SHORT STATEMENT
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Hugo Vasco Reis is a composer, researcher and musician, who studied in Graz, Zurich, Dresden and Lisbon. His artistic practice extends to acoustic music, electroacoustic music, sound art and installations, making collaborations with ensembles, musicians, fine and visual artists.
His recent compositions include an investigation into the sound and perception phenomena, approaching agencies of listening and mediation, with the aim of including apparently silent sounds from the sonic environment in artistic practice.
WORKS PERFORMANCE IN 2026
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IMAGO
for viola and electronics
February 14th, 2026
O’culto da Ajuda (Lisbon, Portugal)
Trevor McTait
SOME LINES MIXING A COLOR
for soprano. sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
February 16th, 2026
Kirkus Ensemble Venue (Dublin, Ireland)
Síntese GMC
SOME LINES MIXING A COLOR
for soprano. sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
February 17th, 2026
Sonic Lab | SARC (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Síntese GMC
METAMORPHOSIS AND RESONANCES FOR PIANO
for piano solo
February 27th, 2026
Lisboa Incomum (Lisbon, Portugal)
João Casimiro Almeida
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
March 5th, 2026
Lisboa Incomum (Lisbon, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
TATEABILIDADE
for portuguese guitar, objects and electronics
March 7th, 2026
Teatro Variedades (Lisbon, Portugal)
Hugo Vasco Reis
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
March 8th, 2026
Museu Nacional da Música (Mafra, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
March 10th, 2026
Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
March 18th, 2026
Fábrica da Criatividade (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
VULNERABILIDADE
for sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
March 26th, 2026
Teatro Helena Sá e Costa (Porto, Portugal)
Síntese GMC
METAMORPHOSIS AND RESONANCES FOR PIANO
for piano solo
April 11st, 2026
Museu da Música Portuguesa (Estoril, Portugal)
João Casimiro Almeida
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics (workshop)
April 11st, 2026
Casa da Música (Porto, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
SONIC FIGURES PROJECT: TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
April 12nd, 2026
Sonoscopia (Porto, Portugal)
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
VULNERABILIDADE
for sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
April 17th, 2026
Festival da Primavera (Viseu, Portugal)
Síntese GMC
METAMORPHOSIS AND RESONANCES FOR PIANO
for piano solo
April 21st, 2026
Academia de Música (São João da Madeira, Portugal)
João Casimiro Almeida
VULNERABILIDADE
for sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
May 15th, 2026
DeCA (Aveiro, Portugal)
Síntese GMC
DEMORA
for percussion quartet, electronics and video
June 14th, 2026
Museu Nacional da Música (Mafra, Portugal)
Drumming GP, Hugo Vasco Reis and Pedro Vaz
DEMORA
for percussion quartet, electronics and video
June 16th, 2026
Fábrica da Criatividade (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
Drumming GP, Hugo Vasco Reis and Pedro Vaz
FIOS
for guitars, bandolins, wood quartet, percussion and accordion
July 19th, 2026
Auditório Municipal de Gondomar (Gondomar, Portugal)
Orquestra Portuguesa de Guitarras e Bandolins
SOME LINES MIXING A COLOR
for soprano. sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
July 24th, 2026
Jinshang-Yuan (China)
Síntese GMC
SOME LINES MIXING A COLOR
for soprano. sax. acc. 2vl. vla. vlc.
