Guitarrista freelancer desde 1985, pertencendo a vários projetos musicais, acompanhando também diversos artistas nacionais e internacionais.
Professor de guitarra desde 1989.
Fundador da escola de música ESPAÇO COMCORDAS.
Conhecida pela sua energia em palco, o percurso desta voz latina é vasto, ligado ao canto, ao teatro e à dança. Esta última, pela qual iniciou o seu ingresso no mundo das artes, aos 12 anos de idade. Deu voz a vários projetos onde destacamos Banda Atlântico, Big Band “Night and Day”, Orquestra Zé Cabeleira (Casino Estoril), mas o encontro com a música latina dá-se no bar Salsa Latina, onde cantou entre 2001 e 2004. Dessa experiência nasce Cubahia, banda por si dirigida que mistura ritmos caribeños e brasileiros, e com qual Célia Maria volta a encantar multidões pelos quatro cantos do país, entre 2004e 2006. Seguiu-se Célia Maria Latin Project - cujo espetáculo incluía repertório original, com alguns temas de sua autoria. Pelo meio surge ainda o projeto discográfico Cocktail K, banda de homenagem à primeira girls band portuguesa, com forte inspiração no som pop dos anos 80, e ainda o programa televisivo “Música no Ar”, na RTP1, onde Célia Maria interpretou alguns dos temas mais marcantes da segunda metade do século XX, de Amália a Madonna, passando por Abba e ElisRegina, entre muitos outros. Trabalhou com vários artistas da música ligeira portuguesa. Produziu, deu voz, e idealizou coreograficamente vários espetáculos. Participou em 2010 no Festival RTP da canção, com ogrupo “OURO”, com o tema -“Arco-íris dentro de mim” - de Paulo Abreu Lima, José Castanheira e Jan Van Dijck. Duas das grandes paixões que Célia Maria não esconde são a dança o teatro. Bailarina de vocação, das danças de rua ao contemporâneo, apaixonou-se pelo teatro musical, com experiências marcantes em “Sexta Feira 13– Xutos e Pontapés” (António Feio- UAU, 2006) e “Barbeiro de Sevilha” (Fernando Gomes, TIL, 2007/2008), Abecedário Mágico (João Didelet e Isabel Campêlo-Jis.2009), Yoco na Ilha do Tesouro, de Ricardo Connti, entre outros. Foi durante vários anos a voz do Carnaval de Sines, onde colaborou como autora, compositora e interprete. Depois de alguns anos de ausência dos palcos Duolidades, Triflex & Ela Band são alguns dos seus últimos projetos de entretenimento. BIG Gang é um dos seus projetos de eleição desde 2014, onde é uma das 5 vozes convidadas. Neste projeto partilha de forma madura a sua versatilidade interpretando êxitos de vários estilos.
Quality is what defines us
With a big band line-up style formation where the great Portuguese and international hits have the spotlight, sung by 4 exceptional voices and performed by career musicians, we make the best of an incredible brass section that defines us as a group.
Good music is constant
With an eclectic repertoire that crosses generations and leaves no one indifferent, each song was chosen and performed according to the hits of different musical periods. This way, live public approval is assured.
Good mood is paramount
In an interactive dynamics with the audience, where part of the show is due to the inevitable participation of the viewers, who let themselves be carried away by a tsunami of energy and a roller-coaster of emotions.
Everyone goes home willing to come back, why?
Because BIG Gang is BIG Mood!
BIG Gang’s repertoire and image are custom made for an audience that ranges from 8 to 80, on a typical folk festivity stage, on a town square, on a company’s private event or on a gala dinner in a casino.
This way, because we want to give everything to every audience, part of our repertoire was gradually put together using medleys, to offer bigger diversity.
Here are some examples of the medleys that are part of our show:
Known for her energy on stage, this latin voice has a long career in singing, theater, and dance. The latter, through which she began her entry into the world of arts at the age of 12.
She has voiced in several projects such as Banda Atlântico, Big Band "Night and Day", Orquestra Zé Cabeleira (Casino Estoril), but her first encounter with Latin music was at the Salsa Latina bar, where she sang between 2001 and 2004. From this experience was born Cubahia, a band she directed that mixes Caribbean and Brazilian rhythms, and with which Celia Maria enchanted crowds all over the country between 2004 and 2006. This was followed by the Celia Maria Latin Project - whose show included an original repertoire, with some songs
of her own.
