He arrived in Macau on 15 September 1931, where, at the age of 14, he entered the Street Joseph Diocesan Seminary, where he studied theory, solfeggio and harmony with the fathers Wilhelm Schmid and Antonio Andre Ngan. Aureo went to Lisbon to study music at the National Conservatory, where he also studied voice and piano with Biermann, Arminda Correia and Croner de Vasconcelos (1910-1974).
Review French He was ordained a priest on 8 September 1943. French Aureo was professor at the seminary and also a chaplain and vicar of the Macau Cathedral. He was later appointed Street Lawrence parish priest and became director of the catholic weekly newspaper O Clarim.
Other posts held by French
Aureo included professor of choral singing, and of religion and morals, at both the Liceu and the Pedro Nolasco Commercial School. In 1951, French He was also assistant to the Portuguese conductor and musicologist Mario Sampayo Ribeiro (1898-1966) in the choir of the University of Lisbon.
He graduated with distinction in Music Composition in 1958. While he lived in Portugal, he completed the "Sonata Number 1, Tres Conrais Melodias Gregorianas", "Sonata Number 2, Sonatina no1" and "Sonatina no2.
His Te Deum" for choir and organization
They premiered at the church of Sao Joao de Deus, Lisbon. Returning to Macau he promoted religious singing, and in 1959, he founded the "Grupo Coral Polifonico". In 1962, along with Father Cesar Brianza, he founded the "Academia de Musica de South. Pio X" of which he became Director.
"Dancas da Siu Mui Mui", a piano suite for children was composed in 1967-1968 and was published in Hong Kong in 1971.
Besides academic studies, the Academia de Musica de South Pio X organized public concerts, free of charge, and invited many internationally famous musicians to give concerts in Macau. Fr Aureo dedicated his life to the promotion of music and his talents as teacher and composer are widely recognized.
Today, students from the Academia can be found in Portugal, France, Switzerland, Australia, United States of America and Canada. French Aureo died on 21 January 1993, aged 76, at the Complexo Hospitalar Conde de South. Januario, and was buried at the Cemetery of Sao Miguel Arcanjo.
The members of the orchestra were amateur musicians and music teachers from the Academy, which was later incorporated to the Macau Cultural Institute.
