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João Moreira (Tenor) |
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Born: 1980 - Évora, Portugal |
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The Potugusese tenor, João Moreira, began his musical studies at the age of 8 at the Academia de Música Eborense, where he studied piano with Maria de Lurdes Horta and oboe with Andrew Swinnerton. In 2000, he finished the General Singing Course of the Academia de Música Eborense, being a student of Maria Repas Gonçalves. He graduated in singing from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa under the guidance of Professor Sílvia Mateus. He also participated in several training courses and workshops, particularly in the Encontros do Espírito Santo (Évora), where he studied with
Maria Cristina Kiehr; Curs de Música Antiga a Catalunya, where he worked with
Jordi Savall, Pedro Memelsdroff (chamber music) and
Gloria Banditelli (singing); and the International Symposium «Escola de Música da Sé de Évora», where he worked with
Peter Phillips and Owen Rees.
João Moreira's repertoire as a soloist includes, among other works, Cantata
BWV 7 Christ unser Herr zum Jordan Kam, Magnificat (BWV 243), Mass in G major (BWV 236), Mass in G minor (BWV 235) by
J.S. Bach; Stabat Mater for 10 voices by Scarlatti, Jephté by Carissimi, Dixit Dominus and Messiah by
George Frideric Handel, Mass in G by Carlos Seixas, Gloria by
Antonio Vivaldi, Choral Fantasy by L.v. Beethoven; Coronation Mass and Vesperae Solennes of Confessore by
W.A. Mozart; and Lauda Sion by
Felix Mendelssohn.
João Moreira sang the role of Orfeu in the opera of the same name by Fernando N. Lobo at Sala Jardim de Inverno do Teatro Municipal de São Luiz. With the Baroque ensemble La Nave Va, he was Ixion in the opera La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers by Charpentier. He also performed the role of Tenor, Augustine (Pai do Zé Maria) in the opera Orquídea Branca, by Jorge Salgueiro. He joined the cast of the opera Crioulo by António Tavares in a production of the CCB and the Fundação Gulbenkian (Gulbenkian Foundation), was Giliberto in the opera La Zaira by Marcos Portugal. With the quartet Tetvocal, Orquestra Sinfonietta de Lisboa and Coro Ricercare, he performed and recorded the work In Paradisum by Eurico Carrapatoso.
João Moreira is a member of the Coro Gulbenkian since 2000, often appears with chamber ensembles for interpretation of a varied repertoire, from Renaissance to contemporary Portuguese music. Under the direction of
Michel Corboz, he performed as a soloist in the Stabat Mater to 10 voices of Domenico Scarlatti, in Portugal and Spain (in a concert given by His Excellency the President of the Republic, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, to the King of Spain) and at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. He also collaborates since January 2009 with the
Nederlands Kamerkoor in various projects in the Netherlands. |
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Sources:
Música Antiga Associação Cultural Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (May 2014)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2014) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Peter Dijkstra |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 69 [2017], BWV 119 [2017], BWV 137 [2017] |
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Daniel Harding |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlands Kamerkoor:
Audio (2015): BWV 150, BWV 227 |
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René Jacobs |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-4] (2023, Video): BWV 4
NBV-AOB [AB-12] (2023, Video): BWV 12
NBV-AOB [AB-245] (2021, Video): BWV 245, 1725 version [2nd recording] |
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Václav Luks |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-198] (2020, Video): BWV 198 |
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Lionel Meunier |
Tenor |
Member of Vox Luminis:
[C-5] (2022, CD/MP3): BWV 11, BWV 128
[VV-5] (2021, Video): BWV 232 [2nd recording] |
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Erik Van Nevel |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlands Kamerkoor
Audio (2015): BWV 225, BWV 228, BWV 227 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-45] (2023, Video): BWV 45
NBV-AOB [AB-46] (2023, Video): BWV 46
NBV-AOB [AB-127] (2023, Video): BWV 127 |
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Shunske Sato |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-8] (2023, Video): BWV 8
NBV-AOB [AB-19] (2022, Video): BWV 19
NBV-AOB [AB-21] (2021, Video): BWV 21
NBV-AOB [AB-26] (2023, Video): BWV 26
NBV-AOB [AB-97] (2022, Video): BWV 97
NBV-AOB [AB-135] (2021, Video): BWV 135
NBV-AOB [AB-192] (2022, Video: BWV 192
NBV-AOB [AB-248/2] (2023, Video): BWV 248/2 |
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Jos van Veldhoven |
Tenor |
AOB Video: BWV 32 |
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Jos van Veldhoven |
Tenor |
Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 36, BWV 61, BWV 62, BWV 67, BWV 102
NBV-AOB [AB-232] (2016, Video): BWV 232 [3rd recording]
BWV 244 [2014, 3rd recording] |
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Links to other Sites |
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João Moreira (Música Antiga Associação Cultural) [Potuguese] |
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