Patricio da Silva

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Patrício da Silva received formal musical training at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa where he studied piano and composition (B.M. in piano) followed by composition studies in the USA at CalArts (MFA), and the University of California (Ph.D). His composition teachers include António Pinho Vargas, Mel Powel, Stephen L. Mosko, Morton Subotnick, William Kraft, David Cope, Curtis Roads, Michael Gandolfi, John Harbison and Sydney Hodkinson. Following his graduate studies, Mr. da Silva engaged in post-doctoral work in algorithmic composition at Ircam (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique / Musique) in Paris and during the following year in the U.K. His awards include the Second Biennial International Barto Prize, the Gould Family Foundation Composers Award, Ojai Festival Music for Tomorrow, Foundation of Science and Technology, Fundação Luso-Americana, Betty Freeman Foundation, American Music Center, Composers Forum, and Meet the Composer. Mr. da Silva has received the Otto Eckstein fellowship at Tanglewood, Norton Stevens fellowship at MacDowell Colony, and the Susan and Ford Schumann fellowship at Aspen Music Festival and a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. In 2009, Mr. da Silva was honored to have his work “Three Pieces for Solo Piano” performed by Tzimon Barto during the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, in a benefit concert with Maestro Christoph Eschenbach for the acquisition of the manuscript of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations by the Beeth

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Nocturne

Hyper-Counterpoint

Now & Then: Music from the Great Depression(s) 2010 / 1929

Patricio da Silva: Piano Quartet

More Buck for Your Dollar

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Now & Then: Music from the Great Depression(s) 2010/1929

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Indian Restaurant Music for Dinner Party

The March of Time

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Patricio Da Silva, Now & Then: Music From The Great Depression(S) 2010/1929

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21st Century Classical Music

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