Composer João Pedro Oliveira holds the Corwin Endowed Chair in Composition for the University of California at Santa Barbara. He studied organ and harpsichord performance, composition, and architecture in Lisbon. He completed a Ph.D. in Music at the University of New York at Stony Brook. His music includes opera, orchestral compositions, chamber music, electroacoustic music, and experimental video. He has received over fifty international prizes and awards for his works, including three Prizes at Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition, the prestigious Magisterium Prize and Giga-Hertz Special Award, First Prize in Metamorphoses competition, First Prize in Yamaha-Visiones Sonoras Competition, First Prize in Musica Nova competition, and First Prize in Earplay Competition. His music is regularly played all over the world, recorded on over fifty CDs, and is published by Doblinger, Babelscores, Suvini Zerboni, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Mostly Marimba Editions, and Honey Rock Publications. He taught at Aveiro University (Portugal) and Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) and was an invited professor at several other universities. His publications include several articles in journals and a book on twentieth century music theory.
