About Filipe Pires
Filipe Pires (June 1934 - February 2015) was a Portuguese composer born in Lisbon but who later lived in Porto from 1960 until his death. He was the author of several vocal, instrumental and electroacoustic pieces in the chamber music, symphonic music, musical theatre and dance. He started his career as a pianist right after the Portuguese Musical Youth awarded him a First Prize in 1950. Some years later he completed courses in Piano and Composition at Lisbon’s National Conservatory
