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Ferreira, Manuel Pedro (b. May 1959, Lisbon). Portuguese composer of chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Portugal; he is also active as a conductor and musicologist.
Mr. Ferreira studied at Princeton University, where he earned his MFA and PhD, with a thesis on Gregorian chant at Cluny.
He founded the ensemble Vozes Alfonsinas in Lisbon in 1995 and has since served its conductor. With the ensemble, he has recorded three CDs of medieval and renaissance music.
He has worked as a critic, music journalist and organizer since 1978 and he has written extensively on medieval music. His books about ancient music are The Sound of Martin Codax (1986), Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Publia Hortensia de Elvas (1989), Porto 714: Um manuscrito precioso (2001), and Cantus coronatus (2005, Reichenberger). He also edited and contributed to the book Dez compositores portugueses (2007, Dom Quixote), about 20th-century Portuguese music.
He currently teaches as an Associate Professor at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: mpferreira@fcsh.unl.pt
Street address: Mr. Manuel P. Ferreira, Travessa do Moinho de Vento 30, 3º, 1200-728 Lisbon, Portugal
Telephone: + 3512 1396 9903
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
CHAMBER MUSIC: Duettino, flute/oboe/clarinet/violin, clarinet/viola, 1988; Saudade: In memoriam Duarte Lino Pimentel, recorder/flute/oboe, 1999; Prelúdio de Outono, recorder, 1999; String Song, violin, viola, cello, 2000–01
CHORAL: De profundis, 2 male choruses, 1994, revised 2002–; Canção Profana de Natal, mixed chorus, 1995–96; Três Cânticos Baptismais, mixed chorus, 1991–97; The Mother of God, 4 mixed voices, 1998; Dois Hinos a Madre Teresa Saldanha, female chorus, 1999; Faz de conta, children's chorus, 2000; Delirium, 6 mixed voices, 2000–01; Mini-Magnificat, soprano, alto, 2005; 3x2 Sonetos, 2 sopranos, 1998–
VOCAL: Trois Chansons de Rilke, soprano, piano, 1989; Blues, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1994–95, revised 2002–; Plum, mezzo-soprano, piano, 1997–98, revised 2002–; Three Poems from 'A Woman Young and Old', soprano, piano, 1998–99, revised 2002–; Canto de sereia (vocalise), alto, flute, oboe/clarinet, harp, violin, viola, cello, 2006; An Irish Airman, tenor, piano, 1998–
PIANO: Timor Llorosa, 1999
DIDACTIC MUSIC: Le Gymnaste (cycle for beginners), piano, 2000–05
DISCOGRAPHY
Trois Chansons de Rilke. Ana Ferraz, soprano; Gabriela Canavilhas, piano (MoviePlay: 3-11050, 1997)
(Last updated on March 8, 2007)
