Patrício da Silva (1973- )
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, 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, and other prestigious awards from the 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. Da Silva has received the Otto
Eckstein, Norton Stevens, and the Susan and Ford Schumann fellowships
as well as residencies at the MacDowell Colony and the Atlantic Center
for the Arts. Festivals and concert halls where his compositions have
been performed include Tanglewood, Ravinia, The Ojai Music Festival,
Aspen, Ruhr Festival, Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, Historische
Stadthalle Wuppertal, Stadttheater Wels, London Festival of American
Music, LACMA, Auditorio de Galicia, Yamaha’s YASI in NY, SCRIME in
Bordeaux, LASO, and Cistermúsica. Performers of his works include The
Berkeley Symphony Orchestra where da Silva is Composer in
Residence (2008-10), California Ear-Unit, Lontano, Lyris Quartet, The
Memphis Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Piano Quartet, New Fromm
Players, Orquestra do Algarve, Shakespeare & Co., What's Next?
Ensemble, Stefan Asbury, Tzimon Barto, Ryu Cipris, Gloria Cheng, Joana
Carneiro, Cesário Costa, William Eddins, Lorenz Gamma, David Gutkin,
Paul Haas, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Michael Kudirka, David Loebel, Brian
Pezzone, José Rodilla, Mark Robson, Tara Schwab, Ming Tsu, Laurent
Wagner and Ian Whitcomb.COMPOSITIONS da Silva Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Etude for Clarinet (1996)
Etude for Guitar (1996)
Micro-Counterpoint, harpsichord (1998)
Whirlwind, 4 pianos (1999) [4 MIDI controlled pianos and computer]
Animated Sound, electroacoustic (2000)
For Four Instruments, piccolo, bass clarinet, xylophone and piano (2001)
Synthesis I: Solar Flare, eight-channels (2001; rev. 2006)
Granular Sketches, electroacoustic (2001)
Periodically Aperiodical - Aperiodically Periodical, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2002???)
Spectral Counterpoint, electroacoustic (2002)
Piano Quartet (2004)
Three Etudes for Marimba (2003-05; rev. 2007)
Cellular Variations, keyboard (2005)
Rain Drops, electroacoustic (2005)
4 Piano Solos (2002-06)
For Bass, double bass (2006)
What Happens When Nobody's Watching, 3 trombones (2 tenors, 1 bass) (2006)
Clarinet Quintet, clarinet and string quartet (2006; rev. 2008)
Three Movements for Clarinet and Piano (2006)
Music for Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, incidental music (2006)
The Fact of the Matter as a Matter of Fact, orchestra (2007)
Three Movements for Solo Piano (2007)
Imaginary Folk-Tunes, flute and guitar (2007)
Six Pieces for Piano (2007)
What Happens When Everybody's Watching, 3 trombones (2 tenors, 1 bass) (2007)
Recursions, flute (2007)
Artificial Life I-III, electroacoustic (2006-08)
Artificial Life IV: The New Generation, electroacoustic (2007; rev. 2009)
The Situation is Dramatic but not Hopeless, violin and piano (2008)
Or, string quartet (2008)
Three Pieces for Orchestra (2009)
The 1969 Lava Lamp, orchestra (2009)
Fantasy and Nocturne, piano (2009)
Radio Communications I, II, III, electroacoustic (2003, 2009)
More Buck for Your Dollar, electroacoustic (2009-10)
It’s Never Too Late to Lie: Opera Overture, orchestra (2010)
Prelude, guitar (2010)
The March of Time, electroacoustic (2010)
WORKS BY GENRE da Silva Links ~ top of page ~
Orchestra
The Fact of the Matter as a Matter of Fact, orchestra (2007)
Three Pieces for Orchestra (2009)
The 1969 Lava Lamp, orchestra (2009)
It’s Never Too Late to Lie: Opera Overture, orchestra (2010)
Chamber
Whirlwind, 4 pianos (1999) [4 MIDI controlled pianos and computer]
For Four Instruments, piccolo, bass clarinet, xylophone and piano (2001)
Periodically Aperiodical - Aperiodically Periodical, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2002???)
Piano Quartet (2004)
What Happens When Nobody's Watching, 3 trombones (2 tenors, 1 bass) (2006)
Clarinet Quintet, clarinet and string quartet (2006; rev. 2008)
Imaginary Folk-Tunes, flute and guitar (2007)
What Happens When Everybody's Watching, 3 trombones (2 tenors, 1 bass) (2007)
Or, string quartet (2008)
Instrument and Piano
Three Movements for Clarinet and Piano (2006)
The Situation is Dramatic but not Hopeless, violin and piano (2008)
Solo Instrument
Etude for Clarinet (1996)
Etude for Guitar (1996)
Three Etudes for Marimba (2003-05; rev. 2007)
For Bass, double bass (2006)
Recursions, flute (2007)
Prelude, guitar (2010)
Piano/Harpsichord/Keyboard
Micro-Counterpoint, harpsichord (1998)
Whirlwind, 4 pianos (1999) [4 MIDI controlled pianos and computer]
Cellular Variations, keyboard (2005)
4 Piano Solos (2002-06)
Three Movements for Solo Piano (2007)
Six Pieces for Piano (2007)
Fantasy and Nocturne, piano (2009)
Incidental/Film
Music for Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra, incidental music (2006)
Electronic
Animated Sound, electroacoustic (2000)
Synthesis I: Solar Flare, eight-channels (2001; rev. 2006)
Granular Sketches, electroacoustic (2001)
Spectral Counterpoint, electroacoustic (2002)
Radio Communications I, II, III, electroacoustic (2003, 2009)
Rain Drops, electroacoustic (2005)
Artificial Life I-III, electroacoustic (2006-08)
Artificial Life IV: The New Generation, electroacoustic (2007; rev. 2009)
More Buck for Your Dollar, electroacoustic (2009-10)
The March of Time, electroacoustic (2010)
da SILVA LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
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Composer's website . . . contact Patrício da Silva: contact(at)patriciodasilva(dot)com
da Silva @ American Composers Forum
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Publisher
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da Silva @ Spectrum Press
Streaming Audio
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Recordings
da Silva @ Amazon.com
da Silva @ CD Baby
da Silva @ CD Universe
Video
da Silva @ YouTube
da Silva @ Google Video
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