António Pinho Vargas

for Violino and Orquestra Commissioned by CCN First Performance February 2016, Tamila Kharambura, violin, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa dir. Gary Walker

for large orchestra (3.3.3.1.3.1- 6.3.3.1–5 perc. pf.hp.-16.14.12.10.8) Duration: 25 ' Commissioned by: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos First Performance: Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa, dir. LOTHAR KÖNIGS, Março 2006, Grande Auditório do CCB | critic |

para Orquestra Commissioned by Orquestra Clássica do Sul First Performance July–August 2014

for piano solo and orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0. – 2 perc- 14.12.10.6.5) Duration: 18 ' Commissioned by: International Music Festival of Coimbra First Performance: Orq. Gulbenkian, dir. Yu Feng; piano: Anne Kaasa, Coimbra, 2004 (withdrawn for rev.)

for orchestra (2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0. 1 perc); (14.12.10.6.5) Duration: 20 ' Commissioned by: Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian First Performance: Orq. Gulbenkian, dir. Michael Zilm, Lisboa, 2001

for string quartet and piano Duration: 9' Commissioned by: Síntese, GMCG First Performance: (14-11-2013)

Choir a cappella Commissioned by Paulo Lourenço First performance: May 2014

Choir and Orchestra Commissioned by Culturgest First performance: Choir and Orchestra Gulbenkian, dir. Cesário Costa, 11/12 Oct. 2013

(2.2.2.2–4.2.2.1-Timp. 1/2 perc .hp.- 8.8.6.6.5.) Duration:12' Commissioned by: Guimarães Capital Europeia da Cultura. First Performance: Orq. Estúdio Guimarães, dir. Rui Massena, Outubro2012, Auditório do CC Vila Flor.

for String Quartet Commissioned by Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa First performance: Quarteto de Cordas de Matosinhos at IST, July 2012

Choir and Orchestra Duration: 30' Commissioned by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian First performance: Choir and Orchestra Gulbenkian, dir. Joana Carneiro, 21/22 Nov. 2012

for choir and orchestra Large Choir; (2.2.2.2.4.2.2.0. 1 perc); (12.10.8.8.6) Duration: 30' Commissioned by: Festival de Música Sacra de Viana do Castelo First Performance: Choir and Orq. Gulbenkian dir. Fernando Eldoro, 2002 | critic |

for Vibrafone Solo || 6' || Auditório da Academia de Música de Espinho || Miquel Bernat, 2011

for orchestra and percussion obligato (2.2.2.2. – 0.2.0.2. -1perc) (10.8.6.5.4) Duration: 8 ' Commissioned by: Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos First Performance: Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa dir. Donato Renzentti, Lisboa, 2004 | opinion |

version for flute and piano Duration: 9' Commissioned by: Luís Meireles 2010 First Performance: (5-1-2013)

for clarinet and piano Duration: 9' Commissioned by: António Saiote 2010 First Performance: (2012)

for Sond'art Ensemble (fl, cl, ln, vlc, pno) Duration: 1' Commissioned by: para os 25 anos do MisoMusic Portugal – 2010 First Performance: 14 April 2010, Instituto Franco-Português

for 2 violins (2.2.2.2. – 0.2.0.2. -1perc) (10.8.6.5.4) Duration: 6 ' Commissioned by: Movimentos Perpétuos First Performance: Aníbal Lima e Pedro Pacheco, Lisboa, 2003 | record |

for 6 percussionists (2.2.2.2. – 0.2.0.2. -1perc) (10.8.6.5.4) Duration: 6 ' Commissioned by: Drumming First Performance: Drumming, dir. Miguel Bernat, 2002 | critic |

for orchestra (Strings 3 vlns 2 vlas, 3 vlc, 1cb e harpsichord) Duration: 12 ' Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de Belém First Performance: Orq. Metropolitana de Lisboa, dir. MICHAEL ZILM, Abril 2009 Grande Auditório do CCB

