About
Born in Vila Real, in 1964. He began his musical studies at the Porto Music Conservatory in 1982, completing the Higher Piano Course with Profª. Arminda Odete. He got is Composition degree in 1991 at the Escola Superior de Música do Porto. In 1998 he obtained his master's degree in composition at the University of Sheffield (England). Later in 2017 he completed his Phd at the same university under the supervision of composer George Nicholson. He has been a Composition professor at Escola Superior Música e Artes do Espetáculo since 1999. He also has been pianist, composer and arranger for Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos for the last 25 years. Several of his works are recorded on by different authors.