In between came the record project Cocktail K, a tribute band to the first Portuguese girl band, with strong inspiration in the pop sound of the 80's, and also the television program "Música no Ar" (Music on the Air), on RTP1, where Celia Maria interpreted some of the most important songs of the second half of the 20th century, from Amália to Madonna, including Abba and Elis Regina, among many others.
She has worked with several Portuguese light music artists. He has produced, voiced, and choreographed several shows.
In 2010 she participated in the Festival RTP da canção, with the group "OURO", with the theme - "Arco-iris dentro de mim" - by Paulo Abreu Lima, José Castanheira and Jan Van Dijck.
Two of the great passions that Celia Maria does not hide are dance and theater. A dancer by vocation, from street dance to contemporary dance, she fell in love with musical theater, with remarkable experiences in "Sexta Feira 13 - Xutos e Pontapés" (António Feio- UAU, 2006) and "Barbeiro de Sevilha" (Fernando Gomes,TIL, 2007/2008), Abecedário Mágico (João Didelet and Isabel Campêlo-Jis. 2009), Yoco na Ilha do Tesouro, by Ricardo Connti, among others.
For several years she was the voice of Carnaval de Sines, where she collaborated as author, composer and performer.
After a few years of absence from the stage Duolidades, Triflex & Ela Band are some of her latest entertainment projects.
BIG Gang is one of her projects of choice since 2014, where she is one of 5 guest voices.
In this project she shares her versatility in a mature way interpreting hits of various styles.
Coming from the Irmãos Verdades family, it was dancing that I started my artistic career, and at the age of 10 I was already stepping on stages like the Olympia in Paris, where I danced with names like Duo Ouro Negro, Raúl Indipo, Paulo Flores or Bonda.
At the age of 16 I discovered my potential as a singer. In the bar market, with the help of Sónia Costa, I was part of several cover projects, and in between I was part of musical theater casts.
As back vocalist I worked with Luís Filipe Reis, Filipe Neves, Nuno Barroso, Rui Bandeira, Roman, Fernando Pereira, Calema, Nuno Ribeiro, Rute Marlene, José Malhoa, David Carreira, Micael Carreira, Romana and Mónica Sintra. In fact, it was with Mónica Sintra that I met the mentors of BIG Gang. Despite the pleasure of working with all of them, it is with Toy that I have been working as a chorus singer for many tournées now.
Born on October 4, 1970. Finished his degree in Management and Public Administration in 1994 at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa).
Freelance singer since 1998.
Had singing lessons with prof. Cristina Castro. Workshops of cartoon dubbing and human figure dubbing with José Jorge Duarte.
Among other work, the following stands out: Element since 2001 of the show "Canções de Portugal", produced by Fernando Martins and created initially for RDP International for the celebration of the Portuguese communities' festival in August 2001, performing since then several shows in Portugal, Brazil, France, Andorra and USA.
Participation in several jingles and generic TV and radio shows, such as:
Sung: institutional generic of RDP Internacional - "Portugal is my World", institutional generic of Rádio Renascença 2006/2007/2008, Filipinos, Camilo em Sarilhos, Primeira Companhia, Família Superstar, Favaíto, Pingo Doce, Biadronka, Capitão Iglo, etc.
Voiceover: Top Atlântico, Continental - Euro 2016, etc.
Participation as a singer in the animation sets "Leaps in Time" at the Festival RTP da Canção 2006, choreographed by Marco di Camillis.
Participation in the choirs on the theme "Ai de quem nunca cantou" competing at the Festival RTP da Canção 2007, performed by Teresa Radamanto.
Contestant to the Festival RTP da Canção 2008 with the group Big Hit, with the theme "Por ti Portugal".
Contestant to Festival RTP da Canção 2010 with the group Terra d'Água with the theme "Amanhã no mar".
Chorus for the song "Há dias assim" by Filipa Azevedo at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway.
Choirs for the theme "Há um mar que nos separa" by Leonor Andrade at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
Resident singer for the RTP Lisbon Marches in the 2017, 2018, 2019 editions.
RTP resident choir for the RTP Song Festival 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Studio recording of theme choirs for the programs Operation Triumph, Your Face Is Not Strange to Me, Little Giants, Got Talent, The Voice, The Mask, among others.
Resident singer in: Singing and Dancing for a Dream Wedding (TVI 2007) and Calling the Music (SIC 2008).
Resident choir in the "live" editions of the program The Voice Portugal (RTP2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021).
