publications

Book chapter

  1. Bittencourt, Luís. "From the studio to the stage: reflections on live looping and instrumentality through the performance of Gabriel Prokofiev's Import/Export: Percussion Suite for Global Junk". In Live Looping in Musical Performance: Lusophone Experiences in Dialogue, edited by Duarte, Alexsander; Sardo, Susana. United Kingdom: Routledge & CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. Publication status: Accepted

  2. Marinho, Helena; Chambel, Mónica; Benetti, Alfonso; Bittencourt, Luís. "From magnetic tape to digital media: Developing performative approaches for recreating recorded contents of twentieth-century experimental musical works". In Recorded Music in Creative Practices: Mediation, Performance, Pedagogy, edited by Georgia Volioti; Daniel Barolsky. New York, United States: Routledge, 2022.

  3. Bittencourt, Luís. "Tan Dun’s Water Music for solo water percussion: an investigation on sound through music performance". In 5th Lisbon Conference: Chinese Music and Musical Instruments. Lisbon, Portugal: CCCM - Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre & CHIME - European Foundation for Chinese Music Research, 2022. Publication status: Accepted

  4. Marinho, Helena; Benetti, Alfonso; Bittencourt, Luís; Chambel, Mónica. "Gendering the [piano] performing body". In Contemporary Piano Music: Performance and Creativity, edited by Soveral, madalena. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars, 2021.

  5. Bittencourt, Luís. "Percussion and instrumentality: exploring the performance of unusual instruments and sound sources". In Hidden archives, hidden practices: debates about music-making, edited by Helena Marinho; Maria do Rosário Pestana; Maria José Artiaga; Pereira, Rui Lopes Penha, 309-336. Aveiro, Portugal: UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro - Serviços de documentação, informação documental e museologia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/28865

 

Edited book

  1. Martins, Maria de Lourdes. Maria de Lourdes Martins - Divertimento on Mozart Themes. Lisboa, Portugal: Ava Editions. 2020.

  2. Bittencourt, Luís. Hidden Archives, Hidden Practices: Debates about Music Making- Abstracts. Aveiro, Portugal: UA Editora - Universidade de Aveiro - Serviços de documentação, informação documental e museologia. 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26274

 

Journal article

  1. Bittencourt, Luís. "Repercussions: a conversation with Miquel Bernat". Contemporary Music Review (2022): Publication status: Accepted

  2. Bittencourt, Luís. "Percussion instruments, found objects and instrumentality: an interview with Steven Schick". Perspectives of New Music (2022). Publication status: In Press

  3. Bittencourt, Luís; Vargas, Tatiana. "Liquid Memories: reflections on water, environmental awareness and activism through music performance". SHIMA (2022). Publication status: Accepted

  4. Marinho, Helena; Chambel, Mónica; Benetti, Alfonso; Bittencourt, Luís. "Experimental recreation practices: Restaging Constança Capdeville’s musical theatre work Don’t, Juan". Studies in Musical Theatre 14 1 (2020): 77-94. https://doi.org/10.1386/smt_00020_1

  5. Vargas, Tatiana; Bittencourt, Luís; De Oliveira Martins, José Clerton. "Leisure experience and Its creative dimension: A case of study on the performance of Water Music (2004) by Tan Dun (1957) | A experiência de Ócio e sua dimensão criativa: um estudo de caso sobre a performance de Water Music (2004) de Tan Dun (1957)". Musica Hodie 16 1 (2016): 71-85. https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84987677661&origin=resultslist

  6. Bittencourt, Luís. "Liquid Memories for solo waterphone and live loops: Creation, performance and transtextuality | Memórias Líquidas para Waterphone solo e Live Loops: Criação, performance e transtextualidade". Musica Hodie 16 2 (2016): 116-132. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014061518&partnerID=MN8TOARS

  7. Bittencourt, Luís. "Creative thinking – O papel da criatividade na performance de Water Music (2004) de Tan Dun (1957)". Post-ip: Revista do Fórum Internacional de Estudos em Música e Dança 2 (2015): 158-167. http://revistas.ua.pt/index.php/postip/article/view/3422

