PEDRO TEIXEIRA
choral conductor
Pedro Teixeira is one of Portugal's foremost choral conductors, having become widely known in the choral world for his insightful and sensitive performances.
RECENT PROJECTS
Concerts, workshops and masterclasses
A quick glimpse of Pedro's last concerts and projects.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all subsequent concerts and projects have been cancelled until the end of this season.
02/02/20 | 20h00
Seville, Spain
Espacio Turina
The Sevillian ensemble Bach Accademia will perform a programme entirely dedicated to some of the masterpieces of Portuguese polyphony. Missa Cantate Domino, a mass setting for double choir, is the central piece of the concert. Around it, major works by Magalhães, Melgaz, Cardoso, Brito and the spaniard Lopes-Morago.
Bach Accademia
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
15/02/20 | 19h00
Lisbon
Teatro Nacional São Carlos
Salão Nobre
In Luar, Coro Ricercare will perform an alluring programme through wisely chosen repertoire around a striking moonlight. Beautiful poetry will meet amazing repertoire in an enticing and surprising concert that will bring to life several of the most striking contemporary pieces for choir.
RTP - Antena 2 - broadcast live
Coro Ricercare
Rodrigo Gomes, piano
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
08/03/20 | 16h00, Lisbon
Igreja Colégio S. João de Brito
Temporada de Órgão S. João de Brito
Officium Ensemble will perform a programme focused on masterpieces of Iberian Renaissance, in a thrilling programme that encompasses composers such as Magalhães, Lobo and Cardoso, among others.
Officium Ensemble
Sérgio Silva, organ
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
2019-20 AT A GLANCE
A glance at this season's concerts and projects
OFFICIUM DEFUNCTORUM VICTORIA
30/11/19 | 20h30 Seville
01/12/19 | 18h30 Seville, Spain
Coro de la SMS
Sociedad Musical de Sevilla
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
21/12/19 | 21h30 Lisbon
Igr. S. Vicente de Fora
Coro Ricercare
Sinfonietta de Lisboa
Pedro Teixeira, choirmaster
Vasco Pearce de Azevedo, conductor
CANTE
05/01/20 | 17h00 Serpa
Auditório Municipal de Serpa, Portugal
Coro Ricercare
Ensemble Darcos
Pedro Teixeira, choirmaster
Nuno Côrte-Real, conductor
THE SPLENDOUR OF PORTUGUESE POLYPHONY
02/02/20 | 20h30 Seville
Espacio Turina
Bach Accademia
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
LUAR
15/02/20 | 19h Lisbon
Teatro Nacional São Carlos
Festival Antena 2
Coro Ricercare
Rodrigo Gomes, piano
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
REQUIEM AETERNAM
08/03/20 | 16h00 Lisbon
Igreja Colégio S. João de Brito
Filipe de Magalhães' Requiem
Officium Ensemble
Sérgio Silva, organ
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
REQUIEM AETERNAM
28/03/2020 | 18h Évora
Convento dos Remédios
CANCELLED
Filipe de Magalhães' Requiem
Officium Ensemble
Sérgio Silva, organ
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
REMINISCÊNCIAS
26/04/20 | 17h Lisbon
Dias da Música CCB
CANCELLED
Coro Ricercare
Pedro Teixeira, choirmaster
Daniel Bernardes, piano
Pedro Moreira, conductor
MUSICA SACRA
16/05/20 | 20h Brauweiler
Brauweiler Abbey
Musica Sacra Nova Brauweiler - Germany
CANCELLED
Coro Ricercare
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
MASTERCLASS ON CHORAL CONDUCTING
21-24/04/20 | Tenerife, Spain
CANCELLED
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
EVOKE RICERCARE
30/05/20 | 21h Lisbon
Igreja do Loreto
CANCELLED
Coro Ricercare & Evoke (UK)
Victoria Ely, conductor
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
BEETHOVEN MASS IN C
07/06/20 | 16h Lisbon
Igr. Colégio S. João Brito
CANCELLED
Mass in C op. 86
Coro Ricercare
Melleo Harmonia
Pedro Teixeira, choirmaster
Joaquim Ribeiro, conductor
MISA DE MAGRANÉ
06/07/20 | 20h Barcelona
Palau de la Musica
CANCELLED
Musica Reservata Barcelona
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
MUSIC THROUGH HISTORY
10/07/20 | Castelo de Vide
CANCELLED
Officium Ensemble
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
PAST EVENTS
Highlights from recent seasons
GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION
November 25, 2018
Rosa Immaculata
Coro Gulbenkian
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
LAUS POLYPHONIÆ ANTWERP
August 24, 2018
Requiem a 8, Duarte Lobo
Officium Ensemble
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
OUDEMUZIEK UTRECHT
GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION
April 22, 2018
Alma
Coro Gulbenkian
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
FIMM MARVÃO
July 28, 2018
Requiem a 8, Duarte Lobo
Officium Ensemble
