Pedro Morais Andrade

Pedro Morais Andrade - violinista

Nasceu em 1982 em Santo Tirso. Aos doze anos iniciou os estudos musicais na Escola Profissional Artística do Vale do Ave – Artave, onde estudou com o professor Alberto Gaio Lima, que merece a melhor apreciacao pelo trabalho e qualidade musical desenvolvida. Em Julho de 2000 terminou, com a classificacao máxima o Curso de Instrumentista de Cordas da Artave.
Em 1999 obteve o 1 prémio do concurso Prémio Jovens Músicos da RDP e uma mencao honrosa em música de camara – nível médio. Apresentou-se a solo no Concerto dos Laureados 1999 com a Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa, transmitido em directo para a Antena 2 da RDP. Ainda no ambito do 1 prémio obtido no Prémio Jovens Músicos, a RDP convidou-o, em Abril do ano 2000, a participar numa masterclasse do Curso Internacional de Jovens Solistas da Academia Europeia de Bona, na Alemanha, interpretando obras de Bach e Hindemith para violino solo, sob a orientacao do professor Thomas Brandis.
Em Outubro de 2000, ingressa com a classificacao máxima no Conservatório Nacional Superior de Música de Lyon (CNSM), na classe de violino do professor Pavel Vernikov. Integra a Orquestra Sinfónica de CNSM e o Atelier Instrumental de Séc.XX de Lyon. Em Novembro de 2000, a RDP convidou-o a gravar o concerto para dois violinos de Bach na Promenade Jovens Músicos - Porto, com a Orquestra Artave e com o violinista esloveno Rok Zgonk, e em Maio de 2001, grava para a RDP o concerto para violino e orquestra de Mendelssohn, com a Orquestra Sinfónica Juvenil, nos Encontros da Primavera 2001, em Guimaraes.
Em Outubro de 2001, ingressa na classe de violino do professor Axel Gerhardt , na Universidade de Artes de Berlim (Universität der Künste – Berlin/UdK), como bolseiro da Fundacao Gulbenkian.
Em 2002 apresentou-se em duo com a pianista Lora Dimitrova em diversos Festivais Internacionais de Música, e em Setembro e Outubro do mesmo ano, foi convidado pela Orquestra Gustav Mahler (Ferrara Musica/Bolzano), a participar em diversos concertos de música de camara e a solo em Itália. Em 2003, ingressa na classe de violino do professor Bernhard Hartog, com quem concluiu em 2005 o grau de ensino superior Diplom da Universidade de Artes de Berlim, com a classificacao máxima.
Foi concertino da Orquestra Portuguesa das Escolas de Música (1997), Orquestra Aproarte (1999-Europarque), Orquestra Artave (1999-2000), Orquestra Sinfónica do CNSM de Lyon (2001), Orquestra de Camara e Sinfónica da Universidade de Artes de Berlim (2003/2004).
Apresentou-se em orquestra e a solo com o maestro Leonardo de Barros, António Soares, António Saiote, C. Bochmann, Ernst Schelle, Peter Csaba, Pierre Boulez, Lutz Köhler, Mariss Jansons, Daniel Baremboim, Sir Simon Rattle, entre outros.
Trabalhou música de camara com Alberto Gaio Lima, Jed Barahal, Paulo Gaio Lima, Quarteto Debussy, M. Scharapan, G. Kurtag, AloisBrandhofer, Lluis Claret, B. Gmelin, Bernhard Hartog, Thomas Brandis, Diemut Poppen, David Geringas, Wen-Sinn Yang, W. Boettcher, Antje Weithaas, e Wilfried Strehle.
Participou em masterclasses com Gerardo Ribeiro, Boris Kuniev, Boris Garlitsky, Daniel Gaede, Bernhard Hartog, Thomas Brandis, Antje Weithaas, Chistian Tetzlaff e Augustin Dumay.
Apresentou-se em música de camara com o Sexteto Schoenberg Berlin Piano Trio, Lucjan Luc, Alexei Eremine, Paulo Gaio Lima, Wolfgang Künhl, Paul Rivinius, Timothy Park, Lora Dimitrova, Johannes Moser, entre outros.
É elemento fundador do Sexteto Schoenberg (formado por jovens músicos premiados do concurso „Prémio Jovens Músicos“ da RDP), Berlin Piano Trio (formado por Lora Dimitrova ao piano, e Timothy Park/Johannes Moser ao violoncelo), e também do Trio.pt (formado por Paulo Pacheco ao piano e Paulo Gaio Lima ao violoncelo).
Pedro Morais Andrade apresentou-se a solo e em música de camara em Portugal, Espanha, Itália, Franca e Alemanha. Gravou para a RDP, RTP, DW, Radio-France, NDR, UdK e Hanns Eisler Hochschule-Berlin. Apresenta-se com um violino de Christian Bayon.


