Compositor e instrumentista
Luís Bittencourt é músico, compositor, investigador e produtor. É considerado “um mestre da experimentação sonora” (Revista Visão), cujas performances são “uma torrente de originalidade” (Casa da Música), apresentando trabalhos de compositores internacionais e as suas próprias composições.
Bittencourt tem tocado e colaborado com Lee Ranaldo e Leah Singer (Sonic Youth), Jeffrey Ziegler (ex-Kronos Quartet), Phill Niblock, Found Sound Nation, Gabriel Prokofiev, David Cossin (Bang on a Can), Jon Rose, entre outros. O seu domínio de uma ampla variedade de estilos, desde a música erudita contemporânea até a música folclórica sul-americana e a música experimental improvisada, o destacou como um artista versátil e inovador.
Paralelamente às suas atividades como performer a solo, Bittencourt é artista-investigador do projeto “Xperimus: Experimentation in Music in Portuguese Culture: History, Contexts and Practices in the 20th and 21st centuries”, bem como investigador no INET-md. As suas investigações pioneiras ampliaram a compreensão da percussão contemporânea e da potencial instrumental de diferentes objetos e matérias sonoras.
Luís Bittencourt is a musician, composer, researcher and producer. He is considered "a master of sound experimentation" (Visão magazine), whose performances are "a torrent of originality" (Casa da Música), presenting works by international composers and his own compositions.
Bittencourt has played and collaborated with Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer (Sonic Youth), Jeffrey Ziegler (ex-Kronos Quartet), Phill Niblock, Found Sound Nation, Gabriel Prokofiev, David Cossin (Bang on a Can), Jon Rose, among others. His mastery of a wide variety of styles, from contemporary classical music to South American folk music and improvised experimental music, has set him apart as a versatile and innovative artist.
Alongside his activities as a solo performer, Bittencourt is an artist-researcher on the project "Xperimus: Experimentation in Music in Portuguese Culture: History, Contexts and Practices in the 20th and 21st centuries", as well as a researcher at INET-md. His pioneering research has broadened the understanding of contemporary percussion and the instrumental potential of different objects and sound materials.
