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

INTERVIEWS / ARTICLES
LE SOIR “J’aime penser que ma musique a sa vérité” (BE)
by Jean-Claude Vantroyen | 12.04.2022
ALL ABOUT JAZZ “A Different Drummer, Pt. 6: Iberian Beats – Jorge Rossy & Pedro Melo Alves” (USA)
by Karl Ackermann | 20.01.2022
CITIZEN JAZZ “Musicien Total” (FR)
by Julien Aunos | 28.11.2021
by António Branco | 18.10.2021
PÚBLICO “O fabuloso de agora em diante de Pedro Melo Alves” (PT)
by Gonçalo Frota | 14.10.2021
RIMAS E BATIDAS “O meu ser artístico ainda vai acontecer” (PT)
by Rui Miguel Abreu | 12.10.2021
PÚBLICO “João Pais Filipe e Pedro Melo Alves, dois bateristas a encontrarem-se na descoberta” (PT)
by Mário Lopes | 02.06.2021
JAZZAHEAD BLOG “Lusitanian Explorations” (DE)
by Henning Bolte | 22.12.2020
PÚBLICO, “Abram o caminho a Pedro Melo Alves, que o Jazz é dele” (PT)
by André Borges Vieira | 23.11.2020
with João Paulo Esteves da Silva | 23.08.2020
PÚBLICO, “O caminho de Pedro Melo Alves para a suspensão e a incompletude” (PT)
by Gonçalo Frota | 24.07.2020
by Rodrigo Constanzo | 02.07.2020
NUNO CATARINO “Improvisando – A nova geração do jazz português” (PT)
by Nuno Catarino | 13.11.2019
GERADOR, “Há uma revolução no jazz em Portugal?” (PT)
by Andreia Monteiro | 06.09.2019
JAZZ.PT “Uma dimensão humana” (PT)
by Nuno Catarino | 27.07.2018
ANTENA 1 “Sem Ensaio” (PT)
by Carlos Martins and António Macedo | 09.03.2018
DIÁRIO DE NOTÍCIAS “A Festa do Jazz mudou a vida de Pedro Melo Alves” (PT)
by Marina Almeida | 04.08.2017
NO MEDIO E MEIO “Há pessoas lindas e um sentido musical arrebatador. E um não viveria sem o outro” (ES)
by Francisco Aboi | 15.05.2017
A JAZZ NOISE “7 Questions For… The Rite of Trio” (ES)
by Dave Foxall | 10.05.2017
ANTENA 2 “Império dos Sentidos” (PT)
by Paulo Alves Guerra | 06.02.2017
JORNAL 2 (PT)
RTP2 | 03.04.2017

















