PRESS / REVIEWS

★ NOMINATION FOR BEST JAZZ ALBUM 2022 ★
PLAY – PRÉMIOS DA MÚSICA PORTUGUESA

★ PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE GIORGIO GASLINI 2019 ★

★ BERNARDO SASSETTI COMPOSITION AWARD 2016 ★

★ BEST NEWCOMER GROUP OF 2021 ★
EL INTRUSO – 14th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CRITICS POLL 2021

★ NATIONAL MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2017 ★
JAZZ.PT

“PEDRO MELO ALVES’ ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO SURPRISE, EVEN THE MOST ATTENTIVE. OR SPECIALLY THOSE. HIS BEAT-CENTRIC PHILOSOPHY (…) IS A FASCINATING LABYRINTH THAT ACCOMMODATES BOTH THE COMPLEX AND THE PRIMAL IN A POLYHEDRAL LANGUAGE POURED INTO A PERMANENT FLOW THAT IS IMMEASURABLE…”
– ANTÓNIO BRANCO, Jazz.pt (PT) 2024

“…AN INSTRUMENTALIST AND COMPOSER WITH SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL AT HEARTH (…) PEDRO MELO ALVES IS A FIERCE APPROACH TO MUSIC“
– TOR HAMMERØ, Nettavisen (NOR) 2022

“THE MOST SENSATIONAL, FORWARD RUSHING AND COMPELLING CREATIVE FORCE AT THE MOMENT (…) A CREATIVE FORCE PAR EXCELLENCE”
– HENNING BOLTE, Jazzahead Blog (DE) 2020

“(…) INCESSANT SEARCH FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION (…) MR. ALVES ARRIVES AT SATISFYING DESTINATIONS BY SURPRISING, INVENTIVE AND ABSORBING MEANS.”
– RAUL DA GAMA, Jazz da Gama (BRA) 2018

“(…) PEDRO ALVES HAS A BOLD COMPOSITION THAT SURPRISES AND CHALLENGE US. AS A COMPOSER HE DEMONSTRATES A CERTAIN KIND OF COURAGE THAT CAUSES ME GREAT ADMIRATION.”
– MÁRIO LAGINHA (PT) 2017

“…MIRACULOUS DRUMMING. LIGHT AS A FEATHER, FAST AS A HUMMING BIRD , DEEP TONES, COLORS AND INFINITE CREATIVITY . BRAVISSIMO!”
– RA KALAM BOB MOSES (USA) 2022

“PEDRO MELO ALVES IS A HYPERACTIVE JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES MUSICIAN. AS A COMPOSER HE DOES NOT FORBID HIMSELF ANYTHING, MIXING GENRES WITH A LOT OF INVENTIVENESS. ECLETIC, ESTHETE AND INVENTIVE, HE EXPLORES ALL THE FIELDS OF CREATION IN AN URGENCY THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NO LIMITS OR BORDERS. AND THAT’S GOOD FOR OUR EARS!”
– JULIEN AUNOS, Citizen Jazz (FR) 2021

“…AN UNCOMPROMISING SENSIBILITY EQUALLY COMMITTED TO AVANT-GARDE JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL MUSIC, (…) ALVES’ HYBRIDITY IS HIS CALLING CARD.”
– TROY DOSTERT, All About Jazz (USA) 2020

“(…) A VISION OF TOTAL MUSIC, AS AN ACCOMPLISHED COMPOSER AND DESIGNER OF SINGULAR UNIVERSES.“
– GONÇALO FROTA, Público (PT) 2020

“… THROUGH HIM WILL PASS THE FUTURE OF THE CREATIVE PORTUGUESE MUSIC.”
– NUNO CATARINO, jazz.pt (PT) 2018