Lopes António

Lopes António

About this project

António Lopes, a 24-year-old Portuguese clarinet player, has recently won the audition for Solo Clarinet at the Orchestre des Lauréats du Conservatoire and finished his Master’s Degree at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he studied with Philippe Berrod and Arnaud Leroy. Before, he took a Bachelor and a Master in Music Education at ESMAE, in Porto, where he studied with António Saiote and Tiago Bento. During his studies in Portugal and in France, he took masterclasses with some of the greatest clarinet players and teachers of our time, like: Martin Fröst, Vítor Fernandes, Alain Damiens, Calogero Palermo, Arno Piters, Yehuda Gilad, Pascal Moraguès, Nuno Silva, among many others.
Two-time winner of the ICA (High School in 2016 and Young Artist in 2021) Competitions, António has played with many renowned orchestras in Europe, like the Orchestre de Paris, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Gustav Mahler Jugendorhcester, the Staatskapelle Dresden or the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, and performed as soloist with the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra in a Gala Concert at the 2022 ClarinetFest.

 

Program

 

1st round

Patricia Gil Jiménez / Rhythms and tones for the Angels for clarinet and electronics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Concerto 1st movement

 

2nd round

Robert Schumann / Fantasiestücke Op.73
Leonard Bernstein / Sonata
Henri Tomasi / Concerto

 

Semi Final

Johan Duijck  / Ich Liebe Dich
Franco Donatoni / Clair
Johannes Brahms / Quintet

 

Final

Erik Desimpelaere / The songs of Arion
Carl Maria von Weber / Concerto nr 2