Cândido Lima

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Composer Cândido Lima was born in Viana do Castelo in 1939. He began his musical studies in Piano and Composition in Braga, where he played for many years as an organist at the Cathedral. He graduated in Piano and Composition in the Lisbon and Oporto Conservatories. After his military service in Bolama Island in Guinea, he studied Philosophy in the University of Braga. Later, Cândido Lima obtained a PhD in Aesthetics in the University of Paris with his dissertation "Identity and Alterity in Musical Composition". Having obtained scholarships from different organizations such as the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Culture Secretary of State and the Acantes Centre, he attended international courses with Nadia Boulanger, Stockhausen, Kagel, Ligeti, Pousseur, Boulez and Xenakis, among others. He also studied Analysis and Conducting with Gilbert Amy and Michel Tabachnik and attended several electronic and computer music courses at the University of Paris 8 - Vincennes, the University of Paris I-II - Panthéon-Sorbonne, CEMAMu and IRCAM. His articles are regularly published in the press and he has created television and radio series to promote the work of contemporary composers in Portugal. He was responsible for the visit of Xenakis, Giuseppe Englert, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Wilfred Jentsch and Stefano Scodanibbio to Portugal. In 1973, Lima founded the "Música Nova Group", which promoted classic and Portuguese composers in festivals, series, radio, television, presenting them in

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Antologia De Música Electrónica Portuguesa

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Oceânides

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Cândido Lima: Harmonias do Silêncio

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Sand Automata - Legends of Neptune - Oceans

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Autómatos Da Areia, Lendas De Neptuno, Oceanos

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Antologia De Música Electrónica Portugesa

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Oceanos

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Sand Automata, Legends Of Neptune, Oceans

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Autómatos Da Areia, Lendas De Neptuno, Oceanos

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Vozes À Luz - Aquiris - Memorabilis

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Antologia de Música Electrónica Portuguesa

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Antologia da música electrónica portuguesa

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