biography
biography
Carlos Marecos (b. 1963, Lisbon) graduated in Composition, in 1999, at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, where he studied with Eurico Carrapatoso, António Pinho Vargas and Christopher Bochmann.
He completed a PhD in Music, in 2011, at the University of Aveiro, with the composers João Pedro Oliveira and Christopher Bochmann, with a scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology.
He won the composition prize “Prémio Lopes-Graça in 1999 and again in 2000.
He directs the chamber ensemble “Ensemble Portátil”, which is dedicated to contemporary repertoire and modern settings of Portuguese folk music.
Marecos has received commissions from numerous important cultural entities including Culturgest, the Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art (ACART), the World Exposition - Lisbon 1998, OrchestrUtópica, the Estoril International Music Festival, and Cistermúsica - Alcobaça Music Festival.
In the areas of theatre and dance, he has worked with the stage directors João Brites, Raul Atalaia, Luís Miguel Cintra, Paulo Lages and José Russo, as well as the choreographers Madalena Victorino and Vera Mantero.
Since 2002, Marecos has been developing staged works regularly with a team of artists including the soprano Margarida Marecos, the stage director Paulo Lages, the actor Guilherme Filipe, the set designer Acácio de Carvalho, and the costume designer Manuela Bronze. Together, the following productions were staged:
- La Serva Padrona/A Criada Patroa (2002); a modern version of the intermezzo muicalle of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, with orchestration by Marecos. This production was supported by the Ministry of Culture/Portuguese Institute for Performing Arts.
- Caminho ao Céu” (2003), musical theatre; commissioned by Culturgest to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and staged by Paulo Lages.
- O FIM – Ópera Íntima” (2004), a chamber opera with libretto by Paulo Lages, based on the play by António Patrício; the premier was held at the Cascais Cultural Center, with the support of the Ministry of Culture/Arts Institute.
Outside Portugal, his music has been performed in Spain, France, England, Denmark, Columbia and the United States.
He teaches composition and analysis at the Escola Superior de Música in Lisbon and at the Conservatory Dom Dinis in Odivelas.