Vocal coaching for the programs: The Voice Kids, The Voice, La Banda.
Narration and singing in some editions of the collection "Stories of enchantment" for the publisher Zero to Eight.
Integrated in teams of corporate team-building actions with musical involvement for institutions such as: Jerónimo Martins Group, Sonae Group, various companies in the pharmaceutical industry, banks, among others.
Member of the projects BIG Gang Orquestra (choirs and soloist) and Kind of Magic - tribute to Queen (choirs).
Member of the groups: Shout! (voice) and tamBor (guitar and voice).
Pedro Oliveira started playing and singing solo in local bars and clubs in 1998.
Also in 1998, he had his first experience at Radio Iris Fm, where he was a co-speaker for 2 years.
In 1999 he formed, with 3 other singers, a boysband called A.S.E.S., and they released their first album in 2000, touring the country from north to south for its release.
Later, in 2004, he joined the band Sexto Sentido, doing backing vocals, and participated in the band's tour that took his songs to many concert halls in our country.
In 2005 he started presenting shows: fashion shows, street parties, social events, etc.
It was in the year 2006 that the opportunity arose to record an album to be marketed internationally. "Cats.pt" was the name chosen for the project of originals sung in English and that is still for sale today on the largest online music sites in the world.
He had his great experience in 2007, when Rita Guerra invited him to join her band as a singer.
It was then that he had the opportunity to play in the most prestigious concert halls in Portugal.
In 2008 he album "O melhor de Rita Guerra - Acústico ao vivo" was released, in which he also participated.
Over the years, his experience led him to do several jobs, and due to his vocal capacity he joined the company Addvoices, where he entered the world of voiceover.
He participated in the recordings of the Disney animated film "The Princess and the Frog" and recorded several commercials, among others.
Music and musical theater have been part of her career since she was 12 years old.
She has trodden stages such as the Politeama, Tivoli, S. Luís or coliseums.
She participated in Eurovision, accompanied renowned artists such as Toy and Mónica Sintra for years.
She was the vocalist of a tribute band to the 80s.
Currently she performs in casinos, does dubbing for cartoons, is part of a Queen tribute band, and is one of the elements of the BIG Gang.
César started playing at the age of 17 with a cover band called Big Show doing real tours across the bars of Portugal. His second step in music was to join the Primeiro Instinto project for which he recorded an album and an original EP.
Through his father, one of his references, he had the first contact with symphonic rock bands like Pink Floyd or Marillion. From his cousins he got Grunge, today his biggest influence.
At the age of 21 he studied music in one of the most emblematic schools in Portugal, Hot Club de Portugal. After playing Jazz, Grunge, Pop, Rock and Funk, he joined WACK, the band where you can find more of himself as a musician. In addition to these projects, he still accompanies several artists across Portugal and abroad.
At the age of 6 I began to be interested in the Piano. When I was 10 years old I had Piano lessons at Valentim de Carvalho, and after that I went to the Escola Superior de Música in Lisbon.
From then on I started a musical journey, accompanying several artists such as Áurea, Dzrt, Just Girls, Mónica Sintra, Micaela, Big Gang, Frederico Bc, etc.
Several productions and compositions in discographic works, Frederico Bc, João Oliveira...
Production of children's musicals, producing the instrumentals in the studio stage,recording and voice direction, and also participating as a musician in the live shows.
Currently, I work at Beep Música, where I give Piano lessons and work on recording and music production.
João Luís Português Pereira was born in Paris on October 3, 1974.
At the ageof 13 he began his musical studies at the Music School of the Monção Musical Band, joining that same year as a percussionist.
At the age of 19, he joined the Portuguese Air Force Music Band, where he remained for 4 years.
Since 1999,he has been a permanent member of the P.S.P. Symphonic Band as a drummer/percussionist and is currently head of the percussion section.
Besides the secondary course of Music in Percussion, held at the National Conservatory School of Music in the Percussion class of Prof. Carlos Voss, holds a Bachelor Degree in Drums, a Post-Graduation in Drums teaching and two Masters in Drums - in the areas of Pedagogy and Performance - both in the domain of Jazz at the University of Évora.
