student Music, Piano Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga 2004-2013

W O R K S H O P S ( t a k e n ) / R E S I D E N C I E S

CACO.MEAL residency – gnration august 2019

Opera creation residency– LOD

Muziektheater / ENOA september 2019

Festival ManiFeste 2019 – IRCAM Development of a new piece for Ensemble NIKEL, tutored by Raphaël Cendo, and

development of the technological part with

Grégoire Lorieux and Mikhail Malt.

Workshops/ Masteclasses with: Ensemble

Intercomtemporain, Orchestre Phillarmonique de Radio France, Kaija

Saariaho, Stefano Gervasoni, Marko

Nikodijevic, Thierry de Mey.

Young Associated Composer to

Estúdios Victor Córdon (partnership

with São Carlos National Theater and

National Ballet Company), 2019 1st Session, january: Workshop with writers Gonçalo M. Tavares, Luísa Costa Gomes and

Miguel Castro Caldas.

2ª Session, march: Creation of a pocket-

opera for 12 people – “Mas eu às vezes

tenho um pesadelo, Um pesadelo em que estou onde estou” – after a text by Miguel

Castro Caldas.

3ª Session, june: Workshop with dancers and

choreographers, led by Victor Hugo Pontes.

Festival Mixtur 2019 Work with: Stefano Gervasoni, Stefan Prins,

Agustí Charles and Silvina Milstein.

Festival Mixtur 2018 Work with: Rebecca Saunders, Alexander Schubert, Tristan Murail, Carola Bauckholt,

Daniel Teruggi , Mauricio Sotelo, João Pedro

Oliveira, Adolfo Núñez and Gabriel Brncic.

C O M M I S S I O N S W O R K S H O P S ( g i v e n )

Percussion Septet Commissioned by Arte no Tempo to be premiered at Casa da Música, FIP 2020

Dance Piece Commissioned by Nome Próprio to be premiered at Teatro Rivoli, 2020

“Estudo para Clarinete e Eletrónica” – didactic piece for Clarinet + Electronics Commissioned by Arte no Tempo to be premiered at aveiro_síntese 2020

“String Quartet no.1” – for String Quartet + Electronics Commissioned by Arte no Tempo to be premiered at CCB, 2020

“Impulso[s]” – for piano solo Commissioned by RTP / Antena 2 premiered in 2019 at Teatro Cinema de Fafe by João Casimiro de Almeida

“PONTOS” – for cello + electronics Commissioned by Arte no Tempo premiered in 2019 at Lisboa Incomum, Festival DME by Anna Mouradian

Handmade Electronic Music Interferência, FabLab Porto 2020

M U S I C P R O J E C T S

CACO.MEAL post-human non-binary techno jazz Played at gnration and Passos Manuel

Duo Almeida / Carlos Pinto experimental electroacoustic duo Played at Zaratan

Solo experimental electroacoustic solo project Played at Desterro

D I S C O G R A P H Y

MPMP / ESML 1, 2018 Available the work “Nadir”, for wind orchestra;

MPMP / ESML 3, 2018 Available the work “Nothingness as an emergence”, for prepared cello and electronics (+video &

staging);

Electronic Masters Vol. 7 – Ablaze Records, 2017 Available the work “Que ninguém conheça este meu (verdadeiro) nome…”, acusmatic;

Links YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/user/MrJCROCKY

SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/jcpinto_composer

CACO.MEAL https://youtu.be/7DJSBofDEiY DUO ALMEIDA / CARLOS PINTO https://youtu.be/J1LpBqXKP5U

https://soundcloud.com/jcpinto_composer