1940 Born 20 January in Montijo, Portugal.
1947 Begining of piano studies with his aunt D. Judite Rosado.
1948 Started composition studies with the same aunt.
1951 Attended the National Conservatory, Lisbon (piano and composition).
1956 Diploma in Composition (with Artur Santos and Croner de Vasconcelos).
1958 Diploma in Piano. Schoolarship from C. Gulbenkian Foudation. Frequency of first year in History-Filosofy
at Lisbon University. Departure to Rome to study in Academia de Santa Cecília ( withBoris Porena and
Goffredo Petrassi).
1959 Sassetti prize in composition.
1960 Studies with Luigi Nono in Venice. Attendance at Electronic Studio of Bilthoven in Holand. Ferienkurse
für Neue Musik in Darmstadt.
1961 Diploma in Composition at Academia de Santa Cecília in Rome. First audiction of his work for orchestra
Políptico 1960 in Naples. Participation in International Contemporary Music Festival of Bayreuth.
1962 In the Academy of Music in Basel studied with Pierre Boulez, K. Stockhausen and G. Koenig.
Schoolarship from Instituto da Alta Cultura. Co-direction of Contemporary Music Course with Louis
Saguer at Academia dos Amadores de Música, in Lisbon.
1964 Direction a Course of Introduction and Initiation to Contemporary Music with Pierre Mariétan at Sociedade
Nacional de Belas-Artes.
1965 Happening in Galeria Divulgação. Teaches Composition in Conservatório do Porto.
1966 Special prize in Composiotion at FCG contest.
1967 Happening in Galeria Quadrante. Direction a Course of Introduction and Initiation to Contemporary Music
with Filipe de Sousa. Participation in Ensemble, an experimental concert, promoted by Stockhausen in
Darmstadt.
1968 Participation in Musik Fur ein Haus, an experimental concert, promoted by Stockhausen in Darmstadt.
Special nomination the 2nd Concurso Nacional de Composição FCG.
1970 Participation in the VI Curso Internacional de Música de Curitiba, II Festival de Música de Guanabara in
Rio de Janeiro and in I Festival de Música Contemporânea of Buenos Aires. Founds Grupo de Música
Contemporânea de Lisboa, with the colaboration of other portuguese musicians.
1971 Presence in VIII Festival of Royan and Journées de Musique Contemporaine de Paris.
1972 Grant to work in electronic music at the Studio of IPEM, in Gant. Participation in IX Festival de Art
Contemporaine de Royan. Concerts in Madeira.
1973 Recording of CDE. Award of the critics of classical music of Casa da Imprensa.
1974 Prize in Composiotion at FCG contest. Participation in II Festival Ibérico de Badajoz and in the Warsaw
Autumn Festival. Recording of Elegia a Amílcar Cabral.
1975 Prize in Orchestral and Chamber Music of SPA. Concerts in Belgium. Colaboration in 24 Hours of
Comunication, in Brussels. Participation in I Festival de Música da Costa do Estoril.
1976 Presence in XIII Festival of Royan.
1977 Participation in 1º Encontros Gulbenkian de Música Contemporânea. Member of Presidencial Council of
Internacional Society of Contemporary Music. Participation in I Festival Latino-Americano of S. João del
Rei, in Brasil, and in Dias da Música Contemporânea in Madrid. Concerts in Spain, Belgium, Germany,
Poland and Switzerland with the GMCL. Eletronic piece in Studio de Musique Experimentale in Bourges,
France.
1978 Concerts in Stuttgard, Bienal of Zagreb and Miró Foundation in Barcelona. Participation in 2º EGMC and
Festival de Vigo.
1979 Participation in 3º EGMC, Festival de Vigo, Festival de Música da Costa do Estoril and Internationale
Gaudeamus Muziekweek.
1980 Participation in 4º EGMC, 6º Festival de Música da Costa do Estoril and Festival of Contemporary Music
in Alessandria. Participation as jury in the Viotti International Competition of Composition.
1981 Participation in Festival of Acqui Terme, 5º EGMC, I Jornadas de Música Electroacústica in Viana do
Castelo and in the cycle “Homenaje a Pessoa”, in Madrid. Direction in a Composition and Analysis
Courses organized by Oficina Musical. Concerts in Madeira.
1982 Participation in 6º EGMC.
1983 Participation in III Jornadas Internacionais de Música Electroacústica in Viana do Castelo, 1º Seminário de
Música Electracústica and 7º EGMC.
1984 Prize in Composition by Conselho Português da Música. Participation in the 20th aniversary of Festival
Música Nova in Santos, World Music Days, in Toronto, Festival of Contemporary Music in Naples and 8º
EGMC. Concerts in Paris. Lectures in Barcelona and Salamanca. Direction in a Course of XX Century
Music History, in Torres Vedras.
1985 Prize in Chamber Music by SPA. Teaches Analysis and Composition in Escola de Música do
Conservatório Nacional. Participation in II Jornadas Internacionais da Oficina Musical in Porto, VIII
Festivale Internazionale di Musica Antica e Contemporanea de Torino, International Festival in Santiago de
Compostela, Encontro Luso-espanhol de Compositores, Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek, 9º
EGMC and in the cycle “Um Século em Abismo”, of ACARTE.
1986 Participation in 10º EGMC, XXII Festival de Música Nova in Santos, Festival de Inverno in S. João del-
Rei, Minas Gerais and the Conference “O Fantástico na Arte Contemporânea”.
1987 Participation in I Jornadas de Musica Contemporanea in Santiago de Compostela, III International Festival
in Santiago de Compostela and 11º EGMC. Prize in Composition by Conselho Português da Música.
1988 Prize Joly Braga Santos. Award by Secretaria de Estado da Cultura. Participation in 12º EGMC and
Quinzena de Música Contemporânea de Macau.
1989 Participation in III Summer Course for Young Musicians in Leiria, Summer School in Universidade do
Minho and in 13º EGMC. Eletronic piece in Studio de Musique Experimentale in Bourges, France.
1990 Homage to Jorge Peixinho in FCSH of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Prize of Rádio. Participation in 14º
EGMC. Works in IRCAM. Participation in a week dedicated to Jorge Peixinho in Toronto, promoted by
New Music Consort.
1991 Gold Medal of the city of Montijo. City Key of Vila do Conde. Award of the city of Faro. Participation in
VII International Festival in Alicante, Festivale Settimana Musicale Senese and 15º EGMC. Concerts in
Itália, Brazil and Belgium (Europália).
1992 Participation in International Festival of Bucarest and 16º EGMC.
1993 Participation in 17º EGMC and II Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea do Porto.
1994 Participation in 18º EGMC. Concerts integrated in Lisboa Capital da Cultura.
1995 Participation in 19º EGMC. Dies in June the 30th, victim of heart failure.