"40 talents you´ll be hearing from"

Luciana Leiderfarb | Expresso, 03.01.13

"Having studied in Amsterdam with Klaas de Vries and in London with George Benjamin, Vasco Mendonça won in 2004 the Lopes-Graça Composition Award. Several commissions in Portugal (Casa da Música, Teatro S Luiz and Culturgest) and abroad (Aix-en-Provence, Aldeburgh, etc) make him one of the promising names within his field. In October, his piece GROUP TOGETHER, AVOID SPEECH was premiered at Gulbenkian Orchestra 50th anniversary concert. Projects in 2013 include the premiere of an opera at Aix-en-Provence Festival."