Carlos Azevedo (29 March 1949 – 26 October 2012) was a Portuguese composer and pianist. CarlosAzevedo

Biography

Having studied composition with

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pianist. As a teacher and director of the

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School at the

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, he taught and influenced many Portuguese musicians. Among others, he has been accompanied on stage by

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( Academy Award winner for Best Original Score in 2005),

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, Carlos Alberto Augusto, Paleka and Maria João. He performed in several Music Festivals such as the

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Jazz Festival in

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. An inspired melodist and intriguing harmonizer, his musical style was based on the fusion of several musical idioms and in this domain his work with traditional fado forms and improvised music is considered particularly unique and relevant.

Prizes

He won a “Gold Leopard” Award for Best

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for the film �
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summer festivity called “Santos Populares, marchas de Stº António”.

Career

He founded various schools for the study of

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and gave numerous workshops all over

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. He worked with João Courinha, Guida Almeida, photographer Miguel Valle de Figueiredo, and stage director / producer Andrej Kowalski. He wrote music on a regular basis for the

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, cinema, and for most of the groups in which he played.

References

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