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Carrapatoso, Eurico (b. February 15, 1962, Mirandela). Portuguese composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed in the Americas, Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Carrapatoso studied history at the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto and there earned a degree in 1985. He then studied composition with José LuÃs Borges Coelho from 1985-87 and studied fugue with Cândido Lima at the Conservatório de Música de Lisboa in 1987-88. He studied composition with Constança Capdeville at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa from 1988-91 and with Jorge Peixinho there from 1991-93, where he graduated with the highest honors.
Among his honors are the Cantonigròs Prize (Barcelona, 1995), the Lopes-Graça Prize from the city of Tomar (1998-99), the Francisco de Lacerda Prize (1999, for Mare nostrum et mare vostrum and Raios de Extinta Luz), the Prémio da Identidade Nacional (2001), and the Commendation of the Order of the Infante Dom Henrique from the president of Portugal (2004).
He taught social and economic history as an assistant professor at the Universidade Portucalense and has taught composition at several institutions, including the Escola de Música in Porto, the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra in Lisbon. He has taught analysis and compositional techniques at the Academia de Amadores de Música in Lisbon and the Conservatório Nacional de Música in Lisbon since 1989.
He is married to the soprano Angélica Neto.
E-mail address: carrapatoso.eurico@clix.pt
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