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
FESTIVAL ARTE SACRO MADRID
March 3, 2019
The Golden Age of Portuguese Polyphony
Officium Ensemble
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
FIMM MARVÃO
July 20, 2019
Uma Terra de Água, Ar e Fogo
Coro Ricercare
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
FIMM MARVÃO
July 26, 2019
Carmina Burana
Marvão Festival Chorus
Pedro Teixeira, choirmaster
CISTERMÚSICA
July 7 & 27, 2019
Masterpieces of the Renaissance
Officium Ensemble
Pedro Teixeira, conductor
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
August 1-4, 2019
Singapore
Pedro Teixeira, adjudicator
BIOGRAPHY
Pedro Teixeira is one of Europe’s foremost choral conductors. Between 2012 and 2017 he held the title of choral director of Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid, where in addition to preparing large-scale symphonic and choral works, he was noted for fine-tuning the choir’s sound through a series of a cappella concerts.
Born in Lisbon, Pedro attained a Masters degree in Choral Conducting at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, gaining much performance experience as the artistic director of Grupo Coral de Queluz (2000-2012) and Eborae Musica (1997-2013). Since then, he has become widely known in the choral world for his insightful and sensitive performances. Pedro specializes in building and maintaining the core sound, pureness of vocal emission and musicality of choirs with whom he works.
Pedro’s ongoing interest in early music led him to form Officium Ensemble, a professional vocal group dedicated to the research and interpretation of Portuguese Polyphony of the 16th and 17th centuries. Since 2000 he has performed widely with Officium Ensemble in prestigious early music festivals such as Oude Muziek (Utrecht), Laus Polyphoniæ (Antwerp), won prizes internationally (including “Most promising conductor of Tonen 2002”) and has recording projects planned. In addition to his interest in renaissance music, Pedro is dedicated to contemporary music and, as the director of Ricercare Choir in Lisbon, presents several world premieres per season.
After singing in its renowned choir for several years, in 2011 Pedro was invited to prepare programmes with Coro Gulbenkian, Lisbon, and continued his collaboration as an invited conductor until 2014. Recent work with Coro Gulbenkian included Bach’s B Minor Mass, Verdi’s Falstaff, Händel’s Solomon and MacMillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross. As a singer, Pedro has performed throughout Europe, the USA, South America, Africa, and the UK, with groups such as Coro Gulbenkian, A Cappella Portuguesa, and Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa, with whom he continues performing as a soloist.
Pedro is also in demand as a teacher of choral conducting. For 20 years he has been the artistic director of the international workshop Evora Cathedral Music School and now also leads several masterclasses and summerschools. These include Victoria 400 in Barcelona (with Peter Phillips, Ivan Moody and Jordí Abelló) and Early Music Morella - International Course on Medieval and Renaissance Music, where he leads the vocal ensemble workshop. He also teaches choral conducting and chamber music at Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa and Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa.
Pedro’s continued activity as choirmaster have led to several invitations as international adjudicator in choir competitions and festivals, namely Lisbon (Lisbon Summer Choral Festival), Hong-Kong (Winter Choral Festival) and Badajoz (Gran Premio Nacional de Canto Coral - Spain).
Pedro has prepared choirs in collaboration with conductors such as John Nelson, Joana Carneiro, Enrico Onofri, Lorenzo Viotti, Víctor Pablo Perez, Riccardo Muti, Paul McCreesh, Lawrence Foster, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Recent highlights include Haydn’s Creation, Britten’s War Requiem and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé at Auditorio Nacional de Musica (Madrid), Verdi’s Falstaff at Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) and Verdi’s Requiem at Teatro Real de Madrid.
In addition to his ongoing projects with Officium Ensemble and Coro Ricercare, in 2018 Pedro returned to Coro Gulbenkian to prepare and conduct his own programme Alma at the auditorium of Fundação Gulbenkian. Recent concerts with Officium Ensemble included a return to Utrecht Early Music Festival (Oude Muziek) and Laus Polyphoniæ in Antwerp, as well as other projects with Coro Gulbenkian and others.
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