Luís Tinoco

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Luis Tinoco (b. 1969, Lisbon) made his First Degree in composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He was then awarded with scholarships by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Centro Nacional de Cultura to complete a Masters degree in Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, in London. Presently, he's doing a PhD Music research at the University of York, with Prof. Nicola LeFanu. He wrote and presented A Century’s Score - a 20th / 21st century music program for the Antena 2 / RTP-Portuguese Radio and Television Broadcast - from 2000 to 2003 -, and he is the author of The Geography of Sounds, for the same radio, since 2004. Also for the RTP he was recently appointed as artistic director for the Young Musicians Prize, promoted by the Antena 2. Since 1999, Tinoco has lectured Composition at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. His work has been performed and recorded on CD by the Arditti Quartet (Et’cetera); Galliard Ensemble (Meridian and Deux-Elles); Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (ATMA Classique); John Wallace / Royal Scottish Academy Brass, (Deux-Elles); Apollo Saxophone Quartet, (Quartz); and by Pedro Carneiro (Deux-Elles). A CD devoted to his chamber works performed by the Ensemble Lontano, conducted by Odaline de La Martinez (Lorelt Records), was launched in November 2005 at the Purcell Room / South Bank Centre, in London. Tinoco’s music has been commissioned and programmed by orchestras such as the Gulbenkian Orchestra, Portuguese Symphony Or

top songs

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Archipelago

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Luís Tinoco: Alepo e Outros Silêncios

The Blue Voice of the Water

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Unfolding

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Luís Tinoco: KOKYUU

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Tinoco: Round Time

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Exploratory Music From Portugal

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Unfolding: Constructing

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Kokyuu

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Luis Tinoco: Chamber Works

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Contemporary Portuguese Chamber Music

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Spiral Of Light: Portuguese Music For Strings And Marimba

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