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Pedro Morais Andrade – Violin

Pedro Morais Andrade was born in 1982 in Santo Tirso (Portugal). He began his violin studies with Prof. Alberto Gaio Lima at the professional music school ARTAVE-Portugal and graduated in July 2000 with the highest honors.

In 1999, Mr. Andrade was awarded 1st prize in the Portuguese National Radio (RDP) Youth Music Competition. That same year he performed as a soloist with the Portuguese Symphony Orchestra and the concert was broadcast live on RDP.

In April 2000, he was invited to study with Prof. Thomas Brandis at the European Soloists Academy in Bonn and soon thereafter was accepted as a student of Prof. Pavel Vernikov at the Conservatoire Nacional Supèrieur de Musique (CNSM) in Lyon. There he played in the CNSM Symphony Orchestra and in the XX Century Instrumental Atelier and also performed regularly as a soloist and in numerous chamber music groups.

Shortly thereafter, Mr. Andrade was invited by RDP to record the Bach double violin concerto live with the ARTAVE-Portugal Symphony Orchestra at the “Youth Music Promenade“ in Porto and the Mendelssohn violin concerto live with the Portuguese Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Spring Music Festival in Guimaraes.

In October 2001, Mr. Andrade was awarded a prestigious scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation to study with Prof. Axel Gerhardt at the Berlin Arts University (UdK). He continued his studies there under Prof. Bernhard Hartog and received his Diploma with highest honors from UdK in 2005. During his studies in 2002 he was invited by the Gustav Mahler Orchestra (Ferrara Musica/ Bolzano) to participate in several chamber music concerts in Italy and also performed as a soloist with the pianist Lora Dimitrova in international music festivals. He also participated in Masterclasses with Gerardo Ribeiro, Boris Kuniev, Boris Garlitsky, Daniel Gaede, Bernhard Hartog, Thomas Brandis, Antje Weithaas, Augustin Dumay and Christian Tetzlaff.

Mr. Andrade has been Concertmaster in several chamber and symphony orchestras and has played as an orchestra member with world renowned conductors such as António Soares, António Saiote, C. Bochmann, Ernst Schelle, Peter Csaba, Pierre Boulez, Lutz Köller, Mariss Jansons, Daniel Barenboim, and Sir Simon Rattle, among others. He worked chamber music with Alberto Gaio Lima, Paulo Gaio Lima, the Debussy Quartet, Kurtag, Lluis Claret, B. Gmelin, Bernhard Hartog, Brandhofer, Thomas Brandis, Diemut Poppen, David Geringas, Wen-Sinn-Yang, W. Boettcher, Antje Weithaas, and Wilfried Strehle. He has performed in chamber music concerts with Lucjan Luc, Alexei Eremine, Paulo Gaio Lima, W. Kühnl, Paul Rivinius, Timothy Park, Lora Dimitrova, Johannes Moser, Wilfried Strehle, among many others.

Mr. Andrade made recordings for RDP, RTP, DW, Radio-France, NDR, UdK and Hans Eisler Music University in Berlin. He continues to perform as a soloist and in chamber music groups in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and Germany. He is a founder of the Schoenberg Sextet, (along with prize winners from the Portuguese National Music Competition), the Berlin Piano Trio with Lora Dimitrova (piano) and Timothy Park/Johannes Moser (cello), and the Trio.pt with Paulo Pacheco (piano) and Paulo Gaio Lima (cello). He currently plays a violin made by Christian Bayon.

Personal Homepage: www.pedromoraisandrade.com is updated in November 2006

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