Jorge Peixinho was first played on NTS on 12 November 2020. Songs played include Sobreposições.

Jorge Peixinho (1940-1995) is one of the most important portuguese composers during the second half of the 20th century. Was a Portuguese composer, pianist, and conductor.

Peixinho studied composition and piano initially at the Conservatory of Lisbon (where he himself later taught), then studied composition with Boris Porena and Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia de Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduating in 1961. After working with Luigi Nono in Venice, he studied with Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt and at the Academy of Music in Basel on various occasions between 1960 and 1970.

In 1970 he created the Lisbon Contemporary Music Group with Clotilde Rosa, and worked at the IPEM studio in Ghent from 1972 to 1973. Works (selective list)

* Tríptico, for voices / soli, choirs, and various instrumental ensembles (1959) * Sucessões Simétricas I, for piano solo (1960) * Episódios, for string quartet (1960) * Políptico, for chamber orchestra (1960) * Episódios, for string quartet (1960) * Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra (1961) * Episódios, for string quartet (1960) * Diafonia, for harp, harpsichord + piano (one player), celesta, percussion and 12 stringed instruments (1963–65) * Morfocromia, for 12 instruments divided up into three sections (1963–66) * Kinetofonias, for large string orchestra divided up into three sections (1965–68) * CDE, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (1970) * Sucessões Simétricas II, for orchestra (1971) * As Quatro Estações, for trumpet, cello, harp and piano (1968–72) * Voix, for chamber orchestra and mezzo soprano (1972) * A Idade do Ouro, for 2 clarinets & bass clarinets, 2 violins, harp, harpsichord, piano & organ (1973) * Recitativo IV, for flute, harp, guitar, viola, cello, piano, melodica, percussion and tape (1974) * Música em Água e Marmore, for flute, trumpet, harp, guitar, violin, cello and synthesizer (1977) * Electronicolírica, for tape (1979) * Elegy for Amilcar Cabral / "Elegia a Amílcar Cabral", an electroacoustic composition (1978) * Mémoires... Miroirs... , concerto - for ampliphied clavichord and 12 stringed instruments (1980) * Canto para Anna Livia / "Song for Anna Livia", for soprano, mezzo soprano, alto, flute, recorder, cello, celesta, organ and three percussionists (1981) * Retrato de Helena / "Portrait of Helen", for chamber orchestra (1982) * Concerto de Outono / "Autumn Concerto", for oboe and orchestra (1983) * O Jardim de Belisa, for chamber ensemble (1984) * Ouçam a soma dos sons que soam, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion and string quintet (1986) * Canto Germinal, electroacoustic music (1989) * Passage Interieur, for saxophones, electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer and electronic drum set (1989) * Alis, for chamber orchestra / 15 instruments (1990) * Floreal, for flute, bass clarinet, harp, celesta, violin and viola (1992) * Nocturno no Cabo do Mundo, sonata for three pianos (1993) * Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1995)