Introduction
Born in Setúbal, Portugal, in 1991.
Started his musical studies at the age of 10 in Palmela at the Sociedade Filarmónica
Humanitária.
He has studied with many teachers in several schools. In 2000 he studied with teacher
Ângelo Caleira in Escola de Música da Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária (Music
School of Sociedade Filarmónica Humanitária). In 2006 he continued his studies at the
Conservatório Regional de Palmela (Regional Conservatory of Palmela) with teacher
João Letras. Two years later he continued his studies in Lisbon, with teacher Armando
Martins at the Escola Profissional Metropolitana (Metropolitana Professional Music
School) concluding it with a grade of 16/20.
He has participated in several master classes and improvement courses given by names
such as Hermann Baumann, Froydis Ree Wekre, Radovan Vlatkovic, Ab Koster, Fergus
McWilliam, Abel Pereira, Javier Bonnet, J. Bernardo Silva, Paulo Guerreiro, Nuno Vaz,
Carsten Duffin, Gabriel Amarú, Luís Vieira, Ricardo Matosinhos, Filipe Abreu, Jonathan
Luxton, Andrew Sutton, Ângelo Caleira, Armando Martins and “Onix Brass – Brass
Quintet”.
In 2009 he participated in the Prémio Jovens Músicos – RDP/ ANTENA 2 competition
where he was semi-finalist in french horn category, intermediate level.
He did public presentations and collaborated with several different formations such as:
Orquestra de Sopros da Escola Profissional Metropolitana (Metropolitana Professional
School Wind Orchestra), Orquestra Académica Metropolitana (Metropolitana Academic
Orchestra), Brass Ensemble Metropolitana, Orquestra de Sopros Metropolitana
(Metropolitana Wind Orchestra), Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil (Symphonic Youth
Orchestra), Gulbenkian’s Stage for Orchestra, Lisbon Film Orchestra, Orquestra
Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa, Orquestra Clássica do Sul,
Orquestra de Câmara Cascais e Oeiras and Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana. He also
worked with important conductors like Michael Zilm, Emilio Pomarico, Jean-Sebastian
Béreau, Jean-Marc Burfin, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Kazushi Ono, Christopher
Bochmann, Sebastian Twinkle, Joana Carneiro, Pedro Neves, Pedro Carneiro,Jorge
Salgueiro, Pedro Neves, Reinaldo Guerreiro, Alberto Roque, José Eduardo Gomes and
others, and important solists like António Rosado, Bertrand Chamayou, Chloë Hanslip,
Nuno Silva, Filipe Alves, Afonso Fesh, Patrycja Gabrel, Raquel Camarinha, Teresa
Pereira and others.
In 2011/2012 he studied with Professor Abel Pereira at the Conservatório de Música da
Metropolitana (Metropolitana Music Conservatory). In 2016, he concluded the bachelor
with Professor Nuno Vaz at the Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra (National
Superior Academy of Orchestra).
Since 2010 he is a member of the Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil (Symphonic Youth
Orchestra) where he is a horn section chef. He received, in the last three consecutive
years, a scholarship from “Foundation E.D.P/ Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil” (Symphonic
Youth Orchestra) and in the last year he won a scholarship from “SLEM – Orquestra
Sinfónica Juvenil”. With this Orchestra he did solo performances of the “Concerto n°2
for Horn and Orchestra” and the”Concerto n°3 for Horn and Orchestra” from W. A.
Mozart.
In 2016 is selected to “Gulbenkian’s Stage for Orchestra” (EGO – “Estágio Gulbenkian
para Orquestra”).
In 2018 is selected to “Mediterranean Youth Orchestra”.
He is currently taking master’s degree in Music Education at Escola Superior de Música
de Lisboa – ESML with Professor Paulo Guerreiro.
Education
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Escola Profissional Metropolitana
- 2008/2011 12º ano
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Academia Nacional Superior de Orquestra
- 2012/2016 Licenciatura
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Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa
- 2018/2021 Mestrado
Experience
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Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa
- 2012 Reforço Regular
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Orquestra Sinfónica Metropolitana
- 2012 Reforço Regular
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Lisbon Film Orchestra
- 2012 Convidado
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Orquestra Clássica do Sul
- 2014 Reforço Regular
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Orquestra de Câmara Cascais e Oeiras
- 2016 Reforço Regular
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Estágio Gulbenkian para Orquestra
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2016
Estágio Orquestra de Jovens
Conductor Joana Carneiro
Horn Section Professor Paulo Guerreiro -
Orquestra de Câmara Portuguesa
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2016
Reforço
Conductor Pedro Carneiro
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Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée / Mediterranean Youth Orchestra
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2018
Estágio Orquestra de Jovens
Conductor(s) Kazushi Ono / Quentin Hindley
Horn Section Professor Jonathan Lipton (Ex-LSO member)
Brass Section Professor Paul Milner (LSO member)
