Nuno Costa

COMPOSER

Nuno Costa (1986, Portugal) studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) with Ivan Fedele, after having graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, under Wim Henderickx and at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (Porto) with Eugénio Amorim. He attended masterclasses with M. Andre, Ph. Manoury, K. Saariaho and many others, and participated on the 48. Summer Course in Darmstadt, among other activities. He also had an important experience of working with the composer Joaquim dos Santos. 

MUSIC

MUSIK

MÚSICA

MUSIQUE

As I reflect on my journey of the past few years, I’m struck by moments of contemplation about my duties and obligations. Through this journey, I’ve come to realize that there is a poetics to the world that resonates with us, requiring a constant inward......

Em 2020, compus esta peça para percussão e electrónica – Instrepere III. O set disponível revelou-se desafiante e dele escolhi: bongos, caixa, bombo, bombo de bateria, triângulo, tam-tam e apitos. Para trabalhar a parte de electrónica convidei o meu amigo e compositor Bruno Ferreira, para......

Whenever I think about the lockdowns caused by the events of 2020 and 2021, I try to downplay the impact they had on my personal and artistic development. Yet, the truth is that even today, I still feel myself shaking off the dust that this......

Last week I was invited by Alessandro De Rosa to talk a bit of my music. I was his host at the microphone of the Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana (Rete Due). The interview it is spoken in Italian but feel free to listen it (clicking on......

Em alguns dos lugares que costumo frequentar, por via da música que habitualmente faço, por vezes, perguntam-me por que razão não tenho um local digital disponível para quem queira saber um pouco mais sobre mim enquanto compositor. Pois bem, essa é uma questão que tem......