Gonçalo A. Rodrigues - Composer

His musical narrative has been changing considerably and can now be characterized as a serialist approach with a persistence of organic textures and severe contrasts. His pieces manage to achieve an almost wandering state but awake to the world like a perspective from a dream, a dream that takes the audience on a literary journey. Feelings of nostalgia and melancholy are dispersed throughout his music in a continuity disturbed by moments of deep ecstasy and exaltation.
It is also essential to mention the evident presence of microtonality and polyrhythms, the influence that these characteristics bring is undeniable thus, creating a translucent tonality in a certain way ghostly and intoxicating. The rhythmic sensation is primary during the narrative, hence preferring to sometimes opt for sections without a beat, therefore deviating from the rule and freeing the concrete sensations of the music from its usual compositional norm.