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First name: Carlos
Last name: Azevedo
Dates: 1949
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Portuguese
Opus name: Sesta (2002)
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Information: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carlos Azevedo (born 29 March 1949, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Portuguese composer and pianist. Having studied composition with Jorge Peixinho, he is a classical 20th century composer. He is also a jazz pianist and composer. While he was a teacher and director of the Jazz School at the Hot Club of Portugal, he taught many. Among others, he has been accompanied on stage by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (Oscar winner for the “Best Original Score in 2005), Steve Potts, Paleka and Maria João. He performed in a variety of Festivals such as the Bruges Jazz Festival in Belgium. He is an award winning composer. He won a “Gold Leopard” Award for Best Original Score in Lucerne, Switzerland for the film “Zefiro”, a film by José Alvaro Morais His music has also won 1st prize on various occasions for original score with other films and for other works such as Marcha da Bica (Bica March) in the Lisbon summer festivity called “Santos Populares, marchas de Stº António ”. He founded various schools for the study of music and has given numerous workshops all over Portugal. He has worked with Guida Almeida, photographer Miguel Valle de Figueiredo, and stage director / producer Andrej Kowalski. He composes on a regular basis for the theatre, cinema, and for most of the groups in which he plays.