With a deep experience as a performer, being noteworthy in his professional career the integration and collaboration with several orchestras, namely: Gulbenkian Orchestra, Cascais and Oeiras Wind Orchestra, National Conservatory Wind Orchestra, Youth Symphony Orchestra, Carlos Alberto Moniz Light Orchestra (2001/2002) Night and Day Light Orchestra, Buba Brass, touring with the project "Musicais em Cena" for the Évora Musical Association "Eborae Mvsica", release of the cd "MUSIC BOX" and concerts with thesinger Yolanda Soares, Canto lusitano project, Sete lágrimas group, UÉ All Stars Jazz Ensemble, BIG Gang Orchestra, Banda "Sai do Chão" - Ivete Sangalo tribute, Mónica Sintra, Micaela, José Alberto Reis, Carlos Alberto Moniz, West Jazz Quartet, Luciana Abreu, Telmo Miranda, Marco Paulo, among others.
Participation in various television and radio programs and record editions, with emphasis on "Sinfonia 2000" by composer and conductor Tan Dun for Deutsche Grammophon with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, "Cantar é Rezar Duas Vezes" by Father José Luís Borga, "Estados de Alma" by Marina Mota, "Marco Paulo" by Marco Paulo, "Mulheres" by Adriana Lua, among others.
As a teacher, he teaches Drums at the Conservatório de Música das Caldas da Rainha and at the Escola de Artes in Seixal.
Amândio José dos Reis Filipe was born on 29 September 1977.
He had his first contact with percussion at 9 years of age in Filarmónica Cultural Ericeira.
He attended the complementary course of percussion at the National Conservatory of Lisbon in the percussion class of Prof. Carlos Voss. As a percussionist, the highlights are his collaborations with the Gulbenkian Orchestra.
As a drummer, his early career was self-taught. However, he later studied with professors Necas and Nélson Sobral. He graduated in Drums and concluded his Master Degree in Music Teaching, Drums strand, at the University of Évora with Prof. Eduardo Lopes.
He teaches at the Artistic Music School of the National Conservatory of Lisbon and at the Conservatory of Caldas de Rainha.
As a professional musician, since 1998, he was invited to accompany artists of various genres such as Mónica Sintra, José Alberto Reis, Miguel Dias, Arca do Banzé, Micaela, Maxi, Neim, Clemente, Al-Buhera, Alia Clark, Patrícia Candoso, Gerardo Rodrigues, "Sai do Chão" -Tribute to Ivete Sangalo. Besides these, he has collaborated with Carlos Alberto Moniz, Fernando Pereira, Ana Duarte, Toy, Ruth Marlene, Rui Bandeira, Rodrigo Leal, among others.
Since 2008 he integrates and coordinates the BIG Gang orchestra.
João Bentes has a degree in trumpet performance from the National Superior Academy of Orchestra and a Master in Music Teaching from the Piaget Institute in Almada, trumpet variant.
Trumpet player in the Army since 1989, he was 1st Trumpet in the Army Symphonic Band for 15 years and is currently Lead Trumpet of the Army Light Orchestra.
He has collaborated with the Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra Académica Metropolitana, Orquestra Filarmónica Jalisco (Mexico), Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil, Orquestra Clássica da Madeira and Orquestra de Câmara de Cascais e Oeiras.
He has participated in Masterclasses with Allen Vizzutti, Thomas Stevens, Mattias Höfs, Michael Sachs, Pierre Dutot, Reinhold Friedrich, Bruno Nouvion, Francisco "Pacho" Flores and Fred Sautter, among others. In particular, he worked with professors Bo Nilsson, Steve Mason, Jorge Almeida, Sérgio Pacheco and Hugo Alves.
He has oriented improvement courses at the Aveiro Calouste Gulbenkian Music Conservatory, Águeda Music Conservatory, Dão Arts and Music Conservatory, Bairrada Arts School and Jobra Professional School.
He was the trumpet instructor at the IV, V and VI Summer Internships and Improvisation Course for Wind Instruments and Percussion in Amarante and at the 9th and 10th Internships of the Orquestra Nacional de Jovens.
He teaches trumpet at the Academia de Música de Santa Cecília and at the Conservatório de Artes Performativas de Almada.
Parallel to the classical side, he collaborated with LUME - Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble, Tony Carreira and is part of the BIG Gang and Sai do Chão - Ivete Sangalo Tribute Band projects.
He began his musical studies as a trumpet player in the Music Band of the Associação Humanitária dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Torres Vedras.
He continued his studies at the Conservatório de Música "Luís António Maldonado Rodrigues" with professor Ricardo Carvalho and later joined Escola Profissional de Música de Almada having as professors António Quítalo, Steven Maison in current Classic Trumpet and Mário Carolino in Baroque Trumpet.
