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Álvaro Cassuto

Álvaro Cassuto

Born: 1938, Porto, Portugal,

Nationality: Portuguese

Álvaro Cassuto is a Portuguese composer and conductor.

He was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1938, and studied in Lisbon and Berlin, earning a law degree from the University of Lisbon, and, one year later, a degree in conducting from the Vienna Conservatory.

As a composer, he has received commissions from musical institutions in Portugal and the United States. His output is mainly orchestral. With his Sinfonias breves (1959–60) he became the first Portuguese composer to adopt integral serialism techniques.

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