 

Thesis/Dissertation

  1. Bittencourt, Luís Alberto Teixeira. "Percussão e instrumentalidade: explorando a performance de instrumentos e fontes sonoras incomuns". PhD, Universidade de Aveiro, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/26020

  2. Bittencourt, Luís Alberto Teixeira; Rosa, António Chagas. "O uso da água como fonte sonora percussiva: análise da obra "Water Music" de Tan Dun". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/9810

 

Conference paper

Bittencourt, Luís; Marinho, Helena; Branco, Joaquim. "Sound and visual frontiers of Carvalhido - Fronteiras sonoras e visuais do Carvalhido". Paper presented in BORDERLINE SONORITIES II International Conference on Sonorities Research - SONORIDADES FRONTEIRIÇAS II Conferência Internacional de Pesquisa em Sonoridades, 2022.

Vargas, Tatiana; Bittencourt, Luís. "A experiência de ócio e o investimento criativo na música contemporânea". Paper presented in III congresso Internacional em Estudos Culturais: Ócio, Lazer e Tempo Livre nas Culturas Contemporâneas, Aveiro, 2013.

Bittencourt, Luís. "Using water as a percussive sound source: techniques related to Tan Dun's Water Music". Paper presented in The Global Composition 2012: Conference on sound, media and the envinronment, Darmstadt, 2012.

 

Conference abstract

  1. Bittencourt, Luís. "Percussion and Instrumentality: exploring the performance of unusual instruments and sound sources". Paper presented in Hidden Archives, Hidden Practices: Debates about Music Making - Abstracts, Aveiro, 2019.

  2. Benetti, Alfonso; Marinho, Helena; Chambel, Mónica; Bittencourt, Luís; Valentim, João. "Creative collaboration and experimental remix practice: the recreation of Don’t Juan and Double by Constança Capdeville". Paper presented in 10th Conference on Music and Sonic Art: Practices and Theories - Collaborative Creativity/Creative Collaboration, Karlsruhe, 2019., Karlsruhe, 2019.

  3. Marinho, Helena; Chambel, Mónica; Benetti, Alfonso; Bittencourt, Luís. "The piano in the work of Constança Capdeville: from early compositions to experimental performative practices". Paper presented in IV Encontro Internacional de Piano Contemporâneo, Porto, 2019.

  4. Bittencourt, Luís. "Memórias Líquidas for solo waterphone and live loops: a journey of a contemporary hybrid instrument into the South American Gaucho culture". Paper presented in Transplanted Roots Percussion Research Symposium, Brisbane, 2017.

  5. Bittencourt, Luís. "A construção do som: uma abordagem fenomenológica da exploração do som nos instrumentos incomuns". Paper presented in ENIM 2016 - VI Encontro Nacional de Investigação em Música, Aveiro, 2016.

  6. Bittencourt, Luís. "Creativity and epistemic complexity in the performance of percussion works for found objects". Paper presented in Performance Studies Network, Bath, 2016.

  7. Bittencourt, Luís. "Memórias líquidas: Criação artística como necessidade performativa e investigativa". Paper presented in PERFORMA'15: International Conference on Musical Performance, Aveiro, 2015.

  8. Bittencourt, Luís. "The role of creativity in Tan Dun's Water Music". Paper presented in International Festival for Artistic Innovation 2014, Leeds, 2014.

  9. Bittencourt, Luís. "Water Music". Paper presented in Post-ip 2nd International Post-Graduate Forum for Studies in Music and Dance, Aveiro - 2013, Aveiro, 2013.

  10. Bittencourt, Luís. "Water percussion: a research on a new musical matter". Paper presented in Third Meeting of the European Platform for Artistic Research in Music (EPARM), Lyon, 2013.

  11. Bittencourt, Luís. "Using water as a percussive sound source: techniques related to Tan Dun's Water Music". Darmstadt, 2012.

  12. Bittencourt, Luís. "A água como fonte sonora percussiva". Paper presented in Performa 11' - Conference on performance studies, Aveiro, 2011.

 

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