Jaime Reis

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Jaime Reis (n. 1983) est un compositeur Portugais.

Ayant fait des études de Composition et de Musique Électronique avec João Pedro Oliveira, Emmanuel Nunes et Karlheinz Stockhausen, il poursuit un doctorat en Ethnomusicologie à l'Université NOVA de Lisbonne.

La musique de Reis puise dans son intérêt pour la recherche de pointe en sciences naturelles et son attention constante aux traditions – spécifiquement spirituelles – de la musique asiatique.

Les formes dynamiques, les forces et les fluxes dans la musique constituent d’importants centres d'intérêt pour Jaime Reis. Il explore les chemins polyphoniques spatiales à travers des systèmes sonores immersifs en forme de dôme.

Une autre caractéristique marquante de sa musique est la présence de concepts assez complexes qui sous-tendent la construction de ses œuvres, sans pour autant détourner l'attention de leur beauté sensible. Les idées fonctionnent comme des fonctions cachées qui, malgré leur rigueur intellectuelle, engendrent des formes musicales voluptueuses.

Reis est professeur de composition et de musique électroacoustique à l’École Supérieur de Musique de Lisbonne (ESML) et chercheur à l’Institute d’Ethnomusicologie de l'Université NOVA de Lisbonne. Il est directeur artistique du Festival DME et de Lisboa Incomum, où se développe une intense activité de recherche et de création dans le domaine de la musique contemporaine.

Sa musique a été jouée mondialement par ensembles et musiciens tels que 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 et Aleph Gitarren quartett.

Biographie pour Monika Streitová, flûtiste et professeur à l’Université d’Évora (Portugal)


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Groupe de Chambre (2 - 4 instruments)


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)

Ensemble de Chambre (5 - 9 instruments)


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)

Pièce composite


Sigma.cobre for cello and piano (2021)

Musique Instrumentale


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)
Magistri Mei: Beethoven - Raum 3 miniatures for french horn, Bb trumpet and trombone (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (B) for flute and saxophone (2020)
Inverso Sangue (VI): Xisto (A) for flute and clarinet (2020)
Magistri Mei: Bach for 2 guitars and electronics or 1 guitar and electronics with pre-recorded guitar (2020)
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)
Monólito.ébano. for piano (2019)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (A) for clarinet (2018)
Inverso Sangue (I): Âmbar (B) for soprano saxophone (2018)
Aera Excipere for 12 flutes (2018)
Sândalo.prata. for flute and guitar (2018)
Sangue Inverso (I - II - III) - Inverso Sangue (I - II - III) for chamber ensemble (2017)
Inverso Sangue (III): Cinábrio for violin, viola and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (A) for clarinet, violin and cello (2017)
Inverso Sangue (II): Granito (B) for saxophone, violin and cello (2017)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (B) for flute, saxophone and piano (2016)
A Anamnese das Constantes Ocultas for ensemble and electronics (2016)
Sangue Inverso (III): Obsidiana (A) for flute, clarinet 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 (B) for recorder and piano (2015)
Sangue Inverso (II): Ametista (A) for flute and piano (2015)
Síntese I For 14 players with conductor (2003)
Lysozyme Synthesis for piano (2003)

Instrument 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)

Ensemble (Instruments ou voix) et électronique fixée


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)

Ensemble (10 - 19 instruments)


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

Théâtre Musical


Bartolomeu, O Voador Musical theatre for children's choir, narrator, pierrot quintet and electronics (2018)

Soliste (Instrument ou voix) et électronique en temps réel


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

Soliste (Instrument ou voix) et électronique fixée


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

Ensemble Choral


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



Instruments et électronique


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)


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)