Henrique Portovedo
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Henrique Portovedo has found its’ place in contemporary music by working with composers. He has more than 40 works for saxophone dedicated to him including some Saxophone Concertos conducted by Clement Power, Luís Carvalho, François Boulanger among others. He was a soloist with several orchestras and ensembles including L’Orchestre d’Harmonie de la Garde Republican, Trinity College of Music Wind Orchestra, Trinity Laban Contemporary Music Group, Fadomorse, Orquestra de Sopros do Inatel, Orquesta de Viento Marcos Redondo, Orquestra Sinfónica de Jovens de Sta. Maria da Feira, Orquestra de Sopros da Universidade de Aveiro, etc. Co-founder of QuadQuartet and Artistic Director of Aveiro SaxFest, he recorded for several labels and he was awarded with several Trinity Music Awards in London, Prémio Jovens Criadores 2012 by the Portuguese Institute of Art and Ideas and received the Award by the Portuguese National Centre of Culture. He is a researcher at CITAR, School of the Arts at Portuguese Catholic University, he was a visiting researcher at the Edinburgh University and he is currently artist in residency at ZKM, Karlsruhe in Germany and visiting researcher at UC Santa Barbara, USA, supported by Fulbright Foundation. Portovedo is member of the European Saxophone Comité, Tenor Sax Collective (Tenor SaxIndex), President of the Portuguese Saxophone Association and was the artistic director of the European Saxophone Congress EurSax Porto '17.
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Jul 11 201817:30
Henrique Portovedo
masterclass
Augmented Saxophone Performance: Mixed music for Saxophone
ACADEMY OF MUSIC Room 339 Trg Republike Hrvatske 12