João Ricardo

João Ricardo (1993) finished his master’s degree in Artes Musicais [Musical Arts] at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH/UNL) in 2019, where he also graduated in Ciências Musicais [Musical Sciences] in 2016. His first chamber opera – a dor de todas as ruas vazias – premiered in January 2019 by Inestética Companhia Teatral at Palácio do Sobralinho; his second chamber opera, with libreto by Tatiana Faia – Eco/Arquipélago – is set to premiere by late September 2020 at OPERAFEST 2020 in Lisbon. He studies music composition and analysis under Luís Soldado and participated in masterclasses and workshops with the composers and scholars Jaime Reis, Vincent Debut, Ake Parmerud, Hans Tutschku, João Pedro Oliveira, Carlos Caires, Dimitris Andrikopoulos and António Sousa Dias. He is a researcher affiliated with Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM FCSH/UNL) since September 2019, within the groups Opera Studies Research Cluster and Contemporary Music Research Group, and since March 2020 he holds a research grant at University of Évora (CESEM UÉvora), integrating the project PASEV: Patrimonialization of Évora’s Soundscape (1540-1910).