08
March
2022
Ibero-American Academy of the Clarinet 2022
Castelo de Paiva, Portugal Music Academy of Castelo de Paiva 9-13/April/2022 Luís Carvalho participates in the Ibero-American Academy of the Clarinet 2022, as clarinetist and composer. He teaches clarinet masterclass, plays in recital works by Brahms and of his own authorship, and also integrates the jury of the IIº Ibero-American Clarinet Competition, in which... Read More
08
April
2021
Hans von Bülow International Conducting Competition (2021)
Luís Carvalho selected one of the 20 finalists of the Hans von Bülow International Conducting Competition (www.vonbulowcompetition.com), held totally online due to the COVID-19 pandemics.
14
November
2017
MOSAICO (premiere)
The work Mosaico, for orchestra, by Luís Carvalho, has been selected a finalist of the 1st Composition Prize Francisco Martins of the Orquestra Clássica do Centro. It will have it’s World premiere on November 17th, at 9:30 pm, in a concert to happen at the Great Hall of the Coimbra Conservatory of Music, conducted by José Eduardo Gomes.... Read More
02
December
2016
ALBOQUE at international competition repertoire
ALBOQUE, for solo clarinet, by Luís Carvalho, at the repertoire list for the II APC International Clarinet Competition – Ed. José Avelino Canongia. This competition, to be held in Oporto – Portugal in mid-December, is organized by the Portuguese Clarinet Association [Associação Portuguesa do Clarinete]. Furthermore, the reportoire list for this competition also includes José Avelino Canongia‘s Clarinet Concerto... Read More
02
December
2016
HORNPIPE in Madrid
Bernardo Silva (Oporto Symphony Orchestra principal horn) to present the Spanhish premiere of HORNPIPE, for solo horn, by Luís Carvalho. This performance will take place at the Gala Concert of the I Congreso Internacional de Trompa Madrid 2016 (1st International Horn Congress in Madrid), on December 4, 2016, 3pm local time, at the Auditorio Tomás Luis de Victoria of the Real... Read More
28
July
2016
July ends with two premieres
The month of July/2016 ends with two new premieres of works by Luís Carvalho. On July 29, at Teatro Ribeiro Conceição (Lamego), the Portuguese Symphony Band, conducted by Francisco Ferreira, will present a programme exclusively devoted to contemporary Portuguese music written for Symphonic Band/Wind Orchestra, including works by Rui Rodrigues, Nelson Jesus, Fábio Cachão, and, by Luís Carvalho, the revised version in three movements... Read More
16
June
2016
«Gentios são os olhos negros…» (Premiere)
Luís Carvalho‘s new work for Symphonic Wind Band, Gentios são os olhos negros… (Glosas sobre um tema popular açoriano), will be premiered next 30/July/2016, at Teatro Micaelense (Ponta Delgada/Azores), by the Filarmónica N. Sra. das Neves (Banda da Relva). This piece has been comissioned for the 150th anniversary of Banda da Relva, one of the oldest in S. Miguel island [S.... Read More
17
January
2016
CHIAROSCURO (premiere)
The Portuguese Symphonic Band [Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa], conducted by Francisco Ferreira, will give the World premiere of Chiaroscuro – two scketches for symphonic band, by Luís Carvalho, at Sala Suggia in Casa da Música (Porto/Portugal) next 24/January/2016, at 12pm. This piece, comissioned by and dedicated to these performers, represents, in the words of the composer, «an eminently abstract... Read More
29
June
2015
July with 3 premieres in 3 countries
The month of July/2015 sees three premieres of works by Luís Carvalho, in three different countries. On July 10, Portuguese saxophonist Luís Ribeiro will give the world premiere of COON-O-SAX, for solo Alto-saxophone, within the program of SaxOpen-2015, World Saxophone Congress (Strasbourg/France). The following day, July 11, Luís Carvalho himself conducts the Viana do Castelo Professional School... Read More
15
January
2015
Presentation of “Fantastic Variations” in Caracas, Venezuela
Within the artistic season 2015 of the Venezuelan El Sistema, the Simón Bolívar Youth Symphony Band, under music direction of Portuguese António Saiote, will play Fantastic Variations by Luís Carvalho. The concert will take place in Caracas, on the 25/January/2015, at the Sala Simón Bolívar del Centro Nacional de Acción Social por la Música. Further info:... Read More