July 26th, 2026
Jinshang-Chengxi (China)
Síntese GMC
SILENT SONIC ENVIRONMENT
for sound installation
August 1st, 2026
Museu Nacional da Música (Mafra, Portugal)
Hugo Vasco Reis
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
August 28th, 2026
Auditorium Tasso Corrêa (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
August 28th, 2026
Auditorium Tasso Corrêa (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
August 31st, 2026
Teatro Belkiss Spencière (Goiânia, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
August 31st, 2026
Teatro Belkiss Spencière (Goiânia, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
September 2nd, 2026
Sala Camargo Guarniere (Uberlândia, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
September 2nd, 2026
Sala Camargo Guarniere (Uberlândia, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
September 3rd, 2026
Auditório Fernando Coelho (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
September 3rd, 2026
Auditório Fernando Coelho (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
September 6th, 2026
Sala João Cardoso Ayres (Recife, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
September 6th, 2026
Sala João Cardoso Ayres (Recife, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
MICRO IMAGES FOR RECORDERS AND PIANOFORTE
for recorders and pianoforte
September 8th, 2026
Palácio da Justiça (Manaus, Brazil)
Borealis Ensemble (António Carrilho and Helena Marinho)
MICRO IMAGES FOR PIANO
for piano
September 8th, 2026
Palácio da Justiça (Manaus, Brazil)
Helena Marinho
RE-MEMORY I
for viola
October 9th, 2026
Lisboa Incomum (Lisbon, Portugal)
Trevor McTait
NEW ALBUM
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DEMORA
for percussion quartet and electronics
“Demora” is a work for percussion quartet and electronics, created as part of an experimental collaboration between composer Hugo Vasco Reis, performers Drumming GP, and visual artist Pedro Vaz.
The idea for the work originated from a month-long walk along the Pyrenees Route (GR11), between the Cantabrian Sea and the Mediterranean, undertaken and documented by Pedro Vaz.
According to him, more than a physical journey, it was a prolonged encounter with the landscape, an exercise in attention, resistance, and attunement between body and place, in which walking became a form of listening.
Based on this premise, Hugo Vasco Reis composed a work that incorporates the thought of philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, who argues that sound is not a fixed phenomenon. It propagates, vibrates, and transforms. When we listen, we are not merely passive receivers—the body resonates with the sound. This implies that the listener participates in the sonic phenomenon through the relationship between body and space, in a vibratory
and relational process.
“Demora” unfolds as a work about listening and mediating. Hearing small sounds, tiny sounds, associated with nature, its transformation and translation. Between percussion, electronics and image, the work proposes an immersive experience where attention becomes artistic material.
This works was supported by Ministry of Culture of Portugal, Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores and Antena 2 (Portuguese classical radio).
NEW VIDEOS
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TÉNUE
for viola, percussion and electronics
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SONIC FIGURES
for electronics
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IMAGO
for viola and electronics
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CORDAS EM RUÍNAS
for portuguese guitar, stones, electronics and loudspeakers
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DIFRAÇÃO
for portuguese guitar, e.bow, glass, aluminium and steel string
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A SOLIDÃO DE UM PÊNDULO
for portuguese guitar, bow, microphones and loudspeakers
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MANIFESTO
for portuguese guitar, nail files, super ball and loudspeakers
UPCOMING NEW WORKS
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SILENT SONIC ENVIRONMENT (2026)
for sound installation
new album
supported by Ministry of Culture of Portugal and SPAutores
METÁFORAS (2026)
new album
supported by Ministry of Culture of Portugal and SPAutores
STILLNESS (2026)
new album
supported by Ministry of Culture of Portugal and SPAutores
BECOMING (2026)
for percussion, violin, viola and violoncello
performed and commissioned by GMCL
RE-MEMORY III (2026)
for percussion solo
written to Miquel Bernat
supported by Ministry of Culture of Portugal
(…) (2027)
for recorder, saxophone, piano and percussion
performed and commissioned by Borealis Ensemble
A. Carrilho, H. Portovedo, H. Marinho and N. Aroso
DIAGRAMA (2027)
for viola, percussiona nd electronics
performed and commissioned by Sonic Figures Project
Trevor McTait, Miquel Bernat and Hugo Vasco Reis
(…) (2027)
for voice
performed and commissioned by Helena Neves
(…) (2028)
for flute and guitar
performed by Pedro Ribeiro Rodrigues and Lucija Stilinović