Rita Torres

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2024

2023

5.7

CS/uLh (Premiere)

In XilogravuraSonoras

18:00 | GrETUA | Universidade de Aveiro

Helvio Mendes | Xylophone

2.9

MSTRG-TRLD (Premiere)

Festival Itinerante de Percussão (FIP) | especial 2023

18:30 | Casa da Música | Porto

B. Costa, M. Bernat, E. Cardinho, P. Carneiro, J. Dias, M. Fernandes, M. Herrera, Percussion | M. Teixeira, conductor

2022

2021

2020

14.10

Le tombeau de Falla

In concert of Iberian music for voice and guitar, Colloque EILA

17:30 | Maison du Portugal | Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris

Mariana Fabião, soprano | Gonçalo Cordeiro, guitar


No performances


No performances


2019

2018

2017

17.3

Luminescências

In Nova Música para Novos Músicos

Reencontros de Música Contemporânea

19:00 | Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro

Nuno Moreira, Guitar


23.3

The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder

Reencontros de Música Contemporânea

19:00 | Teatro Aveirense | Aveiro

Rita Miragaia, Guitar


30.4

The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder

Guildhall School of Music | London

Rita Miragaia, Guitar


3.5

The fireflies, twinkling among leaves, make the stars wonder

Explurart: Festival da Música e das Artes

Conservatorio Superior de Música de Vigo

Rita Miragaia, Guitar

9.12

Mostrengo-Interlude

Pedagogical activity | Festival DME

Escola E.B. 2,3 Dr. Fortunato de Almeida | Nelas

13.01

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III and VI

Vorbereitungsvorspiel zu “Jugend musiziert” organisiert vom Tonkünstlerverband Baden-Württemberg

13:30 | Hilde-Domin Saal | Stadtbibliothek | Heidelberg

David Strüder, Guitar


22.01

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III and VI

Jugend musiziert”-Teilnehmer stellen sich vor

19:00 | Musikschule Mannheim

David Strüder, Guitar


27.01

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III and VI

Jugend musiziert”: Regionalwettbewerb Mannheim

17:00 | Musikschule Mannheim

David Strüder, Guitar


10.03

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI

Schülervorspiel des Regionalverbandes Rhein-Neckar im Tonkünstlerverband Baden-Württemberg e. V.

19:00 | Musikschule Mannheim

David Strüder, guitar


17.03

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI

Jugend musiziert: Landeswettbewerb Baden-Württemberg

17:50 | Gemeindesaal | Paulus Kirche | Bietigheim-Bissingen

David Strüder, Guitar


29.04

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Concert 20 | Festival Mixtur

13:00 | Fabra i Coats-Fàbrica de Creació | Barcelona


19.05

Cyrano-Szenen

Si amanece, nos vamos

Festival DME 61

15:00 | Lisboa Incomum

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete, Guitar


11.10

Cyrano-Szenen: parts II, III, VI

Musikschulkonzert

19:00 | Musikschule Mannheim

David Strüder, Guitar


13.10

Cyrano-Szenen, parts II, III, VI

63. Jugendwettbewerb des Tonkünstlerverbandes Baden-Württemberg

19:00 | Musikhochschule Stuttgart

David Strüder, Guitar

5.11

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

4. Saarbrücker Tage für electro-akustische und visuelle Musik (eviMus)

11:00 | KuBa – Kulturzentrum am Eurobahnhof | Saarbrücken


2016

2015

2014

15.03

Si amanece, nos vamos

In Lecture-recital “O mundo sonoro da técnica de multifónicos na guitarra”

15:00 | Auditório do CUFC | Universidade de Aveiro | Aveiro (PT)

23.03

Si amanece, nos vamos

In Lecture-recital “The soundworld of guitar multiphonics”

International Guitar Research Centre Conference

11:35 | University of Surrey | Guildford (UK)


02 - 04.09

Mostrengo-Interlude & Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Sound Gallery | Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music

6 - 9 pm (Sep. 2), 10 am - 7 pm | Dudley House | Bendigo (Australia)



09.05

Si amanece, nos vamos (premiere)

O Tempo e o Modo: Diálogos entre Guitarras, Festival Terras sem sombra

21:30 | Igreja Matriz de Santiago Maior | Santiago do Cacém (Portugal)

Jürgen Ruck, Guitar

Program of the concert


04.07

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Portugal XX - XXI: Trajectos da nova música portuguesa | III Festival Guitarras Mágicas

22:00 | Eira dos Amiais | Couto de Esteves (Portugal)

