Jaime Reis

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Jaime Reis (n. 1983) es un compositor portugués.

Ha estudiado Composición y Música Electrónica con João Pedro Oliveira, Emmanuel Nunes y Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ha continuado su formación realizando un doctorado en Etnomusicología en la Universidad NOVA de Lisboa.

La música de Reis se inspira en su interés por la investigación en las ciencias naturales y su atención constante en las tradiciones – específicamente en la espiritualidad – de la música asiática.  

Una de sus áreas de interés son las formas dinámicas, fuerzas y flujos de la música. Explora los caminos polifónicos espaciales a partir de sistemas sonoros inmersivos en forma de copla.

Otra característica notable en su música es la presencia de conceptos complejos que sostienen la construcción de sus obras, evitando desviar la atención de su sensible belleza. Las ideas se desarrollan como funciones ocultas que, a pesar de su rigor intelectual, generan formas musicales voluptuosas.

Reis es profesor de composición y de música electroacústica en la Escuela Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML) e investigador en el Instituto de Etnomusicología de la Universidad NOVA de Lisboa. Es director artístico del Festival DME y del Lisboa Incomum, donde se desarrolla una intensa actividad de pesquisa y de creación de la música contemporánea.

Su música ha sido mundialmente interpretada por ensambles y músicos como Christophe Desjardins, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Aida-Carmen Soanea, Ana Telles, Ensemble Fractales, Ensemble Horizonte, Grupo de Música Contemporânea de Lisboa, Machina Lírica, Orchestre de Flûtes Français y Aleph Gitarren quartett.

Biografía por Monika Streitová,  flautista  y Professora en la Universidad de Évora (Portugal)

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Piezas ordenadas por año. Los trabajos mas recientes aparecen primero

Grupo de Cámara ( 2 - 4 instrumentos )


Magistri Mei: Bach - vier Sterne for guitar quartet (2023)
Látigo.pele. for recorder, cello and piano (2021)
Nœud.navire. for cello and double bass (2020)
Magistri Mei: Bach for 2 guitars and electronics or 1 guitar and electronics with pre-recorded guitar (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (A) for flute and clarinet (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (B) for flute and saxophone (2020)
Magistri Mei: Beethoven - Raum 3 miniatures for french horn, Bb trumpet and trombone (2020)
Sândalo.prata. for flute and guitar (2018)

Ensamble de Cámara (5 - 9 instrumentos)


Sangue Inverso (V): Rosa do Deserto (A) for flute, clarinet, piano , violin and cello (2022)
Sangue Inverso (I - II - III) - Inverso Sangue (I - II - III) for chamber ensemble (2017)
A Anamnese das Constantes Ocultas for ensemble and electronics (2016)
Sangue Inverso (VI): Olho de Tigre for violin, viola, cello and piano (2015)
Calmodulin Synthesis for 5 spatialized percussionists (2002)

Composite work


Sigma.cobre for cello and piano (2021)

Música Instrumental


Magistri Mei: Bach - vier Sterne for guitar quartet (2023)
Sangue Inverso (V): Rosa do Deserto (A) for flute, clarinet, piano , violin and cello (2022)
Látigo.pele. for recorder, cello and piano (2021)
Sangue Inverso (IV): Quartzo (A) for flute, clarinet, violin and piano (2020)
Sangue Inverso (IV): Quartzo (B) for flute, saxophone, violin and piano (2020)
Nœud.navire. for cello and double bass (2020)
Magistri Mei: Bach for 2 guitars and electronics or 1 guitar and electronics with pre-recorded guitar (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (A) for flute and clarinet (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (B) for flute and saxophone (2020)
Magistri Mei: Beethoven - Raum 3 miniatures for french horn, Bb trumpet and trombone (2020)
Monólito.ébano. for piano (2019)
Sândalo.prata. for flute and guitar (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (A) for clarinet (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (B) for soprano saxophone (2018)
Aera Excipere for 12 flutes (2018)
Inverso Sangue (III): Cinábrio for violin, viola and cello (2017)
Sangue Inverso (I - II - III) - Inverso Sangue (I - II - III) for chamber ensemble (2017)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (B) for saxophone, violin and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (A) for clarinet, violin and cello (2017)
A Anamnese das Constantes Ocultas for ensemble and electronics (2016)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (A) for flute, clarinet and piano (2016)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (B) for flute, saxophone and piano (2016)
Sangue Inverso (I): Magnetite for piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (VI): Olho de Tigre for violin, viola, cello and piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (II): Ametista (A) for flute and piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (II): Ametista (B) for recorder and piano (2015)
Síntese I For 14 players with conductor (2003)
Lysozyme Synthesis for piano (2003)