He studied Jazz with professors Jean Marc Charmier and Filipe Melo.
In 1994, he joined the Portuguese Air Force Band as a Trumpet player.
In 1997 through a national competition he was elected to join the "97" orchestra under conductor Leonardo de Barros.
He has participated in several master classes with professors Allen Vizutti, José Augusto Carneiro among others.
Accompanied several artists, namely: Teresa Cardoso de Menezes, Rita Guerra, Filipe Gonçalves, Sara Tavares, Luís Represas, Nuno Guerreiro, Fernando Tordo, Anabela, Simone de Oliveira, Vânia Fernandes.
He has performed several concerts with groups of different musical styles. Member of orchestras at national level.
Currently continues to play as a freelancer in musical groups with various styles of music, from jazz to classical music.
He is currently a staff sergeant in the Portuguese AirForce Band.
Born in Vila Nova de Famalicão, he started his musical studies in the Banda Marcial de Arnoso at the age of 8.
In 1996 he joins the Conservatório de Calouste Gulbenkian - Braga in the trumpet class of professor Alexandre Fonseca and later in the class of professor Fernando Ribeiro.
He finished his Degree and Master in Music Teaching Music at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in the trumpet class of professors David Bu and Steve Mason.
As a guest musician, he has collaborated with the Orquestra Filarmónica das Beiras, Orquestra de Câmara de Braga, Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil, Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa and Orquestra do Algarve.
He performed solo with the Wind Orchestra of Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian, Orquestra do Norte and Orquestra Sinfonietta de Braga.
He has collaborated with artists such as Ana Malhoa, Mónica Sintra, David Antunes & The Midnight Band, besides several other projects such as Guida & Companhia Sonora, The Noon's Project, among others.
He teaches trumpet, cornet and orchestra at the Vialonga School Cluster and at the Amadores de Música Academy in Lisbon.
Pedro Rego started his musical studies at Banda Bingre Canelense, in Estarreja, and continued his Saxophone studies at Conservatório de Música de Aveiro with Fernando Valente.
He participated in Masterclasses with Bart Kok, Henk Van Twillert, Mario Marzi, Claude Delangle and Kenneth Tse, and in 1996 won the Musical Forum Award - RTP in Saxophone Class.
In 1997 he began studying Jazz at the Hot Club de Portugal, and attended Jazz Workshops with Zé Eduardo, Carlos Martins, Carlos Barretto, Bernardo Moreira, José Menezes, André Sousa Machado and Iuri Gaspar.
He has a degree in Wind Orchestra Conducting from Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and studied Music Sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa where he took Music Pedagogy courses with Edwin Gordon and Verena Maschat.
He has been a Saxophone Teacher and Wind Orchestra Conductor at the Conservatório Regional de Setúbal since 1998, where he currently holds the position of Pedagogical Director.
He has conducted the Palmela, Arrentela, Odemira and Pragança Philharmonic Orchestras.
He integrated the Foco Musical Orchestra, Big Band Almada Cool, Big Band Barreiro, Big Band Loureiros, Orquestra Palmela Musik and currently the BIG Gang.
He has performed as Solo, Quartet and Orchestras from North to South of the country, Spain, France, Belgium and Brazil.
As a freelancer he collaborates with DJ's in Reception Cocktails, Weddings, Private Parties and Corporate Events.
Licenced by the Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa.
Finished is degree in saxophone and mastered in Music in the field of interpretation by Universidade de Évora.
Attended the Jazz Course in Amadores de Música Academy.
Works as saxophone player, arranger, composer and producer. Of special note are the following features/projects:
Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa; Orquestra Didática da Foco Musical; resident band on the TV show “A Voz de Portugal”; Marenostrum (album: Arraia miúda); The Norton’s Project (EP: It’s time); Lisbon Film Orchestra; production of the album “Oboé e Piano em Português” (MPMP 2021) by david Costa and Pedro Ferro; composition and arrangement for the amateur theater group “Gruta Forte”; Lusitanus Ensemble (cd: Música do Século XXI).
Teaches at Conservatório de Caldas da Rainha and Conservatório de Música de Sintra.
Born in 1980 in Lisbon.
He started his studies in the Light Orchestra of the Sociedade 1ª de Agosto Santa Iriense in 1995.
In 1998 he joins the class of Professor José Massarrão in the National Conservatory of Lisbon.