Jaime Reis, Difusão sonora


29.09

Si amanece, nos vamos

Neue Werke für Gitarre | matrix15

20:00 | Gartensaal | Schloss Ebnet | Freiburg

Jürgen Ruck, Guitar


No performances

2013

2012

2011

19.1

Le tombeau de Falla (preview)

In “Tonades de la península”

12:00 | Residencies Musicals: Anna Alàs I Jové – Concert solista |

Món Sant Benet | Manresa

Anna Alàs I Jové, mezzo-soprano | Eugeni Muriel, guitar


20.01

Le tombeau de Falla (premiere)

In T2onades de la península”

18:00 | Residencies Musicals: Anna Alàs I Jové – Concert solista | Auditori La Pedrera | Barcelona

Anna Alàs I Jové, mezzo-soprano | Eugeni Muriel, guitar

Program of the concert


17.05

Le tombeau de Falla

Tonades de la península

20:30 | Music night #3 | Openhouse Project | Barcelona

Anna Alàs I Jové, mezzo-soprano | Eugeni Muriel, guitar


15.11

Le tombeau de Falla

Tonades de la península

20:00 | Residents 2013-2014 | Ateneu Barcelonès | Barcelona

Anna Alàs i Jové, mezzo-soprano | Eugeni Muriel, guitar


16.11

Le tombeau de Falla

Tonades de la península

18:00 | Hotel El Monegal | Sant Llorenç de Morunys (Catalonia)

Anna Alàs i Jové, mezzo-soprano | Eugeni Muriel, guitar


19.11

Aquelarre step-by-step (premiere)

19:00 | Villa Sträuli | Winterthur

20.11

Aquelarre step-by-step

20:15 | unternehmen mitte | Basel

In Aquelarre: cadavre exquis by women composers

with action painting

Music: Heather Frasch, Haruka Hirayama

Ulrike Mayer-Spohn, Yoly Rojas, Rita Torres

Maruta Staravoitava, flute | Dafne Sandoval, bassoon

Estelle Costanzo, harp | Olivia Steimel, accordion

Ami Rossier, percussion

Christine Verdon, violin | Ellen Fallowfield, cello

Nicole Fior, action painting

Concept and organization: chaotic.moebius

watch Basel performance

No performances

2010

2009

2008

16.01

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Concert 2 | NoiseFloor Festival

4:30 PM | Television studio | Staffordshire University | Stafford (UK)

Program of the concert


24.04

Mostrengo-Interlude

Prémio do Público (categoria audio)

Competição Áudio | 7º Festival Black & White

14:30 | Auditório Ilídio Pinho | Universidade Católica | Porto


01.06

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Evening Concert I | 2010 International Computer Music Conference

8:00 PM | Miller Theater | Columbia University | New York City

Program of the concert


17-24.07

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Sound Stations | Sonic Vigil V

St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral | Cork (Ireland)

Sound Stations Playlists


22.09

SMPG

Isao Nakamura & Friends | Okayama International Music Festival

19:00 | Renaiss Hall | Okayama

Asuka Atanaka, Perc. 1 | Isao Nakamura, Perc. 2 & Conducting

Sakiko Idei, Perc. 3 | Hideki Ikegami, Perc. 4

Noriko Maekawa, Perc. 5 | Martin Frink, Perc. 6

Program of the concert


25.09

SMPG

Isao Nakamura & Friends

18:00 | Phoenix Hall | Osaka

Asuka Atanaka, Perc. 1 | Isao Nakamura, Perc. 2 & Conducting

Sakiko Idei, Perc. 3 | Hideki Ikegami, Perc. 4

Noriko Maekawa, Perc. 5 | Martin Frink, Perc. 6

Program of the concert

22.01

Mostrengo-Interlude

with video by Sebastian Schmidt

Studiokonzert (HfM KA)

20:00 | Kubus | ZKM | Karlsruhe

Konzertprogramm


30.01

Mostrengo-Interlude

with video by Sebastian Schmidt

Isto não é um concerto

21:00 | Pequeno Auditório | CCB | Lisboa

Programa do concerto

Crítica do concerto


10.02

Cyrano-Szenen

Gitarrenmusik aus Portugal und Brasilien

20:00 | Kammermusiksaal | Hochschule für Musik Würzburg

Manfred Guggemos, Guitar

Konzertprogramm


21.03

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

8th Annual International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project

1 PM | Recital Room | California State University, Fullerton

Listening Room Playlist


09.05

Mostrengo-Interlude

Ondas segundo Poetas

21:30 | Auditório Phillippe Friedman | Instituto Franco-Português | Lisboa

Programa do concerto


02.06

SMPG (premiere)

