Patrícia Sucena de Almeida

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Patrícia Sucena de Almeida began her musical studies in Coimbra. She studied with João Pedro Oliveira at the University of Aveiro. In 1997 she concluded her degree in Music Teaching and her master's degree at the University of Edinburgh in 1998. She studied with Michael Finnissy at the University of Southampton, concluding her PhD in 2004. Between 2007-13 she developed a post-doctoral project at the University of Aveiro. She attended the courses at the Academies/IRCAM, Paris; the Courses for New Music, in Darmstadt; the Courses at the Acanthes Centre, Villeneuve les-Avignon and Metz; the Workshops/Gulbenkian, Lisbon; the Seminars with Emmanuel Nunes, Jonathan Harvey, Luca Francesconi, Hilda Paredes, Gérard Grisey, Brian Ferneyhough, Pascal Dusapin, Luc Brewaeys and collaborated with the Arditti Quartet, the Gulbenkian Orchestra, the Grupo de Música Contemporánea de Lisboa, the Orquestra lírica de Région Avignon – Provence, L’Ensemble Itinéraire, the Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, the Remix Ensemble, OrchestrUtopica, the Ensemble Studio New Music.

 

Featured Pieces

Tempus fugit
for ensemble (photography and film)

21 E Instrumentation
Nocturna Itinera
String Quartet Nocturna itinera, sum in magna animi perturbatione...

10 E Instrumentation
Ordered by year. Most recent works appears first

Solo Instrument

Oscillum #1 Lux oculos eius vulneravit - a luz feriu-lhe os olhos - para flauta, texto e cenário (2023)
Reditus ad vitam for piano (dancers/scenario or film) (2012)
In occulto for piano (actor/scenario) (2009)
Fatum Hominis for Piano (actors/scenario) (2004)

Instrumental Music

Oscillum #1 Lux oculos eius vulneravit - a luz feriu-lhe os olhos - para flauta, texto e cenário (2023)
Augurium #1 As suas asas estão quebradas. Alae (eius) fractae sunt (2022)
Ludi Aeterni for duo (piano and flute) theatrical scenery, performance and film (2021)
Imaginis umbra est lacrimis turbauit aquas, obscuraque motto reddita forma lacu est for guitar(s) and voice(s) (scenario) (2019)
Desperatio ‘Je connais le désespoir dans ses grandes lignes’ for piano (film) (2018)
Instabile Tempus for ensemble (and recorded voices) (2016)
Reditus ad vitam for piano (dancers/scenario or film) (2012)
In occulto for piano (actor/scenario) (2009)
Nocturna Itinera String Quartet Nocturna itinera, sum in magna animi perturbatione... (2008)
Res Adversae for orchestra (2006)
Dulce delirium String Quartet En Hommage à Ophélie (2005)
Silens Clamor orchestra version (actors/dancers/scenario) (2005)
Monstrum Horrendum for orchestra (actor/scenario) (2004)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano for orchestra (actors/scenario) (2004)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano ensemble version (actors/scenario) (2004)
Monstrum Horrendum ensemble version (actor/scenario) (2004)
Fatum Hominis for Piano (actors/scenario) (2004)

Orchestral Music

Ludi Aeterni for duo (piano and flute) theatrical scenery, performance and film (2021)
Monstrum Horrendum for orchestra (actor/scenario) (2004)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano for orchestra (actors/scenario) (2004)

Music and Video

Vacuum Corporis hominem te esse memento for two pianos (film) (2016)

Chamber Ensemble (5 - 9 instruments)

Sublime volans For Flute, Clarinet Violin, Cello and Piano (2010)

Music and Scene

Vacuum Corporis hominem te esse memento for two pianos (film) (2016)
Tempus fugit for ensemble (photography and film) (2010)
Aranea for ensemble (and film) (2006)
Silens Clamor for ensemble (actors/dancers/scenario) (2004)

String Quartet

Nocturna Itinera String Quartet Nocturna itinera, sum in magna animi perturbatione... (2008)
Dulce delirium String Quartet En Hommage à Ophélie (2005)

Ensemble (10 - 19 instruments)

Res Adversae for orchestra (2006)

Music and Dance

Silens Clamor for ensemble (actors/dancers/scenario) (2004)
Aranea for ensemble (and film) (2006)
Augurium #1 As suas asas estão quebradas. Alae (eius) fractae sunt (2022)
Desperatio ‘Je connais le désespoir dans ses grandes lignes’ for piano (film) (2018)
Dulce delirium String Quartet En Hommage à Ophélie (2005)
Fatum Hominis for Piano (actors/scenario) (2004)
Imaginis umbra est lacrimis turbauit aquas, obscuraque motto reddita forma lacu est for guitar(s) and voice(s) (scenario) (2019)
In occulto for piano (actor/scenario) (2009)
Instabile Tempus for ensemble (and recorded voices) (2016)
Ludi Aeterni for duo (piano and flute) theatrical scenery, performance and film (2021)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano ensemble version (actors/scenario) (2004)
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano for orchestra (actors/scenario) (2004)
Monstrum Horrendum ensemble version (actor/scenario) (2004)
Monstrum Horrendum for orchestra (actor/scenario) (2004)
Nocturna Itinera String Quartet Nocturna itinera, sum in magna animi perturbatione... (2008)
Oscillum #1 Lux oculos eius vulneravit - a luz feriu-lhe os olhos - para flauta, texto e cenário (2023)
Reditus ad vitam for piano (dancers/scenario or film) (2012)
Res Adversae for orchestra (2006)
Silens Clamor orchestra version (actors/dancers/scenario) (2005)
Silens Clamor for ensemble (actors/dancers/scenario) (2004)
Sublime volans For Flute, Clarinet Violin, Cello and Piano (2010)
Tempus fugit for ensemble (photography and film) (2010)
Vacuum Corporis hominem te esse memento for two pianos (film) (2016)
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