Dwa koncerty z serii ,,Panorama duńskiej muzyki akordeonowej’’ w wykonaniu José Valente prezentują najwybitniejsze pozycje duńskiego repertuaru akordeonowego z lat 1978–2024. Pierwsze z nich powstały jeszcze dla XX-wiecznej legendy duńskiego akordeonu, Mogensa Ellegaarda, cztery ostatnie na zamówienie Doktoranta u młodych kompozytorów. Program obu koncertów stanowi dzieło artystyczne jego dysertacji doktorskiej.
Wykonawca:
José Valente – akordeon (Szkoła Doktorska)
Harmonogram:
- 18.03 | godz. 18:00 | PATIO Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku
W programie:
H. Abrahamsen – Canzone
N. Rosing-Schow – Spiral Ladder
B. Sørensen – Looking on Darkness
P. Nørgård – Anatomic Safari
- 19.03 | godz. 19:00 | Sala S2 Akademii Muzycznej w Gdańsku
W programie:
A. Skibsted – Graf Plot
L. Destremau – ABCDE
M. Vestergård Hansen – Drowning Preludes
G. Bjerre – Suite for Accordion
B. Sørensen – Looking on Darkness
Koordynator:
dr hab. Paweł Zagańczyk
Organizator:
Katedra Organów, Klawesynu, Akordeonu, Gitary, Harfy i Instrumentów Historycznych
Współorganizator:
Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku
José Valente is considered amongst the most promising accordionists of his generation. He began his musical studies at the age of 10, under the guidance of accordionist Paulo Jorge Ferreira, at Conservatório Municipal D. Dinis, Odivelas. At 18, he was admitted at Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco (ESART), where he completed his Master in Music (Accordion Specialization), in March 2013, under the guidance of teachers Paulo Jorge Ferreira and Maria Luísa Correia Castilho. In the academic year 2010/2011, ESART awarded him a merit scholarship, for having obtained the best grades among all the students from the music’s
faculty. In 2015, he was admitted at The Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he completed an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma – soloist, in April 2018, under the guidance of the Norwegian accordionist Geir Draugsvoll. He was the first Portuguese to enter into the soloist class, at this academy. In 2019, he became a teacher at the same academy.
José won several awards at national and international level:
- 1st prize at Concurso de Acordeão de Castelo Branco – Folefest (Portugal, 2008, junior category),
- 1st prize also at competition Folefest (Portugal, 2009, senior and chamber music categories and 2012, chamber music category),
- 1st prize at 6th Concurso de Jovens Intérpretes de Caldas da Rainha (Portugal, 2009),
- 1st prize at competition Prémio Jovens Músicos 2014 (Portugal, concert accordion category, advanced level),
- 1st prize ex aequo at 17th Concurso de Interpretação do Estoril | Prémio El Corte Inglés (Portugal, 2015),
- 1st prize at PIF 2016 – 41st Castelfidardo International Accordion Prize (Italy, Premio category), golden medal at 1st Vienna International Music Competition (Professional category, 2019),
- golden medal at 4th Manhattan International Music Competition (Professional category, 2019)
- golden medal at the 2nd Berliner International Music Competition (Professional category, 2019).
Also at competition PJM 2014, he got the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth prize (EMCY) and one Gulbenkian Scholarship from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. He was the first soloist accordionist to receive the EMCY prize. He was also the first Portuguese to win the Scholarship Competition (2016), for all instruments, at The Royal Danish Academy of Music. He has performed with Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras, Orquestra Clássica da Madeira, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música and Remix Ensemble Casa da Música, under the baton of the great conductors Cesário Costa, Daniele Giulio Moles, Misha Rachlevsky, Nikolay Lalov, Pedro Carneiro, Peter Rundel, Olari Elts and Sian Edwards. He attended masterclasses led by renowned accordionists, including Claudio Jacomucci, Frédéric Deschamps, Friedrich Lips, Geir Draugsvoll, Matti Rantanen, Mika Väyrynen, Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Raimondas Sviackevičius, Veli Kujala, Vojin Vasovic and Yuri Shishkin.
He has given masterclasses in Denmark (The Royal Danish Academy of Music) and Lithuania (Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre). He has also collaborated with recognized composers, such as Carlos Azevedo, Gustav Bjerre, Francesco Filidei, Jon Lin Chua, Lasse Winterbottom, Luís Soldado, Nuno da Rocha, Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Rebecca Saunders, among others, having performed more than ten premieres. He has performed concerts in Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Spain and USA, having performed at famous halls such as Casa da Música (Suggia Hall), Centro Cultural de Belém (Concert Hall), Elbphilharmonie (Großer Saal), Gulbenkian (Concert Hall), Laeiszhalle, Merkin Concert Hall, Philharmonie de Paris (Salle des
Concerts), Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, among others. He has perfomed at international music festivals, like Akordeono Festivalis Vilnius (Vilnius, Lithuania), Dias da Música (Lisboa, Portugal), Marvão International Music Festival (Marvão, Portugal), PIF Castelfidardo (Castelfidardo, Italy), PULSAR (Copenhagen, Denmark), “Star of Competitions” Festival (Kragujevac, Serbia), Vinterjazz (Copenhagen, Denmark), among others. He has also been invited as jury at the International Accordion Week Alcobaça (Portugal) and Premio Internazionale della Fisarmonica di Castelfidardo (Italy). In October 2014, his dissertation, “Concert accordion in Portugal – perceptions and expectations”, was published by AvA Musical Editions. This study includes the participation of renowned Portuguese musicians: António Victorino d'Almeida, Carlos Marecos, Cristóvão Silva, Fernando Ribeiro, Joaquim Raposo, Paulo Jorge Ferreira, Sérgio Azevedo and Vitorino Matono. In 2019, he recorded his first album, Modern Music Spectrum, which was published by Aulicus Classics label. The album contains some of the most recognized compositions within the music literature for classical accordion. The last piece from this album, Plus I (for accordion and clarinet), was recorded together with the prestigious Italian clarinetist Giovanni Punzi.