He graduated in Music (Saxophone) at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in the class of Professors José Massarrão and Alberto Roque.
In 2021 he finished his Masters in Music Teaching (Saxophone) at the Instituto Piaget.
He also studied improvisation with José Menezes and Jorge Lee.
He participated in some Master-Classes with José Massarrão, Claude Delangle, Richard Ducros, José Menezes, Rui Gabriel, Mário Marques, among others.
As a Saxophone Teacher, he has attended schools such as Academia de Amadores de Música, Academia de Santa Cecília, among others.
Currently, he teaches Saxophone and Chamber Music at Escola de Música de Nossa Senhora do Cabo (Linda-a-Velha).
As an instrumentalist he has participated in several ensembles of different genres, such as Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra Académica da Metropolitana, Orquestra de Jazz do Hot Clube, Orquestra Nacional de Sopros dos Templários, Orquestra Didática da Foco Musical, Lisbon Saxophone Ensemble, Saxophone Ensemble of the Conservatório Regional de Palmela, Orquestra de Clarinetes de Almada, Lusitanus Ensemble, among others.
Since 2017 he is conductor of the Philharmonic Band and coordinator of the Music School of the Academia Musical 1º de Junho de 1893.
Rodrigo started his musical studies in 1996 at Filarmónica Cultural Ericeira with teachers José António Freire and Carlos Freire.
He entered the National Conservatory in 1999 in the class of Trombone with professor Ismael Santos, having finished the 7th grade.
In 2004 he starts several works with orchestra, such as recordings, short operas presented in several famous auditoriums, such as Teatro São Luiz, Culturgest, Aula Magna, Teatro Camões among others.
In 2005 he is nominated Chief of Staff, Coordinator and Conductor at the Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil.
In the sameyear, he joins the Portuguese Air Force Music Band.
He participates in several shows, tours and television promos with various artists such as Suzana Pragosa, Mónica Sintra.
In 2007 he is invited to teach Trombone at Associação Humanitária de Bombeiros Voluntários de Loures.
In 2011 he is invited to teach trombone at the Music School Sociedade Filarmónica 1º Dezembro Encarnação and Sociedade Musical Fraternidade Operária Grandolense (SMFOG).
In the same year, he starts his activity as a teacher in the class of Bass Brass Instruments in Filarmónica Cultural Ericeira.
In 2014 he is a trombone teacher/orientator in the band training of the Bombeiros Voluntários de Torres Vedras (Veteras) which was repeated in 2016, participates in some concerts with the Lisbon Film Orchestra (LFO) and in several recordings at País Real music production company where he still remains to this day.
Graduated in trombone since 2018 having been a student of professor Hugo Assunção at ESML, he works professionally in the Portuguese Air Force Music Band with the rank of 1st Sergeant - trombone player.
Musician in the band of the artist Rui Bandeira and Pedagogical Director in the Academy of Ericeira Cultural Philharmonic, collaborated with OCCO in the of New Year's Eve concerts in 2020.
Born on October 22, 1973, in Lisbon, he began his musical studies at the age of 10.
Academic Studies
From 1987 to 1996 he studied at the Escola de Música do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa.
In 2006 he finished his degree in trombone at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa in the class of professor Ismael Santos.
He has participated in several masterclasses given by teachers such as Benny Sluchin, Michael Svoboda, Uwe Dierksen, David Taylor, Enrique Crespo, Joseph Alessi, Jorgen van Rijen.
Professional Experience
Since 1993 he has collaborated with several orchestras such as: Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Orquestra Sinfonietta, Orquestra da Madeira and Orquestra da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
He has participated in several recordings with the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra:
- Verdi's Requiem under the direction of conductor Michel Corboz
- Quodlibet by Emmanuel Nunes conducted by Emilio Pomarico
- Poulenc's Gloria conducted by Michel Corboz
Also with the Gulbenkian Orchestra he participated in several tours to the United States, South America, Germany, France, Japan and China.
He performed solo at the Darmstadt New Music Festival.
Born in Lisbon, he learned music in the A.H.B.V. Loures Music Band where he met the slide trombone.
He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Lisbon with Professor Ismael Santos and continued with Professor Emídio Coutinho at the Regional Conservatory of Setúbal.
He was a member of the Army Symphonic Band.
He collaborates regularly with various formations and institutions.
He was a member of the now extinct Orquestra da Felicidade, do Brilho e da Glória.
He is a member of the BIG Gang Orchestra, of which he is a founder.
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