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Dança Híbrida: música de Carlos Azevedo.
(dueto) tocado ao vivo durante um espectáculo do grupo "Longitude Zero" : Carlos Azevedo no piano, e Paleka na bateria. "Dança Híbrida" - music by Carlos Azevedo
►short bio.in Portuguese (below) - originally written by me 10 years ago in the company of mutual friends. After much insistence on my part he gave in and allowed the following information, a very brief summary regarding some of the soundtracks, music for plays, his musical training, pedagogic career and a small number of those with whom he had worked. I later added on many of the names presented below as he had at the time only mentioned a very reduced number, a few Singer-songwiters and Fado singers (Zé Mário Branco, Fausto, Eugénia Melo e Castro,Janita Salomé, Maria da Fé, João Braga and Nuno da Camera Pereira), plus a number of other musicians: Jan Kaczemarek, Steve Potts, two female jazz singers (Maria João and Maria Viana), two Bass players (Zé Eduardo,Carlos Barretto),a drummer and a Portuguese Guitarist.

Later on I further submitted detail regarding his collaborating with visual artists and photographers. When I asked at the time if I could write about it he simply shrugged his shoulders, smiled and said "oh, what ever".
(Those of us who knew him well upon reading this will most likely give a good chuckle for this was his habitual response if anyone wished to ask such things.)

Recently also, and very shortly afterward, was added the fact that he had begun to study the piano at a very tender age with his mother, a remarkable lady of whom I have very fond memories.

Carlos was an exceptional award winning composer (attaining national and international prizes) and very gifted, both as a composer and as a performer.
His ethical and uncompromising nature, professionally and as a person, was always just as present as was his creative genius and tenderness with friends & loved ones throughout his life.
He was known for his sharp wit and charisma


- Thank you for reading. It is difficult to write about those whom are so very dear to us.


Tendo começado a estudar piano em muito tenra idade com sua mãe, Carlos Azevedo estudou na Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa, e Musicologia na Universidade Nova de Lisboa, tendo sido aluno de Jorge Peixinho e Luis Felipe Pires entre outros.
Ganhou vários prémios internacionais e nacionais (a destacar - e entre os quais, por composição / Zefiro, Marcha da Bica, e outros)
Foi professor e Director da Escola de Jazz do Hot Club de Portugal.
Fundou a Escola de Música S.O.M. na Marinha Grande.
Deu e orientou vários "Work-shops" de música por todo o país.

Trabalhou com vários cantores entre os quais: Fausto,Janita Salomé,José Mário Branco,Maria João,Eugénia Melo e Castro,Maria Viana,João Braga,Nuno de Câmara Pereira,Maria da Fé, Carlos Zel, etc.
Tocou com vários músicos tais como: Steve Potts, Jan Kaczemarek (vencedor em 2005 com o Oscar -- "Best Original Score" ), Naná Vasconcelos,Carlos Barretto,Ricardo Rocha,Carlos Alberto Augusto,Rão Kyao,José Eduardo,Carlos Martins,Paleka,José Corisco,Nuno Faria,Jorge Reis,Rodrigo Serrão,João Balão,Luisa Ortigoso,João Courinha,António Ferro,Zeca Neves,irmãos Moreira(Bernardo,Pedro,etc),Hugo Antunes e comigo entre outros/as, dentro e fora do país.

Colaborou, tocou em várias exposições de artes plásticas e de fotografia (Graça, Miguel Valle de Figueiredo, G. Almeida).

Trabalhou como arranjador em discos de: Maria da Fé,Nuno da Câmara Pereira,João Braga, etc.

Participou em vários Festivais Internacionais: Bruges International Music Festival (Bélgica), Festival de Jazz de Évora, Festival de Jazz de Matosinhos, etc.
- tendo os seus grupos executado música com seus arranjos e, ou, por ele composta.

Composição - trabalhos a destacar:

Teatro (selecção):
Diário de um Louco,
A Curva,
Fausto (Primeira Parte),
- de Andezj Kowalski
O Encoberto - de Carlos Avillez
A Paixão - de Piero Paolo Pazolini/Felipe La Féria

Cinema e documentários (selecção):
O Sobreiro - de Jorge Marecos Duarte
História Natural - de Portugal de Jorge Marecos Duarte (documentário para a televisão)
O Vinho dos Mortos - de Joaquim Pinto
Margem Sul ("Margem Sul" - a outra margem de "Zéfiro") - 1994 de José Álvaro Morais
* O Bobo - de José Álvaro Moraes (1987)
** Zefiro - de José Álvaro Moraes (1994)

(filme galardoado com o *Leopardo de Ouro (Lucarno, Suiça) / ** idem - banda sónora)


Photo credits: with exception to the image of João Courinha (taken by Miguel Valle de Figueredo) and one beautiful black & white picture of Carlos, the other images were taken by me.