Jorge Peixinho
(1940-1995)

Portuguese composer, pianist, and conductor
Contemporary Classical Music (1970s – 1990s, or more generally,  post-1945)

EDUCATION
1950s:  Lisbon National Conservatory
1959:  Gulbenkian Foundation Scholar in Rome
1960:  Electronic Music Studio in Holland
1970:  Foundation of the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group
1972:  Studio IPEM of electronic music in Belgium

STYLE
Citations and Self-citations
Lack of a single, central tone or key (Atonality)
Temporal Stretching
Impure sounds (Contemporaneous artist)
Electronic sounds

SONGS (used in the presentation)
Sucessões Simétricas II (1971) [Symmetrical Successions II]
Políptico (1960) [Polyptych]
Floreal (1992) [Floral]

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESOURCES
Playlist of Peixinho’s compositions compiled by the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group: HERE

“Jorge Peixinho.” Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa. Accessed February 28, 2015. http://www.gmcl.pt/membros/.

“PEIXINHO Jorge (1940-1995).” Centro de Investigação & Informação da Música Portuguesa. Accessed February 28, 2015. http://www.mic.pt/dispatcher?where=0&what=2&show=0&pessoa_id=142.