Sérgio Azevedo

Sérgio Azevedo was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1968. He studied with Fernando Lopes-Graça
in Academia de Amadores de Mú sica and later at Lisbon College of Music (ESML) with
Constança Capdeville, where he finished his studies with the highest marks. Azevedo won
several important prizes, both in Portugal and abroad (United Nations Prize, SPA Author’s
Prize, etc.), and his works are performed regularly all around the world and available in more
than 40 CDs. He published two books on music, "The Invention of Sounds" and "Olga Prats –
Piano Singular", and writes for "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians" and for
RDP. He is frequently invited to create program notes and to present concerts in National
Theatre of Sã o Carlos and at Gulbenkian Foundation. Sérgio Azevedo is PHD by Minho
University since 2011 and, since 1993, teacher at ESML. His music is published by AVA –
Musical Editions.

Main Works (selection):

Atlas' Journey (15 players) 1998 (commissioned by Nouvel Ensemble Moderne)

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra 2003 (commissioned by Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation)
Berliner Trio (clarinet, violoncello and piano) 2006 (commissioned by Trio Mediterrain)
In the Mists… 1912 (violin, viola, violoncello, piano) 2009 (commissioned by Ensemble
DARCOS)
Erasing Mahler (orchestra) 2012 (commissioned by Guimarã es – European Culture Capital)
Hukvaldy Trio (piano trio) 2013 (commissioned by Trio Pangea)
Clarinet Concerto 2014 (commissioned by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)
Giochi di Uccelli – Flute Concerto 2017 (commissioned by Metropolitan Orchestra of Lisboa)
“…the wind blows where it wills…” – Concerto for Wind Orchestra 2019 (commissioned by
Portuguese Symphonic Wind Band)