Alexéi Tolpygo

chool of Arcos do Estoril, and since then, has performed various concerts in the country and abroad. In 1996, he joined the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra, where he continues to work to this day, having performed numerous concerts with this formation, including orchestral repertoire, solo performances, and chamber music, also collaborating with other ensembles both in Portugal and abroad. Aside from his main profession in classical music, Alexéi enjoys composing and recording Prog Rock-style music in his small home studio, using synthesizers, electric violin with various FX pedals, as well as electric bass and guitar. At the age of fifteen, he began composing music that combined the principles of contemporary classical music with Progressive Rock. Many of his compositions are based on poetry from various countries and eras, including medieval Galician-Portuguese troubadour poetry. His most notable work is undoubtedly the "Requiem for the 21st Century" (Rockquiem) for Soprano, choir, and Rock band, based on the traditional liturgical text with a duration of one hour. The Rockquiem premiered in 2003 in Šiauliai, Lithuania. The concert was dedicated to the victims of the historic Lithuanian-Polish "January Uprising" against the Russian Empire, which commemorated its 150th anniversary that year. After some modifications, the Rockquiem was successfully performed again, this time in Leiria at the City's New Park Green Festival in 2022. Two years ago, Alexéi was invited as a bassist to participate in a series of concerts in Germany by the German Prog-Rock group Argos. He also used an electric violin with a pedalboard as well as a synthesizer on this tour. A program featuring original compositions by AMT, titled Troubadours V.2.0.2.3., in a crossover mode with a string quartet, was included in the OML Season in May 2023., and will be repeated next year.