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Joseph Pereira

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Joseph Pereira (1974) enjoys a multi-faceted career as a timpanist/percussionist, composer, conductor, and teacher. His work in all areas has been widely hailed for his creativity and virtuosity, and has been profiled in feature articles in both The New  York Times (2006) and The Los Angeles Times in 2012 and 2015.

As a composer, Pereira’s music has been described as “restless yet lucidly textured” (The New York Times), “striking atmospherics of colour” (The Guardian), and “one sonic surprise after another” (The Los Angeles Times). His works have been commissioned and performed worldwide, most notably by the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, the Singapore Symphony with Pascal Rofe, the New York Philharmonic Chamber Series, the Miro Quartet, the Pavel Haas Quartet, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, percussionist Colin Currie, Duo Harpverk, French Ensemble TM+, and the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet. In 2013 the 
Los Angeles Percussion Quartet recorded his piece Repousse’ (2009), which was nominated for three 2013 Grammy Awards. The following year LAPQ recorded Pereira’s Mallet Quartet (2013), and it was rated “Best of 2014 Classical Music” from itunes.

Pereira’s triple concerto, Threshold (2018), for solo timpani and two percussion, featured the Maraca2 percussion duo and Pereira as timpanist. The piece was premiered in 2018, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Gustavo Dudamel. The Los Angeles times said. “With one sonic surprise after another, Threshold, had no trouble holding my attention over its 25-minute span.” Richard S. Ginell More
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