Nuno Côrte-Real's 'Blood' Album with Berliner Sinfoniker Sets Sinfonia 2022 and Banksters Suite
The fourth album by Portuguese composer Nuno Côrte-Real, titled 'Blood', has been released by Solo Musica in collaboration with producer Wolfgang Schiefermair and Teldex Studios Berlin. This collection includes Sinfonia 2022, op. 70, which addresses the conflict in Ukraine, alongside the Banksters Suite, op. 75, derived from his 2011 opera, Banksters. Sinfonia 2022 was commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, debuting in January 2023, with its German premiere set for April 2025 at Berliner Philharmonie. The Banksters Suite had its first performance in Parma in November 2024. Born in Lisbon in 1971, Côrte-Real merges diverse musical genres. 'Blood' concludes a trilogy following Art Klassik and Rock Symphony. He was awarded the Portuguese Authors' Association prize in 2018 and 2019.
Key facts
- Album 'Blood' by Nuno Côrte-Real & Berliner Sinfoniker released on Solo Musica.
- Sinfonia 2022, op. 70, responds to the Russian war against Ukraine.
- Sinfonia 2022 commissioned by Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon, premiered there in January 2023 under Côrte-Real.
- German premiere of Sinfonia 2022 took place in April 2025 at the Berliner Philharmonie with the Berliner Symphoniker.
- Studio recordings for the album were made 15–17 April 2025 at Lichterfelder Teldex-Studios.
- Banksters Suite, op. 75, extracted from the opera Banksters (2011), premiered in Parma in November 2024.
- Sinfonia 2022 finale 'I know not what tomorrow will bring' quotes Fernando Pessoa's last words from 1935.
- Côrte-Real was born in 1971 in Lisbon and won the Portuguese Authors' Association prize in 2018 and 2019.
Entities
Artists
- Nuno Côrte-Real
- Fernando Pessoa
- Gustav Mahler
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Bertolt Brecht
- Wolfgang Schiefermair
- King Manuel I
Institutions
- Berliner Sinfoniker
- Berliner Symphoniker
- Solo Musica
- Teldex Studios Berlin
- Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
- Berliner Philharmonie
- Concertgebouw Amsterdam
- Casa da Música
- Hieronymitenkloster in Belém
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra
- Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
- Orchester der Ungarischen Staatsoper
- Ensemble Darcos
- Festival Temporada Darcos
- Portugiesische Autorenvereinigung
- Opus Klassik
- Kultur-port.de
Locations
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Berlin
- Germany
- Parma
- Italy
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Porto
- New York
- United States
- Belém
- Ukraine
- Russia