Complete Works

Ensemble Works

This piece was written for the Berklee Online Course Contemporary Techniques in Music Composition I and performed by students from Berklee
The recording was done by using a click track so some gestures are not in sync. The musicians weren't able to be in the same room due to the pandemic

Metamorphosis

METAMORPHOSIS | for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano

This piece was composed for the Bergamot Quartet as a part of MATA Jr 2021, organized by the MATA Festival. 
During the process of writing this work I had the chance to be mentored by composer Ali Can Puskulcu.
The piece is inspired by Dante Aligheri's book Inferno and tries to depict Dante's horrific descriptions of hell.

This recording is from the world premiere of the piece, on the 17th of October 2021, in Scholes Street Studios, New York City.

Inferno

INFERNO | for String Quartet - Performed By Bergamot Quartet

Performed by Carlos Silva (Ensemble DME) during KlexosLab22 in Spain

BREATH | for Solo Clarinet - II (excerpt)

BREATH | for Solo Clarinet - III (excerpt)

Piece written for and performed by the students from Ourearte, conducted by João Quinteiro.

CHUVA OBLÍQUA | for Ensemble

"Prometheus, in Greek religion, one of the Titans, the supreme trickster, and a god of fire. His intellectual side was emphasized by the apparent meaning of his name, Forethinker. In common belief he developed into a master craftsman, and in this connection he was associated with fire and the creation of mortals."

Enciclopedia Brittanica

Recorded at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien by the prestigious PHACE Ensemble and conducted by Daniel Rueda Blanco, during the Vienna Summer Music Festival 2022.

Prometheus | for Ensemble

PROMETHEUS | for Ensemble - Performed by Ensemble PHACE

João Moreira is a young composer from Lisbon, Portugal