ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO
ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO was born in Porto, Portugal but lives and works in Barcelona, Spain since 1992.
He plays accordion and electric guitar. In 1992, he finishes his studies at the Fine Art School of Paris, where he gets his degree in sculpture/multimedia. Apart of his work as a visual artist, he starts to become involved in improvised music from 1995. Since then, his work stands somewhere between visual arts, visual poetry and sound. Since 1998, he is member of 22a, an independent collective for contemporary art.
He has played in the following festivals:Paris cherche Barcelone. Batofar. Paris, Gracia Territori Sonor. Barcelona, 3º Ciclo de Musica Contemporânea. Balleteatro Auditório. Porto, Revers. CCCB. Barcelona, Nits de Musica. Fundació Miró. Barcelona, Festival Hurta Cordel VI. Madrid, Relay. Museo Nacional Reina Sofia. Madrid, Co-lab. Porto, Fruits de Mhère. Mhère. Francia, Sonic Scope. ZDB. Lisboa, Sónar. Barcelona, Off-site. Tokyo.
Since 1995, he has worked with the following musicians (among others):Peter Kowald, David Chiesa, Isabelle Duthoit, Rhodri Davies, Mark Wastell, Taku Unami, Manuel Mota, Margarida Garcia, Martine Altenburger, Matt Davis, Burkhard Beins, Giuseppe Ielasi, Masahiko Okura, Phil Durrant, Wade Matthews, Masafumi Ezaki
fages / barberán / monteiro
2003 | Atami, with Taku Unami, Masahiko Okura e Masafumi Ezaki [Hibari music]
2004 | Atolón [rossbin]
2005 | Istmo [Creative Sources]
2005 | Octante, with Margarida Garcia [L'Innomable]
2006 | Semisferi [Esquilo]
solo
1999 | Rubber Music [Hazard
Records]
1999 | Les silences de
la BnF [Labofar]
1999 | Paper Music
[Hazard Records]
1999 | Rumeur
[Creative Sources]
2005 |
Stylt
[absurd]
2006 | Z=78 (pt. 159.09) [audiobot]
cremaster
2001 | Oomfsquawk
2002 | Flysch [G3G Records]
2003 | Infra [Antifrost]
2003 | 23 november 2002 [Sound
323]
2003 | 32,41 n/m2 [absurd]
2006 | Mattin / Cremaster - Barcelona [audiobot]
neumatica
2006 | Alud [Creative Sources]
other groups
2002 | Small
damage under appearance, Margarida Garcia / Manuel Mota / Alfredo Costa
Monteiro [thin ice]
2003 | i treni inerti, Ura [Creative Sources]
2005 | Aérea Ruth Barberán, Alfredo Costa Monteiro [Creative Sources]
2005 | Diafon, Barry Weisblat, Ernesto Rodrigues, Alfredo Costa Monteiro [Creative Sources]