António Sá-Dantas conducted for the first time in 2018, when asked to conduct a mass he composed for the monastery of St. Lambrecht in Austria.
Later on he achieved his degree in orchestra conducting from the Kunstuniversität Graz, while finishing his degree in composition, in the same institution, as well. He went to conduct multiple amateur choirs and orchestras, as well as working with individual professional orchestras.
Since living in London, he now is the principal conductor of the Cats’s Cradle Collective—a chamber orchestra he co-created with Maren Bosma and of which he is also artistic director—; as well as the Voyage Ensemble—a group dedicated to exploring experimental film music.
Milhaud “Le boeuf sur le toit”
Debussy/Mouton “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum”
António Sá-Dantas “Maze of dripping Sirens”
Cat's Cradle Collective, conducted by António Sá-Dantas
Royal Academy of Arts "In tune with the Summer Exhibition" concert, July 2019
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Lutoslawski, Chain Nr 1
Cat’s Cradle Collective, conducted by António Sá-Dantas
Part of the “Jacob’s Ladder” concert, created by António Sá-Dantas with Cat’s Cradle Collective
Royal College of Music Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Dec. 2018
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Suite from David Copperfield, Malcolm Arnold - 1st mvt.
Royal College of Music Student Union Film Orchestra
Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music
Dec. 2017
Voyage Ensemble - "Kingdom of Fairies" (Di Francesco/Meliès)
works by Vincenzo Di Francesco on movies by Georges Meliès.
Royal College of Music Great Exhibitionists concert series
Britten Theatre, London, March 2018
For more conducting examples contact antonio.pbsd@gmail.com