Fernando Lopes-Graça - Glosas & Other Piano Works (Luís Duarte)

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Composer: Fernando Lopes-Graça

• 11 Glosas, LG 127
• 3 Lullabies, LG 148
• 2 Lullabies, LG 136
• Álbum do jovem pianista, LG 134

Luís Duarte, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Hyperion

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Composer, pianist, conductor, lecturer, ethnomusicologist, political campaigner … over a long and productive life Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994) pursued a wide range of activities, by no means all necessarily associated with the esoteric world of mid-twentieth-century European modernism. If the spirit (and sound) of Bartók is seldom far away, Lopes-Graça’s own voice and aesthetic emerge strongly in Luís Duarte’s recital of solo piano works, which includes three first recordings.

Luís Duarte, born in Porto, is a distinguished Portuguese pianist with an active international career, performing across Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Slovenia. He studied at ESMAE under Fausto Neves, Luís Filipe Sá, and Madalena Soveral, and continued at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest with László Baranyay and Rita Wagner. Duarte has collaborated with renowned artists and ensembles, including Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, and FIME Ensemble. He has premiered works by Fernando Lopes-Graça, Ângela Ponte, and António Pinho Vargas, recorded for labels such as Brilliant Classics, and teaches piano, Lied, and chamber music in Porto. His debut album won Portugal’s Prémios Play award in 2022.

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