Portuguese clarinetist, conductor and composer, Luís Carvalho is one of the most versatile Portuguese musicians of the younger generation. He appears in recitals and concerts all over Europe, North Africa, Middle-East and Asia, many times premiering his own pieces, or by other Portuguese and foreign composers. Many of those pieces were recorded and Mr. Carvalho appears on over a dozen CDs, as clarinetist, conductor or composer.
A native of Oporto he studied clarinet with António Saiote and Alain Damiens, conducting with Jorma Panula, and composition with Fernando Lapa, having also attended lectures and workshops by Magnus Lindberg and Luis de Pablo.
By 1994 he was awarded the «Prize for the best student of the year», and that was followed by many other distinctions, namely at the «Estoril Interpretation Competition» (2001) and the «Póvoa de Varzim Orchestral Composition International Competition» (2009).
Mr. Carvalho has conducted most of the most important portugese orchestras, and elsewhere he appears at St. Petersburg, Milan, Madrid and Budapest.
His compositions catalogue includes chamber music works as well as for orchestra and symphonic band, namely «Sax-suite» (saxophone quartet), «Quintet» (wind quintet), «Trois Pièces d’Hommage» (duet with piano), «»Metamorphoses… homage à M. C. Escher» (orchestra) and «Fantastic Variations» (symphonic band).
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