{"id":335,"date":"2025-03-23T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.manteigasmusicfestival.com\/?page_id=335"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:40:44","slug":"jorge-alves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.manteigasmusicfestival.com\/en\/jorge-alves\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Alves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jorge Alves<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Choir Master of Coro Sinf\u00f3nico Lisboa Cantat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jorge Alves studied at the Instituto Gregoriano de Lisboa and the Lisbon Superior School of Music. He attended various Choral Conducting and Vocal Technique courses in Portugal and abroad, working with Jos\u00e9 Robert, Edgar Saramago, Lazlo Heltay, Fernando Eldoro, Anton de Beer, Erwin List, Lu\u00eds Madureira, and Jill Feldmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a tenor, he was a member of the University of Lisbon Choir from 1980 to 1983 and performed as a reinforcement singer in the Choir of the S\u00e3o Carlos National Theatre in several operas between 1984 and 1988, the year he joined the Gulbenkian Choir (1988\u20132001). From 1993 to 1996, he participated in the \"Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa\" project, touring Portugal and Japan. In 1998, he was invited to join the male vocal quartet Tetvocal, performing in concerts across Portugal, Brazil, Thailand, and China until 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His choral conducting career began with the Syntagma Musicum chamber choir, which he founded in 1985. With this group, he won first prize in the \"New Cultural Talents \u2013 Choral Music\" competition in 1988, awarded by the Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture. His work as a choral conductor expanded across mainland Portugal and the islands, leading various groups, including: Coro de C\u00e2mara Syntagma Musicum (1985\u20131997), Coro Sinf\u00f3nico Lisboa Cantat (since 1986), Coro de C\u00e2mara Lisboa Cantat (since 2006), Orfe\u00e3o da Covilh\u00e3 (1988\u201392), Grupo Coral de Lagos (1992\u20131996), Coro da Universidade Cat\u00f3lica de Lisboa (1993\u20132002), Coro do Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos (2001\u20132004, as assistant conductor), Coral Lu\u00edsa Todi (2003\u201307), Coro Vox Cordis, in Ponta Delgada (since 2006, as guest conductor) and Coro da Universidade T\u00e9cnica de Lisboa\/Coro da Universidade de Lisboa (1998 to December 2015). In 2015, he founded CILC (Coro Infantil Lisboa Cantat, a children\u2019s choir) and EVUL (Vocal Ensemble da Universidade de Lisboa) (2015\u20132016). In 2016, he founded CJULC (Coro Juvenil Lisboa Cantat, a youth choir). Since 2016, he has worked with various choral groups in Luxembourg, notably the Ensemble Vocal Cantica and the Jubilate Musica choir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He conducted the Portuguese premieres of Misa Cubana<\/em> by Jos\u00e9 Maria Vittier and Cantata para un Silencio<\/em> by Daniel Schvetz, as well as several works by contemporary Portuguese composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has recorded numerous musical radio and television programs for RDP, RTP, and SIC, notably the C\u00e2mara Clara<\/em> program (2008), dedicated to choral music in Portugal, the inaugural concert for the six organs of the Royal Basilica of Mafra, concerts with Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa (OML) and Coro Sinf\u00f3nico Lisboa Cantat (CSLC) featuring Beethoven's Missa Solemnis<\/em>, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess<\/em>, and Verdi's Requiem<\/em>, three editions of the APCL Gala with Orquestra Nacional do Porto (ONP), Orquestra Sinf\u00f3nica Portuguesa (OSP), the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recorded six CDs for Num\u00e9rica Editora, featuring Portuguese choral music, with a special focus on the a cappella<\/em> choral works of Fernando Lopes-Gra\u00e7a. Additionally, he regularly collaborates on choral workshops for young singers in Portugal and abroad. He has taught Choir and Music Theory at the Covilh\u00e3 Regional Conservatory, the \u00c9vora Professional Music School, and various other educational institutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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