Instrumento Solo


Monólito.ébano. for piano (2019)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (A) for clarinet (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (B) for soprano saxophone (2018)
Sangue Inverso (I): Magnetite for piano (2015)
Lysozyme Synthesis for piano (2003)

Solista (Instrumento o Voz) y Electrónica en Tiempo Real


Omniscience Is a Collective - Part IV for vibraphone, cymbal (20’’), triangle and condenser cardiod microphone (2018)

Ensamble (Instrumentos o Voces) y Medios Electrónicos Fijos


Fluxus, Vortex - Schubkraft for guitar quartet (2018)
Fluxus, Drag for cello, double bass and electronics (2016)
Sinais no Tempo for amplified guitar and tape (2007)

Ensamble (10 - 19 instrumentos)


Aera Excipere for 12 flutes (2018)
Síntese I For 14 players with conductor (2003)



Ensamble Coral


Voces Excipere for 12 voices [SSS AAA TTT BBB] (2017)

Solista (Instrumento o Voz) y Medios Electrónicos Fijos


Fluxus, Dimensionless Sound (B) for flute and electronics (2017)
Fluxus, Transitional Flow for viola and electronics (2013)

Otros Ensambles Orquestales


Density Study Robots Orchestra (2005)

Instrumento y Electrónica


Fluxus, Vortex - Schubkraft for guitar quartet (2018)
Omniscience Is a Collective - Part IV for vibraphone, cymbal (20’’), triangle and condenser cardiod microphone (2018)
Fluxus, Dimensionless Sound (B) for flute and electronics (2017)
Fluxus, Drag for cello, double bass and electronics (2016)
Fluxus, Transitional Flow for viola and electronics (2013)
Sinais no Tempo for amplified guitar and tape (2007)
Reificação Espectral I for steel drums and electronics (2004)

Ensamble de Percusión


Calmodulin Synthesis for 5 spatialized percussionists (2002)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (A) for flute, clarinet and piano (2016)
A Anamnese das Constantes Ocultas for ensemble and electronics (2016)
Aera Excipere for 12 flutes (2018)
Bartolomeu, O Voador Musical theatre for children's choir, narrator, pierrot quintet and electronics (2018)
Calmodulin Synthesis for 5 spatialized percussionists (2002)
Density Study Robots Orchestra (2005)
Fluxus, Dimensionless Sound (B) for flute and electronics (2017)
Fluxus, Drag for cello, double bass and electronics (2016)
Fluxus, Transitional Flow for viola and electronics (2013)
Fluxus, Vortex - Schubkraft for guitar quartet (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (A) for clarinet (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (B) for soprano saxophone (2018)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (A) for clarinet, violin and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (B) for saxophone, violin and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (III): Cinábrio for violin, viola and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (A) for flute and clarinet (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (B) for flute and saxophone (2020)
Látigo.pele. for recorder, cello and piano (2021)
Lysozyme Synthesis for piano (2003)
Magistri Mei: Bach for 2 guitars and electronics or 1 guitar and electronics with pre-recorded guitar (2020)
Magistri Mei: Bach - vier Sterne for guitar quartet (2023)
Magistri Mei: Beethoven - Raum 3 miniatures for french horn, Bb trumpet and trombone (2020)
Monólito.ébano. for piano (2019)
Nœud.navire. for cello and double bass (2020)
Omniscience Is a Collective - Part IV for vibraphone, cymbal (20’’), triangle and condenser cardiod microphone (2018)
Reificação Espectral I for steel drums and electronics (2004)
Sândalo.prata. for flute and guitar (2018)
Sangue Inverso (I - II - III) - Inverso Sangue (I - II - III) for chamber ensemble (2017)
Sangue Inverso (I): Magnetite for piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (II): Ametista (A) for flute and piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (II): Ametista (B) for recorder and piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (B) for flute, saxophone and piano (2016)
Sangue Inverso (IV): Quartzo (A) for flute, clarinet, violin and piano (2020)
Sangue Inverso (IV): Quartzo (B) for flute, saxophone, violin and piano (2020)
Sangue Inverso (V): Rosa do Deserto (A) for flute, clarinet, piano , violin and cello (2022)
Sangue Inverso (VI): Olho de Tigre for violin, viola, cello and piano (2015)
Sigma.cobre for cello and piano (2021)
Sinais no Tempo for amplified guitar and tape (2007)
Síntese I For 14 players with conductor (2003)
Voces Excipere for 12 voices [SSS AAA TTT BBB] (2017)