Schlagzeugabend

19:30 | Genuit-Saal | Schloss Gottesaue | Karlsruhe

Keita Maeda, Perc. 1 | Isao Nakamura, Perc. 2 & conductor

Sakiko Idei, Perc. 3 | Raoul Nies, Perc. 4

Hiromi Shigeno, Perc. 5 | Michael Steiner, Perc. 6

Konzertprogramm


23.07

Mostrengo-Interlude

6th Sound and Music Computing Conference

19:00 | Sala 2 | Casa da Música | Porto

Programa do concerto


24.07-02.08

Mostrengo-Interlude

ton:art – digitale Klangkunst

Galerie Margit Haupt | Karlsruhe

Mo-Fr: 15:00-20:00 | Sa+So: 11:00-14:00

Eröffnung: 23.07 | 20:00

Stereo version with video by Sebastian Schmidt


01.10

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Channel Noise: Electronic Music

7:30 PM | Carol A. Carter Hall | Georgia Southern University | Statesboro

Program of the concert


28.10

MSTRG (premiere)

Sakiko Idei, Percussion

Cyrano-Szenen

Mauricio Carrasco, Guitar

Quando eu morrer – Vertonungsversuche um den Tod

Anna Alàs i Jové, Mezzo-soprano

Christoph Heeg, Saxophone

Yannick Wirner, Piano

SMPG

Seulki Im, Perc. 1 | Isao Nakamura, Perc. 2 & conductor

Sakiko Idei, Perc. 3 | Keiko Kida, Perc. 4

Hiromi Shigeno, Perc. 5 | Michael Steiner, Perc. 6

DKA-Abschlusskonzert

19:30 | Velte-Saal | Schloss Gottesaue | Karlsruhe

Konzertkritik


26.03

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Festival DME 4

18:00 | Conservatório de Música de Seia | Seia (Portugal)

Programa do concerto


25.04

Mostrengo-Interlude

(premiere)

with video by Katja Wahl

Wellen durch Dichter

20:00 | Kubus | ZKM | Karlsruhe

Konzertprogramm


29.05

Mostrengo-Interlude

Ondes d’après Poètes

19:30 | Maison du Brésil | CIUP | Paris

Programme du concert


06.06

Mostrengo-Interlude

with video by Katja Wahl

Ondes d’après Poètes

19:30 | Amphi X | Université Paris 8 | Paris

Programme du concert


02.07

Mostrengo-Interlude

with video by Sebastian Schmidt

Music2thousand

20:30 | Marstall | Schloss Gottesaue | Karlsruhe

Konzertprogramm


20-27.09

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Sound Walk | 14º Festival Música Viva

Caminho Pedonal | CCB | Lisboa

Soundwalk Playlist



2007

2006

2005

13.03

Cyrano-Szenen

Klangfarben-Farbklänge

19:30 | Rosbaud-Studio (SWR) | Baden-Baden

Rita Torres, Guitar

Konzertprogramm


31.05

Quando eu morrer – Vertonungsversuche um den Tod (premiere)

Klassenkonzert Komposition

19:30 | Velte-Saal | Schloss Gottesaue | Karlsruhe

Anna Alàs i Jové, Mezzo-Soprano

André Dolabella, Piano

Pedro Bittencourt, Saxophone

Konzertprogramm


29.06

um Lieder herum… (premiere)

Nachtklänge III

21:00 | Insel Theater | Karlsruhe

Stephan Rutz, Oboe | Georg Köhler, Horn

Huang Yin-Tiang, Bassoon | Katrin Bleier, Clarinet II

Frank Nebl, Clarinet I | Rie Watanabe, Percussion

Ulrich Wagner, Conductor

Konzertprogramm


15.12

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Jornadas Nova Música: 10 Anos

19:00 | Auditório de Serralves | Porto

Programa do concerto

Luís Pena, Difusão sonora




22.06

Cyrano-Szenen (premiere)

Kompositionsabend

19:30 | Velte-Saal | Schloss Gottesaue | Karlsruhe

Rita Torres, Guitar

Konzertprogramm

Konzertkritik


14.07

Cyrano-Szenen II (premiere)

Nachtklänge III

21:00 | Insel Theater | Karlsruhe

Marie Huchting, Flute | Petar Hristov, Oboe | Na Li, Clarinet

Detlef Weiß, Bassoon I Oraia Patkou, Bassoon II

Lisiane de los Santos, Cello | Alexander Schröder, Perc.

Ulrich Wagner, Conductor

Konzertprogramm


15.01

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar (premiere)

Studiokonzert II

20:00 | Kubus | ZKM | Karlsruhe

Konzertprogramm


09.06

Shaking Mendeleev in the Presence of a Guitar

Menschine | Next Generation Festival

17:00 | Medientheater | ZKM | Karlsruhe

Konzertprogramm


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