João Dias

Most Recent Affiliation(s):

• University of Aveiro

ISEA Bio(s) Available:

• ISEA2022

  João Dias. Percussionist, graduated by ESMAE (BA & MA) with Miquel Bernat, Manuel Campos and Nuno Aroso as tutors. Currently, he is attending a Phd Program in Musical Arts at FCSH/UN of Lisbon. He is a researcher at the Research Group on Contemporary Music at CESEM, where he is particularly interested in mediation between composer and performer in the creation of new music for percussion. He won a PhD grant from Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
  He has been developing is work as a performer mainly in the field of contemporary repertoire, from ensemble to solo works. Artistic Director and Member of Supernova Ensemble, member of Drumming Percussion Group and Sond’Ar-te Electric Ensemble, and collaborates regularly with Sonoscopia Associação, Remix Ensemble, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto and Coro / Casa da Música, Gulbenkian Orchestra, among others.
  He is a professor at the University of Aveiro.

Last Known Location:

• Portugal, Portuguese Republic