BERNARDO SANTOS (Portugal)

Bernardo Santos, piano

Acclaimed Portuguese pianist Bernardo Santos, whom the British newspaper The Guardian has hailed as a “musical genius,” has performed in more than twenty countries across four continents at numerous prestigious venues, including Casa da Música in Portugal, the Royal Albert Hall in London, Tonhalle in Düsseldorf, and the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

As a soloist, he has performed with numerous renowned orchestras and conductors, including António Vassalo Lourenço, Charles Gambetta, and Hilo Carrielo. An experienced chamber musician, he has also built an extensive discography, including recordings of I. C. Pereira’s Curtas, E. Grieg’s Violin Sonatas, Saint-Saëns’s Piano Quintets, and Dvořák’s Piano Quintets.

He has also recorded piano works by Ruy Coelho, the Portuguese composer whose music he researches as a scholar at the INET-md research centre and the University of Aveiro. He has researched, edited and published critical editions of works by Portuguese composer Berta Alves de Sousa and composer Frederico de Freitas.

Santos studied at Trinity College London and has received scholarships from several Portuguese foundations. He serves as President of the World Piano Teachers Association (WPTA) in Portugal, is co-founder and director of the FIPOG International Festival in Guadalajara, and is Artistic Director of the Ciclos Lua Nova concert series in Águeda, Portugal.

He holds degrees from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London, Conservatori del Liceu in Barcelona, the University of Aveiro, and the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, where he studied with renowned Slovenian pianist Dubravka Tomšič Srebotnjak.

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