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Challenged
by my friend André Granjo, I wrote this piece for Wind Instruments Group of
Coimbra (GISC), where André is now conductor. It is expected to be premiered
during the first months of 2013, in collaboration with internationally renowned
saxophonist Jean-Yves Fourmeau.
I've been teenager GISC saxophonist, and with the group traveled through
several European cities, which otherwise would have been impossible for me. I
dedicate the "Martims Legend" to GISC and Professor Adelino Martins,
who directed the group for decades, until his retirement this year.
I
related his name with a book I read, "A Lenda de Martim Regos"
written by Pedro Canais and published in 2004. Martin, the main character, is
born in Ribatejo (Portuguese province) in the fifteenth century, and his fate
led him through Africa, America and Asia. Its amazing fictional story inspired
me this music, because of travel, discovery, persistence and distracted absorbing
knowledge.
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