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“Kokyuu” awarded with the Play Prize 2026
At a ceremony held at the Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on April 23, “Kokyuu” was the winning album in the “Classical Music” category of the 2026 Portuguese Music Play Awards.
Released last November under the Artway Next label, “Kokyuu” brings together five works for soloists and orchestra, performed by Ricardo Toscano (saxophone), Lívia Nestrovski (voice), Filipe Quaresma (cello), João Barradas (accordion) and Horácio Ferreira (clarinet), joined by the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra and the Porto Casa da Música Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pedro Neves, Joana Carneiro and Bastien Stil.
The five pieces were recorded by Hugo Romano Guimarães at the Hall of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) and at the Sala Suggia of Casa da Música (Porto).
Swiss Premiere of "Concerto for Accordion"
01 . June . 2026 - 7:00 pm
Grosse Tonhalle - Zurich
Following the previous performances in Lisbon, Porto, Funchal and London, João Barradas returns to perform "Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra" (2023) in a concert that will take place at the Tonhalle in Zurich, promoted by the Helvetia Music Series.
The programme of this event, conducted by Pedro Neves, will also include works by Marcos Portugal, Joly Braga Santos, Maurice Ravel, Rossini and Rachmaninov.
"Perpetual Reliquary" - world premiere of a new chamber opera
10 & 11 . June . 2026 - 6:00 pm & 8.00 pm
Teatro Camões - Lisbon
13 . June . 2026 - 8.30 pm
Teatro Louletano - Loulé
Commissioned by the Mission Structure for the Commemoration of the 5th Centenary of the Birth of Luís de Camões, Luís Tinoco (music) and Luísa Costa Gomes (libretto) wrote "Relicário Perpétuo" - an opera for six singers and chamber orchestra, which will premiere in a production by the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos.
With musical direction by Joana Carneiro, direction and costumes by Nuno Carinhas, set design by Pedro Tudela, lighting by Rui Monteiro and video direction by Luís Porto, this production features performances by André Baleiro, Rodrigo Carreto, Andrea Conangla, Mariana Fabião, André Henriques, Camila Mandillo and João Lourenço Delgado, joined by the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra.
"Perpetual Reliquary" presented at the Teatro Nacional de São João
11 & 12 . September . 2026 - 9.00 pm (11th) & 7.00 pm (12th)
TNSJ - Porto
(...) Music that responds to the demands of the theatre, but simultaneously says something else, autonomous, reflective, between unveiled harmonies and abundant percussions that expand the imagination. (....)
Pedro Boléo, O Público - June 15, 2026, ****
MUSIC Luís Tinoco; LIBRETTO Luisa Costa Gomes; CONDUCTOR Joana Carneiro; STAGING AND COSTUME DESIGN Nuno Carinhas; SET DESIGN Pedro Tudela; LIGHTING DESIGN Rui Monteiro; VIDEO Luís Porto; Portuguese Symphony Orchestra; SOLOISTS André Baleiro, Rodrigo Carreto, André Henriques, Mariana Fabião, Camila Mandillo, Andrea Conangla, João Delgado Lourenço
"Descubro a voz" performed at the Gulbenkian's season 2026-27
21 . October . 2026 - 8.00 pm
Gulbenkian Hall - Lisbon
The Gulbenkian Choir, conducted by Martina Batič will perform "Descubro a voz," a piece for mixed choir composed by Luís Tinoco in 2007, setting a poem by José Luís Tinoco.
descubro a voz que a medo se insinua
a perfeição do círculo e o olhar que mede os dias
acordo o lume que dormia sob as pedras
tempero o ferro de futuras derrotas
entre deuses criaturas sem morte e estranho idioma
que só eu conheço porque as inventei
reparto o ouro em que transformei o cascalho inicial
descubro as nascentes que a medo invadem
a perfeição dos mares e o fim dos desertos onde
principiam os jardins suspensos e o embaraço
dos olhos no rasto de sombra das estrelas
"Spiralling" performed in Spain
23 . October . 2026 - 8:00 pm
MEIAC - Badajoz
Opening the Badajoz XVIII Ciclo Musica Actual, the Kodu Percussion Group, featuring Francisco Guerreiro, Ismael Gouveia, and Jaime Pereira, will perform "Spiralling".
The concert, promoted by the Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical, will take place at the Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC).