CARVALHO, Sara

Sara Carvalho is a Portuguese composer and professor at the Department of Communication and Arts of the University of Aveiro, where she also conducts research at the Institute of Ethnomusicology – Centre for Studies in Music and Dance. Her research encompasses composition and music education.
Carvalho writes contemporary classical music for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, voices and orchestra, as well as opera and interdisciplinary works. Her creative interests include musical gesture and narrative, collaboration between composers and performers, and the interaction of music with other performing arts. Her compositions include the opera Natércia, Squashed Fairies for piano, harp and string quartet, Blows Hot and Cold for string quartet, Ta Prohm for ensemble, Surya Namaskara for vocal-instrumental ensemble and After a Naked Lunch for solo saxophone and orchestra. Her monographic album 7 Pomegranate Seeds was released in 2012.