Jorge Peixinho
Jorge Peixinho (born 20 January 1940 in Montijo; died 30 June 1995 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese composer, pianist, and conductor.
Peixinho studied composition and piano initially at the Conservatory of Lisbon (where he himself later taught), then studied composition with Boris Porena and Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia de Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduating in 1961. After working with Luigi Nono in Venice, he studied with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt and at the Academy of Music in Basel on various occasions between 1960 and 1970.
In 1970 he created the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, and worked at the IPEM studio in Ghent in 1972-73.
Works (selective list)
- Episódios, for string quartet (1960)
- Políptico, for chamber orchestra (1960)
- Electronicolírica, for tape (1979)
- O jardim de Belisa, for chamber ensemble (1984)
- Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1995)