As a pianist, I specialize in both solo and chamber music, always seeking new repertoire and fresh collaborations. In 2010, I co-founded the Dryads Duo with violinist Carla Santos (www.dryadsduo.com).
Teaching piano is a central part of my life, and sharing my love for music with others is one of my greatest sources of fulfillment. I am deeply passionate about the arts—both visual and performing—and especially about their intersection. I find inspiration in the world around me, constantly seeking new perspectives.
Teaching piano is a central part of my life, and sharing my love for music with others is one of my greatest sources of fulfillment. I am deeply passionate about the arts—both visual and performing—and especially about their intersection. I find inspiration in the world around me, constantly seeking new perspectives.
As a pianist, I regularly perform both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. With my duo, the Dryads Duo (with violinist Carla Santos), we have recorded two CDs. In 2018, I participated in a CD recording for NAXOS featuring the chamber music of Pedro Faria Gomes, and in 2019, I recorded a CD for piano four hands (with pianist Diana Vieira) featuring music for children by composer Sérgio Azevedo.
I completed my Doctorate in Performance in 2022 at Universidade de Aveiro, where I studied piano with Pedro Burmester. I graduated with distinction in Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Music in 2010, studying with Alexei Eremine, and obtained my Master’s in Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2012, studying with Peter Bithell and Martin Roscoe. Later, I was awarded the Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Junior Fellowship in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music (2014–15). My piano studies began in 1998 at the Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco, my hometown in Portugal, with João Paulo Cunha.
In 2011, I was awarded 2nd Prize in the "Prémio Jovens Músicos" Competition (Portugal) in the Solo Piano category. That same year, the Dryads Duo won 1st Prize in the Chamber Music category of the same competition. Since then, the Dryads Duo has performed in major concert halls across Portugal, including the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Casa da Música, and Centro Cultural de Belém. Based in the UK since 2010, the Duo has also performed regularly in cities such as Aylesbury, Brighton, Edinburgh, Oxford, Cardiff, and London. We’ve had the privilege of performing at the Grand Théâtre Opéra de Bordeaux and at the Landesgalerie in Linz, Austria.
In 2019, driven by my passion for contemporary music and the arts, we created a concert cycle titled “Music Speaks…,” in which five composers were invited to compose new pieces for the Dryads Duo.
As a soloist, I have performed a number of notable recitals, including the inaugural recital of the "Explicação da Ausência" concert series in Castelo Branco, Portugal, and the inaugural recital of the "Piano Cycle EDP 2013" at the Suggia Room at Casa da Música, Oporto, Portugal. I was also invited to perform with the Youth Orchestra of the Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco at their inaugural concert.
Currently, I teach piano at the Windsor Piano School, Wellington College, and The Abbey School in the UK. My goal is to share, inspire and nurture the love for music.
I completed my Doctorate in Performance in 2022 at Universidade de Aveiro, where I studied piano with Pedro Burmester. I graduated with distinction in Piano Accompaniment and Chamber Music in 2010, studying with Alexei Eremine, and obtained my Master’s in Performance from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2012, studying with Peter Bithell and Martin Roscoe. Later, I was awarded the Gilbert & Eileen Edgar Junior Fellowship in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music (2014–15). My piano studies began in 1998 at the Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco, my hometown in Portugal, with João Paulo Cunha.
In 2011, I was awarded 2nd Prize in the "Prémio Jovens Músicos" Competition (Portugal) in the Solo Piano category. That same year, the Dryads Duo won 1st Prize in the Chamber Music category of the same competition. Since then, the Dryads Duo has performed in major concert halls across Portugal, including the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Casa da Música, and Centro Cultural de Belém. Based in the UK since 2010, the Duo has also performed regularly in cities such as Aylesbury, Brighton, Edinburgh, Oxford, Cardiff, and London. We’ve had the privilege of performing at the Grand Théâtre Opéra de Bordeaux and at the Landesgalerie in Linz, Austria.
In 2019, driven by my passion for contemporary music and the arts, we created a concert cycle titled “Music Speaks…,” in which five composers were invited to compose new pieces for the Dryads Duo.
As a soloist, I have performed a number of notable recitals, including the inaugural recital of the "Explicação da Ausência" concert series in Castelo Branco, Portugal, and the inaugural recital of the "Piano Cycle EDP 2013" at the Suggia Room at Casa da Música, Oporto, Portugal. I was also invited to perform with the Youth Orchestra of the Conservatório Regional de Castelo Branco at their inaugural concert.
Currently, I teach piano at the Windsor Piano School, Wellington College, and The Abbey School in the UK. My goal is to share, inspire and nurture the love for music.
I am an artist
I am a musician
I am a pianist
I am a piano teacher
I am a sensitive being, being
I am a musician
I am a pianist
I am a piano teacher
I am a sensitive being, being
[as long as we breath]
[you see, we can’t remove the person from the artist]
[you see, we can’t remove the person from the artist]
I am a performer. My actions have reasons. My actions are reactions. And hopefully generate reactions. One hopes.
I see, I think, I comment, I play. I learn.
I am a performer. My actions have reasons. My actions are reactions. And hopefully generate reactions. One hopes.
I see, I think, I comment, I play. I learn.
[love to learn. Love the process]
[the process is what matters]
[the process is what matters]
I was born. Time did its thing. Liked music, fell in love with it.
[Teachers matter a lot]
[they are stepping stones; they change us]
[be careful]
[they are stepping stones; they change us]
[be careful]
Wanted to play the bass – there were no teachers available; you can choose between piano and violin – “what is it going to be??”. “Well, I guess I am going for piano”.
[now I spend a lot of time playing music for violin and piano]
[life is a funny thing...]
[life is a funny thing...]
Liked the piano, fell in love with it.
[Teachers – thank you for everything]
Kept going. Decided to make it my life.
[the process. Love it]
And then this has happened [so far…]
[…and briefly, because so much more…]
The text above only reveals a few sides.
As well as with sound, I am profoundly influenced by images.
[the power of image.
so much said without words]
so much said without words]
I dedicate my time also expressing myself through visual arts.
Sometimes, here and there, a poem happens in me. Or a little text…
[I am still the same young boy
who reacts to the world
who experiences it
who wants to play
even if in disguise –
so many different skins.
So many layers.
So many losses.
Miss you all]
who reacts to the world
who experiences it
who wants to play
even if in disguise –
so many different skins.
So many layers.
So many losses.
Miss you all]