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The Sound Design of
“The Pelican”

Francisco Leal

OPEN CLASS
DECEMBER 11TH OF 2024, 5PM
AUDITORIUM OF EP2 – ESAD.CR

Francisco Leal, creator of the Sound Design of “The Pelican”, by Strindberg, comes to share with ESAD.CR students, his concept and process of creating the version of the work staged by Nuno Cardoso, at the Teatro Nacional de S.João.

Francisco Leal is a sound technician and sound designer. He has a Master’s degree in Sound Arts and Technologies and has classical and jazz musical training. He was Coordinator of the Sound Department at Teatro Nacional S. João for 28 years (1993-2021). Over 35 years, his activity has been divided between shows and sound recording and editing, having signed multiple Sound Design and Sound Design works for theater, music and dance, as well as for exhibitions and creation of soundtracks for fashion shows. In 2003, he was awarded a Special Mention by the Portuguese Association of Theater Critics, for his “innovative and artistically relevant contribution to the development of scenic languages ​​associated with the work of sound design”. He has collaborated in the recording of several music and poetry CDs and performed sound recording and post-production for several DVD editions of theater and music shows at Teatro Nacional S. João, as well as several documentaries.