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João Castro Pinto is a Portuguese sound artist interested in the art of composing silence with sounds.
He has graduated in Philosophy at the New University of Lisbon (F.C.S.H.) and is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Computer Music @ U.C.P. / C.I.T.A.R. - Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts.
João Castro Pinto is a composer released and proudly endorsed by MISO MUSIC PORTUGAL's - MIC.PT (Portuguese Music Research & Information Centre) & MISO RECORDS.
João Castro Pinto’s sound work ranges between: field recordings / soundscape composition, dense droning, noise, electroacoustic, acousmatic & experimental electronic genres.
J. Castro Pinto attended masterclasses in electroacoustic music composition with Francis Dhomont, François Bayle, Barry Truax, John Chowning, Simmon Emmerson, Trevor Wishart, Morton Subotnick, Annette Vande Gorne, Adrian Moore, Marie-Jeanne Wyckmans, etc...
Castro Pinto has presented his work since the mid 90´s in well over 150 performances / concerts / appearances, all over Europe, the U.S.A., South America and Asia, in cities such as: N.Y.C., IOWA, BUENOS AIRES, MORELIA, SEOUL, PARIS, BERLIN, COLOGNE, DORTMUND, MUNCHEN, VIENNA, KLOSTERNEUBURG, GRAZ, KRAKÓW, BOLOGNANO, ATHENS, UDEN, LEEDS, BIRMINGHAM, ČESKÉ B., LISBOA, PORTO, FARO, etc... and in festivals and venues such as: INA-GRM MULTIPHONIES / BANC D'ESSAI (FRANCE), INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE (USA), Phill Niblock's EXPERIMENTAL INTERMEDIA FOUNDATION (USA), VISIONES SONORAS (MEXICO), AUDIO ART FESTIVAL (POLAND), WIEN MODERN (AUSTRIA), ORF (AUSTRIAN NATIONAL RADIO : KUNSTRADIO RADIOKUNST), SAMMLUNG ESSL MUSEUM (AUSTRIA), PNEM SOUND ART FESTIVAL (NETHERLANDS), MUSLAB - INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC (ARGENTINA), SEOUL INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC FESTIVAL (SOUTH KOREA), The U.I.M.A. - UNIVERSITY of IOWA MUSEUM of ART (USA), FEASt (Florida Electro-Acoustic Student) Festival (USA), MÚSICA VIVA ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL (PORTUGAL), AVEIRO SÍNTESE ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL (PORTUGAL), CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN CENTER FOR MODERN ART (PORTUGAL), CENTRO CULTURAL DE BELÉM (PORTUGAL), CASA DA MÚSICA (PORTUGAL), FUNDAÇÃO SERRALVES - CASA DE SERRALVES (PORTUGAL), RADIALX – INTERNATIONAL RADIO ART FESTIVAL (PORTUGAL), etc...
Conceived and directed the "Hertzoscópio - Experimental & Transdisciplinary Arts Festival", dedicated to the divulgation of contemporary experimental music, video-art and intermedia (2003/ 2004 _ the first edition of the festival was co-directed with fellow sound artist and composer Nuno Morão). Was the Artistic Commissaire for HERTZ_extend#1 - Encounters of Experimental & Transdisciplinary Art, in 2005, in Barcelos.
Collaborates frequently with renowned Portuguese and foreign artists from the sound art / experimental and improv. music scenes such as: Hanna Hartman (SE), Tom Hamilton (USA), Dr. Karlheinz Essl (AT), Koji Asano (JP), Bernhard Loibner (AT), Michael Fischer (AT), Vienna Improvisers Orchestra (AT), Jorge Sánchez-Chiong (VE), Boris Hauf (AT), Clemens Hausch (AT), Philippe Lamy (FR), Gilles Aubry (CH), Thollem Mcdonas (USA), O.Blaat (JP), Nathan Fuhr (USA), Sei Miguel (PT), Carlos Zíngaro (PT), Rafael Toral (PT), Coti (GR.), D’Incise (CH), John Grzinich (EE), Variable Geometry Orchestra (PT), Ernesto Rodrigues (PT), Manuel Mota (PT), ANISOTROPUS (PT), Anastasis Grivas (GR), Red Trio (PT), Blaise Siwula (USA), Jeremy Bernstein (USA), Kurt Ralske (USA), among many other artists.
Released several recordings [solo pieces / albums, collaborations and compilations] by: MISO RECORDS (PT), Unfathomless (BE), OtO (Japan), Triple Bath (Greece), Sirr-ecords (PT), Creative Sources Recordings (PT), Grain Of Sound (PT), Variz (PT) and Useless Poorductions (PT).
More info @ http://www.agnosia.me
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