for String Quartet Duration: 11' Commissioned by: XXX Festival Internacional de Música da Povoa de Varzim First Performance: Quarteto Verazin, Póvoa de Varzim, 2008

chamber opera 5 singers; fl; ob; cl; Bcl; fg/cf; 2hn; tbn; 2 perc; pf; 3 vl I;3 vl II;2 vla;2 vln;2 cb; Libreto: José Maria Vieira Mendes Duration: 1h 30' Commissioned by: Culturgest First Performance: Sónia Alcobaça, Luís Rodrigues, Larissa Savchanko, Mário Alves, Madalena Boleo Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, dir.Cesário Costa, Lisboa, 2008

for Cello Solo || 12' || Conservatório de Música das Caldas de Rainha || Nuno Abreu, Caldas de Rainha, 2008

for guitar ||3' ||Cecilia Colien Honneger ||Cecilia Colien Honneger Album; https://web.archive.org/web/20080920114718/http://www.editions-ava.com/store/category/88/ ||Gabriel Estrahellas, Madrid.

for speaker and orchestra (2.2.2.2- 2.2.2.-1 perc, .hp.-6.6.4.4.2) Duration: 12 ' Commissioned by: Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa First Performance: Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa, dir. MICHAEL ZILM, Dezembro 2007 Pequeno Auditório do CCB

for Ensemble fl; ob; cl; bcl, fg; 2 perc; pf; vl I; vl II; vla; vlc; cb; Duration: 12 ' Commissioned by: Fundação Oriente First Performance: OchestrUtópica, dir. Yu- Feng, Lisboa, 2003

for harpsichord ||14' ||International Music Festival of Mafra ||Instituto Camões, 2003 ||Ana Mafalda Castro, Mafra (withdrawn for rev.)

for Violoncello and Large Ensemble alto fl, ob, cl, bcl, fg, tp, cor, tbn, 3 perc., pf, Cello Solo, 6 vln, 2 vla, 2 vlc, 2 cb; Duration: 27' Commissioned by: Casa da Música / Porto 2001 First Performance: Anssi Karttunen (violoncello) and Remix Ensemble, dir: Frank Ollu, Porto, 2005 | critic |

for 2 pianos Duration: 15 ' Commissioned by: First Performance: Miguel Henriques, Ana Valente, Lisboa, 2001 | critic |

for 2 trumpets or 2 recorders Duration: 6 ' Commissioned by: International Music Festival of Mafra First Performance: John Wallace, John Miller, Mafra, 2001 | record | | critic |

for clarinet trio Duration: 15 ' Commissioned by: First Performance: Cl: António Saiote, Vlc: Jed Barahal, Pf: António Rosado, Póvoa de Varzim, 2001 | critic | record |

for barítone and piano Duration: 18' Commissioned by: First Performance: Paulo Ferreira, Jaime Mota, Porto, 2000 | critic | record |

for 6 percussionists Duration: 25' Commissioned by: First Performance: Drumming, dir. Miguel Bernat, Lisboa, 2000 | critic |

for piano, percussion and orchestra (2. 2. 2. 1. 2 – 2. 2. 2. 2. 1. 2 perc); strings A (6.6.4.4.3); strings B (6.6.4.4.3) Duration: 19 ' Commissioned by: Teatro Nacional de São Carlos http://www.mic.pt/ First Performance: Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa, dir. António Saiote. Piano: Miguel Henriques, Percussion: Elizabeth Davies, Lisboa, 1998 | critic |

opera 8 singers; Large Choir; (2.2.3.2 – 2.0.2.2 – 3 perc) ; Strings Libretto: Manuel Gusmão Duration: 105' Commissioned by: Expo'98 First Performance: Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa, Choir from Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos, dir. João Paulo Santos, Lisboa, 1998 | critic | record critics | record |

