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He is a multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, sound artist, producer, and educator. He holds a degree in Jazz from the Escola de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE) in Porto and a master’s degree in Music Leadership from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His work spans a wide range of musical and sonic practices, with compositions for film, television, dance, theater, video, sound installations in gallery contexts, and children’s performances. As a performer, he is involved in both solo and collaborative projects that explore improvisation, electronic manipulation, and site-specific soundscapes. Since 2018, he has coordinated the Educational Program of the Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos and since 2013, he has represented Casa da Música do Porto to implement its educational program at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan in Japan. He has also led workshops and masterclasses in Portugal, Japan, and the UK, fostering dialogue between contemporary music, education, and participatory creation.

He holds a degree in Architecture from the Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa (2005). He has dedicated his professional life to the visual arts, specialising in 3D animation and CG (Computer Graphics) special effects for television advertising and cinema at the film production company Kontentor Films. Since 2003 he has also been involved in photography in its various forms, starting with digital and analogue photography using 35mm film. He also explores other branches of this field, such as astrophotography and photography using historical or alternative methods. In 2012, he founded the alternative photography studio Silverbox Lisboa, where he is one of the few to explore the Lippmann technique for colour photography. In 2011, he joined the 18—25 Research Studio, a laboratory for architectural image creation, and in 2014 became one of the main partners of the company. At this studio, he has developed numerous projects in the field of virtual representation, exploring cutting-edge technology for the creation of these environments.

Laboratory for architectural image construction founded in 2010 and based in Lisbon, led by architects Luca Martinucci and Filipe Alves. Dedicated to researching simulation processes and methods of representation related to the architectural realm, the studio blends multidisciplinary approaches with the History of Architecture and Art. With a strong technological component, its work includes research in the contexts of Virtual and Augmented Reality. Specific projects by the studio have been presented in various exhibitions, including: Aemula Naturae (Inner Space of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, MNAC, 2019); Spherical Intersect (Archisummit Lisbon, Carpintarias de São Lázaro, 2019); Paradise (Natural Intelligence, What AI still can’t do?, Vivarium Festival Porto, 2019; Me, myself, and my avatar, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, 2018; Utopia/Dystopia, MAAT, 2017); D’après Piranesi (What is innovation in architecture?, MUNHAC, 2016; Arquiteturas Film Festival, Lisbon, 2013 and 2015); Persona 3D 9+1, images and video with artist Tomás Hipólito (Baginsky Gallery, 2013).