COMPOSER

FRANCISCO
LIMA DA SILVA

  • "Lima da Silva‘s orchestra offers a total musical experience, a furious craftsmanship, a successful hybridization between the generous minimalism of John Adams, the playful vigor of Régis Campo, and the acidic motorism of Prokofiev."

    PIERRE BRÉVIGNON in Du Ciel à l’Enfer : Soirée Sulpicienne et Gothique à Lisbonne, Première Loge

  • "(...) six minutes of densely and vertiginously packed orchestral music in which you feel your perspective shifting wherever you turn, stretched to the heavens, shaken by earthquakes underneath, uncanny heightened reality everywhere."

    TOM SERVICE about Derelisation in New Music Show, BBC 3

  • "This is the first delightful surprise of the evening: there is something infinitely satisfying in hearing a young composer take pleasure in making his orchestra gleam, roar, snarl, and sputter"

    PIERRE BRÉVIGNON in Du Ciel à l’Enfer : Soirée Sulpicienne et Gothique à Lisbonne, Première Loge

  • "(...) his lines exhibit an expressive naturalness that only the most subtle art can bestow"

    MANUEL PEDRO FERREIRA in Post-Mortem Operático: Nem Tudo o Vento Levou, Público

  • "It feels good to listen to the well-constructed music of Francisco Lima da Silva, who is very interested in harmony and its (infinite) possibilities."

    PEDRO BOLÉO in Música que Convida a Pensar, MIC

Vida Secreta de Coisa

Opera - New Award PRÉMIO DE CARLOS DE PONTES LEÇA 2026

World premiere at Operafest 2026 (11.09), a new opera featuring a libretto by Miguel Castro Caldas.

Illustration by: David Magalhães Alves

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NEW MUSIC

Bliss (not)

Premiered by the Jovem Orquestra Portuguesa in 2025 and directed by Pedro Carneiro.

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Rigor Mortis

Opera

A universal tragedy and a post mortem thriller evoking limits between life and death, both strongly highlighting women condition of guilt atonement and sacrifice.

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