for 12 instruments fl; ob; cl, cor; fg;; pf; perc; vln I ; vl II; vla; vlc; cb Duration: 10' Commissioned by: Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian First Performance: Ensemble Nuova Sincronia, dir. Renato Rivolta, Lisboa and Milano, 1997 | record |

for 4 instruments Duration: 10' Commissioned by: "Sven for Parlor" First Performance: "Sven for Parlor", Athens, 1997

chamber opera 3 singers; fl; ob; cl; Bcl; fg; tp; hn; tbn; 2 perc; harp; pf; vl I; vl II; vla; vln; cb; Electronics by Carlos Caires and Antonio Pinho Vargas Libreto: Paulo Tunhas Duration: 32' Commissioned by: Casa da Música First Performance: Eduarda Melo, Matthew Bean, Ivan Ludlow Remix Ensemble, dir. Franck Ollu, Lisboa, 1996 | critic |

opera 4 singers; 32 choir; fl;fg; cl; ob; tp; tbn; 2 perc pf; vl I; vl II; vla; vln; cb; Libretto: Pedro Paixão Duration: 64' Commissioned by: Culturgest First Performance: Soilists from Orq. Sinfónica Portuguesa, Choir from Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos, dir. João Paulo Santos, Lisboa, 1996

for voice e piano Duration: 25' Commissioned by: Encontros Primavera de Guimarães First Performance: Rui Taveira, Jaime Mota, Guimarães, 1995 | critic | record |

for clarinet solo ||5' ||Oficina Musical, 1995 ||António Saiote, Lisboa.

for string sextet Duration: 8' Commissioned by: Câmara Municipal do Porto First Performance: Sextuor L'Artois de Lille, Porto, 1994 | record |

opera for 4 mixed choir Duration: 5' Commissioned by: First Performance: Coro de Câmara de Lisboa, dir. Teresita Gutierrez Marques, Lisboa, 1994 | record |

for piano ||9' ||Secretaria de Estado da Cultura ||Musicoteca, 1994; Portuguese Music Information Centre http://www.mic.pt/ ||Paul Prenen, Amsterdam, 1990.

for string quartet Duration: 15' Commissioned by: Câmara Municipal do Porto para as Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea de 1993 http://www.mic.pt/ First Performance: Ensemble MusikFabrik, Porto, 1993 | critic | record 1 | record 2 |

for string orchestra (8,6,6,4,4) Duration: 6' Commissioned by: Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa First Performance: Orq. Metropolitana de Lisboa, dir. Miguel Graça Moura, Lisboa, 1992

for flute and string quartet Duration: 6' Commissioned by: Oficina Musical First Performance: Oficina Musical, dir. Álvaro Salazar, Porto, 1990 | record |

for saxophone quartet alto/soprano; alto; tenor; baritone Duration: 8' Commissioned by: First Performance: Quarteto de Saxofones de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1989

GEOMETRAL (1988–2000) (withdrawn for rev.) for Orchestra (27 instruments) Duration: 20 ' Commissioned by: Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian First Performance: Orq. Gulbenkian, dir. Michel Tabachnik, Lisboa, 1989

Having obtained a degree in history at the University of Porto, he studied music at the Rotterdam Conservatory from 1987 to 1990 and graduated with a degree in Musical Composition. In 1991, he began teaching musical composition at the Escola Superior de Música in Lisbon. His first jazz album was Outros Lugares (1983). He also wrote soundtracks for Portuguese films and theatrical plays.

for flute and clarinet alto/soprano; alto; tenor; baritone Duration: 6' Commissioned by: Oficina Musical First Performance: Eduardo Lucena, Américo Aguiar (Oficina Musical), Porto, 1984 (withdrawn for rev.)

António Pinho Vargas (born Vila Nova de Gaia, August 15, 1951) is a Portuguese composer and pianist specializing in jazz and contemporary music. He has also written books, essays, and articles on music.

for violin and piano Duration: 10' Commissioned by: Centro Cultural de Belém First Performance: 29-5-2011