Philippe Trovão

Philippe Trovão is a Portuguese saxophonist, electronics performer, researcher and music educator, born in Saint-Tropez, France, in 1992. He studied saxophone with José Massarrão at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, where he completed his undergraduate degree and a master's degree in music education. His practice centres on contemporary saxophone repertoire, free improvisation and the relationship between acoustic playing and live electronic processes.

One of his main artistic and research interests is the preservation of electroacoustic music affected by technological obsolescence. In RECAST, he developed Max/MSP-based solutions to perform historical works for saxophone and electronic devices that can no longer be used in their original form. His recordings include RECAST and Sur la couleur, a monographic album of works by the pioneering French composer Jean-Claude Risset. He is conducting doctoral research at the University of Aveiro within INET-md.

Trovão has performed with Miso Music Portugal, Projecto DME and interdisciplinary theatre and dance projects, and has appeared at festivals dedicated to contemporary music. His Creative Sources recording Percolation (CS616), an ensemble improvisation recorded in Lisbon in December 2018, features his tenor saxophone alongside acoustic and electronic instrumentation. He also teaches saxophone and contemporary music and has served as pedagogical director at the Conservatório de Música de Santarém.