João Pedro Oliveira (1959) studied organ performance and composition at the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon and architecture at the Fine Arts School of Lisbon. In 1985 he moved to the United States as a Fulbright scholar with a fellowship from Gulbenkian Foundation where he completed a Master’s Degree in Theory and a Doctorate in Composition at the University of New York at Stony Brook.

He has received several prizes and awards. He received the 1st Prize at the Joly Braga Santos Composition Competition, in the years of 1992, 1994 e 1995, the 1st Prize at the Oficina Musical IV Composition Competition and, more recently the 1st Prize at the Internacional Competition Alea III, the Trivium Prize at the Bourges Electroacoustic Music Competition 2002 and the Earplay 2003 Prize. Most of his works have been commissioned by portuguese and foreign groups and foundations. In 1993 and 1998 were released two CDs containing his electronic and computer music. Several of his other works have been recorded and published.

Besides his activity as a composer he also develops a career as an organist, having played in Europe, USA, China and Japan. He has recorded two CDs with works for trumpet and organ.

He is Senior Professor of composition and electronic music, and Director of the Electronic Music Studio at the University of Aveiro, in Portugal.