Nuno Côrte-Real

Born in Lisbon in 1971, Nuno Côrte-Real is one of the most important Portuguese composers and conductors of today. He have won the prize for Best Classical Music Work of the Portuguese Society of Authors, in 2018 and 2019, with the song cycle “Agora Muda Tudo”, and the opera “Canção do Bandido”, respectively. Among his premieres are “7 Dances to the Death of the Harpist” at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, “Little Sea Songs” at the Purcell Room (London), “Concerto Vedras” at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church (New York), “Nova Cancioneiro” at the Siglufirdi Festival (Reykjavík), and “Andarilhos” at Casa da Música (Porto). His discography includes nationally and internationally releases, from chamber music to choral, symphonic and opera. Highlight to the following recordings “Volupia” (Numérica 2012), “Mirror of the Soul” (Odradek 2016), “Agora Muda Tudo” (Odradek 2019), and, most recently, “Cante” (Odradek 2020) and Time Stands Still (Artway Records 2020). In the scenic world, Côrte-Real has worked with leading names in opera, theatre, literature and film in Portugal, both as a conductor and a composer. He conducted the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra, the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra, the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, the Ciudad de Granada Orchestra, among others, in addition to numerous projects with the Ensemble Darcos (founded by himself) - a chamber music group dedicated to the interpretation of his music and the great European repertoire.