He has been playing the violin for 20 years
and in that time has played all genres of
music ranging from contemporary music to free
jazz and improvised music, live and in the
studio.
His main interest shifted towards contemporary
improvised and composed music, as well as
indeterminate and graphic scores by Gerhard
Stäbler. Studies with contemporary composers
Emmanuel Nunes, Eurico Carrapatoso and Paulo
Brandão.
The relationship with his instruments is
focused in sonic and textural elements.
Electronic music was an early influence on
his approach to violin playing, which challenges
traditional romantic concepts of the violin/viola
through use of preparations and micro tuning.
Has created music for films, dance, performance,
video, etc. Active in different settings on
the Portuguese scene for free improvised music,
both as a collaborator and in leading his
own groups including many important and creative
musicians such as Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Bechegas,
Margarida Guia, Pedro Roxo, Bruno Parrinha,
João Macedo, David Rodrigues, António
Chaparreiro, Marco Franco, Vera Mantero, José
Oliveira, Margarida Garcia, Rodrigo Amado,
Manuel Mota, Ulrich Mitzlaff, Alfredo Costa
Monteiro, Guilherme Rodrigues, Fala Mariam,
César Burago, Carlos Santos, Genoveva
Faísca, Carlos Zíngaro, Jorge
Valente, Vítor Joaquim, Pedro Lourenço,
Sei Miguel, Eduardo Sérgio, Emídio
Buchinho, Beatriz Serrão, Vítor
Rua, Tim Goldie, Jeffrey Morgan, Oren Marshall,
Gianni Gebbia, Gerhard Uebele, Nicolas Field,
Jaime Fennelly, Gregg Moore, John "Sugar"
Rottiers, Blaise Siwula, Will Guthrie, Pawel
Grabowski, Michael Thieke, Alejandro Novoa,
Michel Stawicki, Wade Matthews, Leonel Kaplan,
Diego Chamy, Gabriel Paiuk, Barry Weisblat,
Joe Giardullo, Jassem Hindi, Taku Unami, Ingar
Zach, Masahiko Okura, Tisha Mukarji, Hans
W. Koch, Bettina Wenzel, Ulrich Krieger, Phill
Niblock, Christine Sehnaoui, Sharif Sehnaoui,
Guillermo Torres, Toshihiro Koike, Romaric
Sobac, Alexandre Bellenger, etc.
Has also worked with contemporary dancers
like Ana Galan, Isabel Valverde, Mário
Calixto, Anna Pázstor, Valérie
Métivier, etc.
Workshops with Carlos Zíngaro, Peter
Kowald, Richard Teitelbaum, Jason Kahn, Cecil
Taylor, Jeffrey Morgan, Workshop de Lyon,
Takashi Kako, Han Bennink, Steve Potts, Evan
Parker, Ken Filliano, Eugene Chadbourne, Jorge
Peixinho, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Constança
Capdeville, Iannis Xenakis, etc.
Has created the record label Creative Sources
Recordings in 1999, which mainly concentrates
on releasing experimental and electro-acoustic
music.
Performs at festivals all over Europe.
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other releases
• Self Eater and Drinker
CD audEo 0399, Lisbon 1999
• Multiples
CD CS 001, Lisbon 2001
• Sudden Music
CD CS 002, Lisbon 2002
• 23 Exposures
CD CS 003, Lisbon 2002
• Ficta
CD CS 005, Lisbon 2002
• Assemblage
CD CS 007, Lisbon 2002
• Cesura
CD CS 008, Lisbon 2003
• Contre-Plongée
CD CS 011, Lisbon 2004
• Dorsal
CD CS 012, Lisbon 2004
• Kreis
CD CS 020, Lisbon 2005
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