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Città: Braga Strumenti: Trumpet, Conductor, Composer, Arranger, Teacher
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BiografiaJosé Carlos Lopes Silva Official ClassicalPlace.com Profile Born in Ponte de Lima, Portugal, José Carlos Lopes Silva started his musical studies at the age of 7 at the Music School of the Cultural Music Group of Ponte de Lima (Escola de Música do Grupo de Cultura Musical de Ponte de Lima) with the teacher José Pereira de Sousa, making his first debut as a musician when he was 8 under the guidance of the teacher Rui Quintela. Then he joined the Music Academy of Viana do Castelo (Academia de Música de Viana do Castelo) and later on continued his musical studies in Braga at the Calouste Gulbenkian Music School (Escola C+S de Música de Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga) and at the Conservatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkian of Braga (Conservatório de Música Calouste Gulbenkian de Braga). Awarded a scholarship by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, he attended the Conservatory of Music Calouste Gulbenkian of Braga, having graduated with high distinction from the Trumpet Course, taught by the teacher Alexandre Fonseca and from the Musical Formation Course, taught by the teacher Rosa Maria Torres, in 1995. As a founder member of the School for Strings in Correlhã (Ponte de Lima) in 1984, he recorded 3 discographic works and performed in concerts around Portugal and its islands, Spain, France and also on the Portuguese television RTP, on Spanish TV Galiza and on the French National Radio. As a trumpeter he became a member of the Calouste Gulbenkian Orchestra of Braga in 1992, where he stayed until 1997 being first soloist trumpeter, presenting himself often as a soloist. He had singing lessons, studied vocal techniques and vocal education with the teachers Maria José Carvalho and Paulo Oliveira Ferreira. He worked under the direction of the maestros José Pereira de Sousa, António Sousa Baptista, Leonardo de Barros, Miguel Graça Moura, Manuel Ivo Cruz, Altino Carvalho, Zoltan Santa, António Saiote, José Atalaya and António Vitorino D'Almeida, among others. Having devoted himself to teaching music since 1994, he taught Trumpet, Chamber Music and Musical formation courses at the Music Academy of Vila Verde (Academia de Música de Vila Verde), at the Music School of the Cultural Music Group of Ponte de Lima (Escola de Música do Grupo de Cultura Musical de Ponte de Lima) and at the Music Academy of the Star of Argoncilhe (Academia de Música Estrela de Argoncilhe) in Santa Maria Feira. In 1996 was decorated with an honorary article by the magazine called ‘Revista Límia’ from Ponte de Lima. In June 1997 he was invited to be a jury member of the First Interschool Song Contest, organised by the ‘Centro de Área Educativa de Braga da Direcção Regional de Educação do Norte”, and was awarded a medal of honour. In 28th June 1999, he was praised by the ‘Agrupamento Educativo da Escola E. B. 2,3 de Cabreiros’ for his contribution in the learning process of his pupils and by all the work done in the benefit of the school in the school year of 1998/99. He was invited to attend some sessions of the course of Orchestra Direction at the ANSO (National Superior Academy of Orchestra). From his latest works, stands out the recording of the CD/DVD "Cancioneiro Popular" with the chorus of the pupils of the 'Agrupamento de Escolas de Vila Verde’ by the record label ‘Clave de Soft’ (2006). Since 2006 he is a Music Education teacher at the ‘Escola E. B. 2,3 de Briteiros’ (Braga) and coordinator of some projects like on-line Portugal Eurovision, BandasFilarmónicas.Net and Professorespt.com among others. More information on www.josecarloslopessilva.com |